From Orphans to Children With Disabilities, This Bengaluru School Teaches All...
Not all children can be toppers or achievers. Not all children enjoy going to school, and not all are welcomed in many schools. Children who have faced school refusal, physical or mental limitations...
View ArticleDistrict Magistrate Ropes in Wife to Take Charge as a Rudraprayag School...
When the Bageshwar district magistrate (DM), Mangesh Ghildiyal, was set to get transferred to Rudraprayag in May, hundreds of locals took to the streets to oppose this move. Though they couldn’t stop...
View ArticleThis Mumbai Society Is Bridging Gaps by Teaching Kids From Their Impoverished...
There was a time when Mumbai was the hub of the cotton textile industry in India. Central Mumbai was full of textile mills, surrounded by chawls that housed the mill workers. These mills, which lie on...
View ArticleThis TN Headmistress Spent ₹2 Lakh From Her Own Pocket So Students Could Have...
A corporation school in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, will now introduce a web-based virtual learning environment to their students, thanks to the institution’s headmistress. The Corporation Middle School in...
View ArticleNeed Scholarships or Financial Aid to Study Abroad? Here’s Where to Look.
When considering higher studies abroad, financing your education may be one of the first concerns that come to your mind. The cost of an education at a top institute abroad can be a deterrent for...
View ArticleHow IIT-Bombay Grads Are Helping 130 Govt School Students With Low-Cost,...
Empowered by The Asha Trust in Powai, a group of IIT-Bombay graduates is making a difference to the lives of over 130 students from government schools. Breaking away from the traditional practice of...
View ArticleA Guide to Teaching English-Part 3: Introducing Students to the Beauty of...
By the end of this lesson plan, you’d have covered almost all commonly used subject types in English. That’s no small achievement. With the last 2 lesson plans here and here, your students can speak...
View ArticleDelhi Students May Soon Be Able to Apply for Driving Licences at Their...
If things go as planned, colleges in Delhi will soon have a new system that will make it easier for its students to avail driving licences at their college premises. According to Delhi’s transport...
View ArticleThis IIT-IIM Alumnus Quit His Corporate Career to Empower Students and Make...
Armed with an MBA from one of India’s premier business schools, Divakar Sankhla joined the corporate workforce like the majority of his fellow students in 2007. A chance encounter with a Teach for...
View ArticleThrough Art & Design, This Bengaluru Org Is Helping Students Grow...
We live in a world that is governed by visual signs and symbols. From the incorporation of infographics in office presentations to the simple emojis that we send our loved ones, we are progressing...
View ArticleAutistic Children Don’t Need Pity or Judgment in Schools, Here’s What They...
Some time ago I was asked by that pesky breed, ‘A telephone journalist!’ whether I did not think special schools were an anachronism in this age of inclusion. I have faced queries like this on more...
View ArticleHow a Hesitant AP Village Girl Became a Fierce Child Rights Ambassador!
Revathi and her sister came to Madanapalle town from a village Divitivaripalle in the neighbouring Mandal in Andhra Pradesh to continue their secondary education. Her parents are farmers and own about...
View ArticleLibraries on Wheels: How Tribal Kids in MP Are Getting a Chance to Learn in...
Arkat, all of 12 years and impish smiles, was excited to go to school because it was library day. His school, Kadla government primary school in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh, was host to that...
View Article2 Architects Built a Bamboo School for Kids in Delhi Slums. It Can Be...
Many years ago, the rural community of Yamuna Khadar that resides on the bank of Yamuna in Delhi, lost its only school to demolition by the city’s development authority. Yamuna Khadar being a slum,...
View ArticlePeriod Leave & Hiring Transgender Candidates – a School Collective in Kerala...
The women staff teaching at self-financing schools across Kerala will now be able to avail one-day paid period leave every month. The announcement was made by the All Kerala Self-Financing Schools...
View ArticleA New DU Course Will Teach Students How to Identify Sexist Language & Use...
While we experience differences in socially constructed gender roles every day, shouldn’t we be bothered by what words people use too? Can language go unchallenged while we try to stop inequality from...
View ArticleHow a Visually Impaired Man Helped Employ Over 7,000 Persons With Disabilities
In 2004, Dr. Jitender Aggarwal, a dentist, was robbed of his vision due to macular degeneration. After losing his sight, he came to realise the hardships differently abled people struggle with,...
View ArticleA Guide to Teaching English – Part 4: Simple Ways of Introducing Students to...
The last lesson plan was all about introducing adjectives. This lesson plan is going to be all about describing the location of objects. We are going to create words that describe the location of an...
View ArticleHow a Fashion Major-Turned Teacher Is Transforming the Education Landscape...
In 2014, a classroom in Vidyaniketan School, Chennai, transformed into a fashion show. Nathaniel Seelan divided his students into groups of choreographers, models and designers, and took them through...
View ArticleThis Village Girl Who Battled Poverty & Child Marriage Is Now a Crusader for...
It is a sad fact that even after 70 years of Independence, it remains a challenge for children like Ramya to live their dream as they fall victim to poverty, deep-rooted practise of child marriage in...
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