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MY STORY: How a High Schooler Used English to Change Lives in an Entire Village
When she joined Swades, a local Mumbai NGO, little did she know that a few months later she would use the English language to change the lives of the residents of a nearby village. This is the hugely...
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How 6 Underprivileged Girls in Vellore Used Crowdfunding to Support Their...
As a part of an empowering initiative in Vellore, a group of girls from underprivileged backgrounds, some of whom are orphans, started their own crowdfunding pages to raise money for college education....
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These Jharkhand Villagers Are on a Mission to Achieve 100% Literacy. And...
From an abysmal literacy rate of around 12% at the time of Independence, to the current rate of around 75%, India has made remarkable strides in educating its citizens. However, even though states such...
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How a Bhubaneswar-Based NGO Is Recording Audio Books for Students with Visual...
We4You, a Bhubaneswar-based NGO working for people with disabilities across India has started a project to record audio books to help thousands of visually impaired students. The team has set up a...
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School in the Cloud: This Solar Powered Virtual School Is Helping Kids Learn...
Located about 110 kms from Kolkata, Korakati lies deep inside Sunderbans, a mangrove forest with a complex network of streams, rivers, creeks and channels that rise and ebb with the tidal flow of the...
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This Website Offers Free Video Lectures on Accountancy for Commerce Students...
“My brother and I are from Jodhpur in Rajasthan and we have seen many people struggling for access to quality education. In big cities like Mumbai, you always have provisions for tuitions, extra...
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How a Programme Started by IIM-A & IRMA Faculty Members Sends Slum Kids to...
An education programme in nine cities across India is helping out-of-system children join mainstream schools. With interactive lessons and motivated teachers – this is how the students are learning...
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TBI Blogs: #RideForChildRights: This Man Has Cycled 2,500 Kms for Child...
Sudipto Pal, an adventure enthusiast, has embarked on a unique 5000 km solo cycle ride in the Himalayas, to give voice to the cause of children’s education. He has reached Kathmandu, completing the...
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One Simple Solar-Powered Device Is Making Classrooms in Rural Maharashtra...
A simple device is helping students in rural Maharashtra access interesting multimedia content like their urban and semi-urban peers. It runs on solar energy and does not require any prior knowledge...
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12-Year-Olds Win Battle against School to Reduce Weight of Backpacks. Want to...
Two students held a press conference last week to raise the issue of kids in their school carrying heavy bags to class every day. A few days later, their efforts paid off and the school authorities...
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TBI Blogs: Meet the Engineer Who Is Making Science Fun for Children in 76...
Poor quality of education as well as antiquated methods of teaching drove Lewitt Somarajan to bring about change in education through his venture, LIFE Labs. Meet Lewitt Somarajan, the ‘happy-go-lucky’...
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#Travel Tales: Exploring Tagore’s Santiniketan, an Abode of Learning Unlike...
“She is our own, the darling of our hearts, Santiniketan. In the shadows of her trees we meet in the freedom of her open sky. Our dreams are rocked in her arms. Her face is a fresh wonder of love every...
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An Open Letter from a 7th Grader to Telangana’s CM Requesting Him to...
Nasreen Begum, a young girl studying in Class 7 in Hyderabad, tells us why Section 12 (1) C of the RTE Act needs to be implemented in Telangana as soon as possible. In 2009, the Indian Parliament...
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TBI BLogs: Once Discouraged from Studying, This 19-Year-Old Is Now on Her Way...
Nineteen-year-old Nazmeen battled gender bias, family pressure and societal expectations, but never gave up on her dream to get educated. Today, thanks to her job, she helps support her family....
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MY STORY: From English to Basketball, This Extraordinary Teacher Taught Me...
My tribute to an extraordinary teacher who made a life long learner out of me. In the mid-1960s, a new school called St. Mary's High School opened its doors to the children of Indian Railways employees...
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India’s First Signal School, Where Street Kids Study in a Shipment Container...
Mumbai is now home to India’s first Signal School – a colourful classroom created out of a shipping container that sits under a traffic signal flyover in Thane. This is how it operates. “We believe...
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Why This 28-Year-Old Decided to Teach Children Who Used to Beg at a Mumbai...
For 28-year-old Aarti Parab, the development of a country is associated with the growth and development of its children, and that’s exactly the vision with which she goes to teach the children of...
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This IIM Grad Said No to Corporate Jobs and Started a School That Now Teaches...
Disturbed by the conditions in her ancestral village, this accomplished woman gave up on a corporate career to start a school for children. Pooja Mishra belongs to a remote village called Purasi in the...
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This Indore-Based Startup Is Introducing India to the Internet
This article on using computers for change is a part of the India Digital series powered by Intel India. The Netsaar website is helping new PC users across the country navigate the digital world...
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TBI Blogs: This School in Kodagu Offers a Unique Environmental Perspective...
E-base Kodagu educates students about sustainable development to develop empowered future leaders who can drive public policy and change. It was quite literally at the end of the earth that the idea...
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