Education
Fifty years of peace-building efforts in Nagaland
Natwarbhai Thakkar and the Nagaland Gandhi Ashram established by him in Chuchuyimlang village of Mokokchung district have worked unceasingly to integrate Naga society with the national mainstream. For many Indians even today, the northeastern states of the country and its people are in the limelight most of the time for the wrong reasons. Be it …
Kshamtalaya Foundation: Nurturing children in rural pockets of Rajasthan to recognize their potential
Vivek Kumar and Alokesh Sharma started the Kshamtalaya Foundation – The school of potential – in the dejected village of Kotra, Rajasthan, to not only nurture the potential of children but to also help the children in identifying their potentials on their own. The small village of Kotra lies smudged in the back pocket of …
Witness the work of a Grandmother’s school in Thane which is directing old women toward literacy
The advantages of literacy are endless. From the destiny of an individual to the fate of a society, literacy can play a huge role in swaying both in the right direction. But, often, in the sheen of literacy we neglect the majority of those who are illiterate. Be it maids, local vendors or farmers. Despite …
Setting up a model for government primary schools
A government school in Kardelwadi village in Pune district taught by a husband and wife duo has established a benchmark for primary education in Savitribai Phule’s Maharashtra Raghunath S. Kardile is an alumnus of the hamlet’s primary school. As an alumnus, he’s doing his bit to support the effort to run a primary school that …
How a trio of TISS graduates is bringing an educational resurgence in remote villages near Kolhapur
While the plethora of young people in our nation dream of hitting it big in the globalized world with a proclivity towards western nations, there is some who decide to stay back and solve the persistent problems, by working on a grass root level. Once such example is that of the exemplary individuals behind ‘Vidyoday …
A Professor who begged in the local trains of Mumbai for 5 years to build schools for the impoverished by promoting Vidya Daan
As a Kid, Sandeep saw maids in his neighbourhood slogging hard for a day’s meal, while their children sat helplessly and never went to school. His mother, a teacher, was helping these kids with their studies. Her dedication made a strong impact on little Sandeep. Decades later, he made this mission of spreading education, the …
These young students from DU are educating hundreds of impoverished children in the slums of Delhi. Read How!
LECIN : A youth organisation educating underprivileged children with a uniquely developed curriculum Out of all imaginable symbols of a gift, if there is one which can be felt, cherished and celebrated, it has to be education. And 2 students from New Delhi are selflessly imparting this gift to hundreds of impoverished children in the nation’s …
How Aam Aadmi Party is bringing about a paradigm shift in the education sector of Delhi with a slew of progressive reforms
Although the colonial British government was evicted from India 70 years, but sadly the educational policy set up by Lord Macaulay has been ardently followed without any snap. With every sector transforming, our rusted education system hasn’t been able to surmount the fundamental requirements necessary for laying down a firm foundation for our children. Every …