Prayas
A periodical by the EdTech Society, dedicated to voices from the field. Prayas publishes educators’ efforts to make teaching and learning more meaningful, engaging and relevant to their context. Three issues a year, free to read.
Many classroom innovations never leave the classroom.
Across educational settings, teachers keep experimenting to improve learning: a small shift in an explanation, a role play that makes an abstract idea accessible, a new use for familiar materials, a thoughtful assessment, a fresh way of using technology.
Most teachers lack the time, resources or institutional support to document these practices through formal or action research. Valuable insights stay unshared, and the effort behind them goes unrecognised.
Prayas bridges this gap. It gives teachers, practitioners and teacher educators a place to share classroom innovations, reflections and experiences, so that good ideas can be seen, adapted and built upon in other contexts.
Have you ever walked out of a classroom knowing that a small change made a big difference?
These everyday teaching moments are what Prayas is about. Each contribution documents and reflects on what worked, how it worked, and why it may be useful elsewhere.
To make visible the everyday innovation of teaching.
The thoughtful experiments, reflective decisions and meaningful adjustments that often go unnoticed but shape learning. Prayas is a space to share, reflect and grow together as a community of educators.
Editorial process
Editorial Team
Advisory Team
About Prayas
What Prayas is, and how it works.
What is Prayas?
A new educational periodical by the EdTech Society. It focuses on practical educational experiences, classroom innovations and reflective practice that can be shared with, and inspire, the wider education community.
Is Prayas a journal or a conference publication?
Neither. Prayas is closer to a magazine-style periodical, created to document and share educators’ stories, experiences, practices and reflections.
Is Prayas peer reviewed?
Submissions are reviewed by Associate Editors, but not in the traditional scientific-journal sense. The review makes sure the write-up reflects the contributor’s idea or authentic experience and fits Prayas’ aims.
Is Prayas free and open access?
Yes. Prayas is published in the Publications section of the EdTech Society website and is free to read.
When is the inaugural issue deadline?
Submissions for the inaugural issue are encouraged by 15 October 2026. The inaugural issue is planned for 1 November 2026 (tentative).
What if I miss the inaugural issue deadline?
Submissions stay open all year, so you can still share your experience for a future issue.
What is the key idea behind Prayas?
To document authentic educational experiences and make them available to the wider education community, so that others can learn from, reflect on and build upon them.
Who can contribute, and what
You don’t need a formal qualification or a perfect result.
What kinds of experiences can be submitted?
A new or old teaching method, a classroom intervention, an experiment, a tool or resource you used, an innovation, or a reflection on how your students learn. The experience can be short or extended.
Can a tuition teacher contribute?
Yes. Tuition teachers and educators working outside regular schools are welcome. Out-of-school teaching is a valuable source of educational experience.
Do contributors need to be formally qualified teachers?
No. There is no minimum teaching qualification. What matters is the experience, practice, observation and learning you can share.
Can experiences from informal or non-school settings be submitted?
Yes. Prayas welcomes experiences from all educational contexts, including informal and out-of-school settings.
Can B.Ed. students or educators in training contribute?
Yes. Action research, changes to a teaching method, internships or classroom experiments can all be the basis of a contribution.
Does an experience have to be completely successful?
No. Experiences that are incomplete, unsuccessful or still evolving can be valuable when they offer meaningful reflection and learning.
Do I need to create a completely new tool or technology?
No. You can write about an existing tool, resource, textbook or technology that you used or adapted in a meaningful way.
Writing your article
Practical help to get started. The submission guidelines have the full template.
How should I start writing?
Begin with one concrete experience. Recall the problem or situation you noticed, what you tried, what happened and what you learned. Jot down keywords first, then turn them into sentences.
What is the basic structure of a submission?
A title, author information, a short abstract, the problem and its background, the practice or tool you used, what happened when you used it, and your reflection. The submission guidelines give the full template.
What should I include in the background or context?
Your students or learners, the course or subject, the institutional setting, the challenge you observed, and why you chose to try this approach.
Does the article need to be written in an academic style?
No. Clear description and honest reflection matter more than a formal scientific style. Describe what you did, how you did it, what happened and what you learned.
Can I include photographs or other visuals?
Yes. Worksheets, classroom materials and other resources you used help readers see what you actually did.
What if I am not comfortable writing in English?
Share your idea with the Prayas team anyway. The team can help you shape and organise the article, and translation support may be available for ideas written in other languages.
Have a Prayas to share?
Submissions are open all year. Read the guidelines, then send us your article.