7 Years Later: Inside The Workings of Assam School That Accepts Plastic As Fees
Picture this – every Friday, students of the Akshar School in Assam congregate like eco-warriors on a mission. They arrive, bearing a week’s worth of collected plastic, their hands and pockets filled...
View Article2 IIT Delhi Alumni Help Educators Fight Piracy Through ‘Hollywood Grade’...
This article is sponsored by VdoCipher Between 2010 and 2015, Siddhant Jain and Vibhav Sinha attended IIT Delhi. During this period, before the rise of OTT (over-the-top media service), many students...
View ArticleTelangana Teacher Used her Savings to Transform School; Increased Enrollments...
Archana Nooguri has been a teacher at the Mandal Parishad primary school in Rebbenapally, Mancherial in Telangana for more than 20 years. Teaching Telugu, English, and Mathematics, she says that ever...
View Article‘Poverty & Responsibility Guided Me’: Officer’s Incredible Viral Story...
From 1980–85, all five children from the Baskaran family went to school in Lekshmipuram, Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu. They lived in a 250-square-foot house with a roof made of coconut leaves, along with...
View ArticleDaughter’s Doubts Inspire Scientist Mom to Start Innovative STEM Platform for...
It was 2 pm one afternoon in 2021 when Srishti, a Class 4 student, returned from school and rushed to find her mother. “How can a ship float on water if it’s made of metal?” she asked the bemused...
View ArticleWhat India Can Learn From TN & MP’s Policies to Build Inclusive Schools...
This article was published in collaboration with EkStep Foundation. Over 25 years of working in the field of inclusive education have made Sonali Saini privy to a glaring problem — it’s not that...
View ArticlePorter By Night, Teacher for Underprivileged Kids by Day: This Odisha Man Is...
Young Ch Nageshu Patro, now 31, cherished his small family, unaware of the hardships his parents endured to provide daily meals for the household. But things started to change when his older brother...
View ArticleIn Uttarakhand Teacher’s Unique School, Students Lead the Learning & Plan The...
When Kamlesh Atwal from Uttarakhand’s Milak Nazeer village realised that the students of his village lacked awareness about how to pursue their education and choose the right careers, he wanted to...
View Article3 IAS Officers Share Tips On How Smart Revision Helped Them Crack UPSC CSE
Every year, thousands of aspirants write one of the most competitive examinations UPSC, but only a few make it to the final list with a good score. IAS officers say smart revision is the ultimate key...
View Article‘It’s OK to Fail’: Meet the Crusaders Dedicated to Preventing Suicides In Kota
Rohan (16) begins his day at 5:30 am. Based in Kota, he wakes up, has his chai and revises the previous day’s notes for half an hour, before heading down for breakfast at his mess. Post that, he gets...
View Article‘Had to Leave School but Won’t Leave Any Child Behind’: A Porter in Odisha...
Ch Nageshu Patro, from Odisha’s Ganjam district, was forced to quit school as his parents could not afford the fees. An avid reader and a passionate person, Nageshu was heartbroken and determined to...
View ArticleThis Education Program is Helping 1.5 Lakh Govt School Students Build Careers...
This article has been sponsored by Brillio The world is increasingly becoming digital, with Artificial intelligence (AI) taking over tasks ranging from physical labour to intellectually demanding jobs...
View ArticleISRO Announces Free Online Certification Course In GIS & Remote Sensing
The Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), a division of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has recently unveiled an opportunity for individuals interested in advancing their knowledge...
View ArticleUPSC CSE: IAS Officers Share Key Tips to Ace the Personality Test
Imagine standing at the precipice of a dream, your hard work and perseverance paving the way to the final frontier — the UPSC Civil Services Examination. After tackling the prelims and mains, the...
View ArticleIIT Madras NPTEL-GATE Portal Offers Free Resources to Prepare for the Exam
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is offering the NPTEL-GATE portal to students aspiring to ace the GATE examination. The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) —...
View ArticleHow a Unique Curriculum Is Helping 2.2 Million Indian Children Overcome...
This article has been sponsored by Dream a Dream After his graduation, Bengaluru-based Vishal Talreja got a chance to visit Finland, where he noticed a significant emphasis on the idea of dignity of...
View ArticleISRO Offers Free Online Certificate Course on Cyber Security You Can Do in 2...
ISRO has introduced a free online cybersecurity course tailored for working professionals in the Central and State Governments. Called ‘Course on geo-data sharing and cyber security’, it will be...
View ArticleWhy This JEE Topper Chose to Launch a Startup Over Accepting IIT-B’s...
“The night before the JEE Mains exam I was nervous. I remember calling my professor anxiously. He said to me, ‘Sachin Tendulkar is a great player. But even if he fails to score a century in one match,...
View ArticleTeacher’s Incredible Journey of Building an English-Medium School in Remote...
“It took me so many years, but I did not give up on my dream,” says Satarupa Majumder, a 47-year-old teacher from Kolkata. That dream was to take education to one of the remotest areas of the...
View ArticleOnce a Harvard Project, This Sustainable School Teaches Kids Amid Nature
What do you remember most about your school? Is it the classrooms or the open spaces, the amphitheatres where you had your annual days or the basketball courts/football fields/grounds where you spent...
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