Inspired by Couple, This Traveller Quit Everything To Empower A School in...
When Trishna Mohanty, a Pune-based writer and photographer, was backpacking across Meghalaya and Nagaland, she stumbled upon a one-room school in a village in Cherrapunji, run by Batista and Lakynti, a...
View Article10 Scholarships for Engineering Students Offered by Govt, Private Institutions
According to the All India Survey on Technical Education (AISHE) report, in 2018-2019, out of the 37.4 million students who enrolled for higher education, 16.45 lakh students opted for an engineering...
View ArticleCBSE Teachers and Principals, Here’s Your Chance to Win Rs 50,000
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is inviting applications for the CBSE Teachers and Principals Awards 2019. The award, which is conferred on Teacher’s Day each year, includes a merit...
View Article“Alexa, What is Reproduction?“: A New Teacher is Bringing Kids Back to...
This article has been sponsored by Amazon. “Like a friend, we can ask Alexa everything. What is the meaning of reproduction, what is electricity—the device tells us about anything we want to know,”...
View ArticleNRI Gives Back to His Roots, Educates 2 Lakh Kids While Living in USA!
Biswajit Nayak, is a Non-Resident Indian (NRI) and is all too familiar with the diasporic conundrum of straddling two worlds (and cultures) at the same time. “Many of us living away from the country,...
View ArticleExperts Predict 20% Increase in Girl School Dropouts. What Can We Do About It?
Schooling screeched to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which took the world by surprise with little time to think about the changes required in the school curriculum. Educationists saw pedagogy...
View ArticleClasses Online? What About Those Who Share A Basic Phone Among a Family of 5?
A couple of weeks ago, a science teacher in a government school forwarded me an apology message he had received from a student of Class 8 on WhatsApp. Her father’s smartphone had run out of battery and...
View ArticleCBSE To UPSC: 5 Places Where You Can Rent Textbooks At Unbelievably Low Prices
I had a love-hate relationship with my textbooks during school and college. After spending a hefty amount on those bulky books, it pained me to give them to the raddiwala at the end of each academic...
View ArticleDRDO Offers Rs 1.2 Lakh Scholarship For Engineering Girls. Here’s How to Apply
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has launched a “DRDO Scholarship Scheme for Girls” in aerospace engineering, aeronautical engineering, space engineering and rocketry, avionics,...
View ArticleMade of Cardboard & Bamboo, B’luru School Is Redefining Sustainable Design
In the post-World War II world, as Italy was trying to pick up the pieces, move past the devastation, and start afresh, a pedagogist named Loris Malaguzzi along with parents in the villages around...
View ArticleNEET, JEE Exam Dates Postponed: 5 Tips by a Topper to Use Extra Time Efficiently
The HRD ministry has announced the revised dates for the JEE (Main), NEET 2020, and JEE (Advanced) exams. According to the official announcement, JEE (Main) examinations will be conducted from 1...
View ArticleCBSE & FB India Offer Free Online Courses for Students & Educators. How to Apply
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Facebook India have come together to offer digital training programmes to both educators and students on Digital Safety and Online Well-Being and...
View ArticleWe Got Experts To Answer All Questions CBSE Students Have About Their...
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has reduced the syllabus for classes 9-12 by up to 30 per cent for the academic year 2020-21 due to the ongoing pandemic. This measure has been taken...
View ArticleA Former Child Worker, 22-YO Wins Global Award For Running Free School For...
On 1 July, Neeraj Murmu from Jharkhand was conferred with the Diana Award 2020 through a virtual ceremony for his fight against child labour. “Education is of no use to me if I cannot share it with...
View ArticleIIT Grad Shares How to Prepare Deleted Portions of CBSE Syllabus For JEE
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has reduced the syllabus for the academic year 2020-21 for students in grades 9 to 12 by almost 30 per cent. The announcement has made things a bit...
View ArticleHow to Apply For Re-evaluation of Marks: 5 FAQs on CBSE Board Exams 2020
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) class 10 and 12 results have been announced. If you want to apply for revaluation of papers and verification of marks, these are the steps you have to...
View ArticleOver 2000 Children Turn into Microgreens Farmers During the COVID-19 Lockdown
“Education is not just lessons and books. A larger part of it is learning something new and that should be more of a holistic experience. Something you can actively involve yourself in, and grow as it...
View Article10 Ways I Helped My Parents’ School In Remote Bihar Go From Zero Tech to 100%...
Ever since I was a child, I saw my parents exhibit two inspiring qualities – care and perseverance. While caring shows who we are, being perseverant shows how much we care. For the past 30 years, my...
View ArticleHow a Kerala Teacher Brought Elephants & Astronauts to his Online Classes
A wild elephant from the jungle and astronauts from outer space come alive alongside teachers in an online class as the kindergarten students of a modest school in Kerala’s Malappuram jump in thrill...
View ArticleNew Google Course Doesn’t Need a College Degree, Could Help Bag Well Paying Jobs
With schools and colleges shut and a job crisis in the wake of the pandemic, many are turning to online courses to explore new opportunities. Keeping this in mind, Tech giant Google has launched a...
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