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Video: Mumbai Dentist’s Humble Gift Transforms Lives of Kids in Remote Village!
Every weekday, young students in a remote village located the Palghar district in Maharashtra would put on their uniforms, comb their hair and get ready for school. Some put on shoes, while some stayed...
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Earning Just ₹ 200/Month, Selfless Daily Labourer Donates Land to Bengal School!
Jhuka Bauri, a resident of the tiny Binduidi village, in West Bengal’s Purulia district, earns his living as a daily wage labourer, trying to make ends meet to feed his family of four. That includes...
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DU Staff Pool Money to Help Vegetable Seller’s Daughter Pay Fees, Story Goes...
It is a well-known fact that countless students from across the country aspire to join Delhi University (DU), but only a select few successfully sieve through all the procedures including eligibility,...
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NEET, JEE To Be Held Twice A Year: 8 Important Things Every Student Should Know!
Earlier last week, Prakash Javadekar, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, introduced significant changes to how the JEE (engineering) and NEET (medical) exams would be scheduled and...
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Raising Cash Amid Song & Dance: Here’s How Karadi Path is Winning Investor Funds
One of the most fascinating experiences that you can have is engaging in an active conversation with a toddler. The next time you are accosted by that four-year-old in the elevator, observe the...
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Students! Here’s Why You Must Attend This Harvard Model UN India Conference!
What is that one skill that students ought to be equipped with? The ability to communicate effectively, perhaps, features on top of the list. The ability to solve problems, visualise solutions, and...
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This Brilliant Project Is Making Education Accessible To India’s Visually...
Have you ever browsed the internet, our most basic need today, while being blindfolded? You would ask, what’s even the use of that? You might think that for a visually impaired person, the crucible of...
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IIT Grad & IAS Officer Join Hands to Transform Education in Maoist-Hit Bihar...
Experts have written thousands of column inches about ways to remedy our dismal public education system. Different state governments, district administrations and non-profits have devised interesting...
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CBSE’s Solution to Exam Leaks? Encrypted Question Papers From Next Year?
Earlier this year in March, when the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted its annual Class X and XII board examinations, it came under a barrage of criticism from parents who were...
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Are You Being Ragged in College? Here’s How You Can Report It Anonymously
I participated in a theatre workshop last weekend where we were asked to depict scenes from our time in college. Out of the six groups, four depicted scenes of ragging. While a few scenes were...
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Attention, Millenials! 5 Crucial Questions You Should Ask While Choosing a...
The power of collective action in creating a large-scale, sustainable change cannot be overstated. My observations and experiences within the social sector and in any setting that has the potential to...
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This K’taka Clerk Funds School Fees of 45 Underprivileged Girls in Daughter’s...
Basavaraj, a clerk working in MPHS Govt High School in Kalaburagi’s Maktampura, Karnataka, lost his daughter Dhaneshwari, due to health problems last year. Although pained by his daughter’s death,...
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India’s Oldest Engineering College Turns 225: 6 Alumni Who Have Made Guindy...
Not many know that the College of Engineering, Guindy, established in 1794, in erstwhile Madras, is the oldest technical education institution in India. The name under which it was established was The...
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Pune IPS Officer Refuses Bouquets, Asks for Books. the Reason Will Warm Your...
Knowledge is power, and keeping this thought in mind, Sandip Patil, the newly-appointed Superintendent of Police (Pune rural), has made an off-beat request to his well-wishers. Patil’s transfer from...
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Beating All Odds, Ragpicker’s Son Clears AIIMS Entrance Exam in 1st Attempt!
The son of a ragpicker cleared the MBBS Exam by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in his first attempt. Newspaper reports say that he got selected to AIIMS Jodhpur. What an incredible...
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India to Get Its First ‘Fairtrade’ School in Bengaluru: Why Its Great News!
Based out of Jakkur in Bengaluru, the Vidyashilp Academy is an educational institution for children, that has earned worldwide recognition for its unique curriculum and teaching practices. Soon it will...
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This Professor Took On The System to Change How IITs Conducted Their Admissions!
Those who challenge the system or status quo in India and affect real change are often seen as heroes. However, change doesn’t happen overnight, and the struggles that these heroes have to bear—both...
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Learning Out-Of-The-Box: Check out 10 of India’s Most Unique Schools!
Many of us look back at the time we spent in school with nostalgia, but we will also agree to the fact that when we were in school, it wasn’t the happiest of places. Heavy bags filled with books,...
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Upcycled Gardens to Greywater Recycling: Kolkata School Sets Green Benchmark!
Schools are meant to impart education – that is a given. When they go out of their way to also instil in their students a sense of community and social responsibility, we must ensure that we write...
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Quality Education & Training, All For Rs 100 a Month? This NGO is Making it...
I often sit and plan my life post-retirement. And I find that some elements commonly feature in these plans–a good book, a cup of hot filter coffee and a comfortable chair. The general idea is a...
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