Learning from Alokit’s Virtual Training of School Leaders
Srinivas Nednuri is the Principal of Sri Siddhartha High School in Hyderabad who participated in the inaugural cohort of Project Light, a school leader training program. In this three-month training, he attended a session on ‘Ensuring Student Well-being,’ where he learned how to use the levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy as a tool to serve his […]
Teacher – Always Motivated to Spread Education
The Map of India is divided into Red, Orange and Green zones based on restrictions due to COVID-19 which has enforced lockdown all over India. Schools are shut due to the lockdown till atleast June to ensure social distancing norms. During these times, the Education Department is trying to reach children through online sources. The […]
Lockdown with No food, No Money and No Parents…
Lockdown with No food, No Money and No Parents… Reena picked up the phone when it rang… Upon listening to the familiar voice of her beloved Sheetal didi, the Social Mobiliser from Room to Read (an international NGO) and her mentor, tears started rolling down her cheeks and she started howling… Reena, a student of […]
Children are the Changemakers – Making World a Better Place
Tucked deep into a forest area of Jharkhand, Chengarbasa is a small tribal village that houses a group of little wonders, with a dream to bring about change in their village. These little wonders are taught in the Upgraded High School(UHS) by ten online volunteer teachers of eVidyaloka Trust, through its program implementing partner Samajik […]
Odisha Based Education Startup – ThinkZone
COVID-19 has affected millions of people worldwide. As the global pandemic hit India, a nationwide lockdown was imposed on 24th March. Among the first things to close down even before the lockdown were educational institutions, in view of the susceptibility of children towards the disease. Since then and now, the situation has not been better, […]
Avasar Pre-primary Schools – Giving Exposure to Early Childhood Education to Children from Disadvantaged Background
Darpan, is 3 years old girl who is very smart. Her parents are illiterates, her 7-year-old brother studies in a Government School nearby. She has not been to school but already knows counting and can say alphabets orally. When we asked her parents to send to school early and not wait till she is 6, […]
NeTT Nalanda: Impressions from virtual classroom sessions during lockdown
One of the biggest impacts of the lockdown has been on the educational institutions. HPPI’s NeTT Programme being implemented at DIET Nalanda, Bihar, has leveraged from the available digital tools to ensure that teacher-training — the crucial part of quality of education — does not suffer. Ashutosh Ranjan, NeTT Project Leader at DIET Nalanda, shares […]
Rachakonda Police of Telangana state- Serving Souls in Covid19 Pandemic
Humaneness and sensitivity have long been perceived to be hidden behind the Khaki. The COVID 19 pandemic brought the nation to a standstill through lockdown. However, the police have geared themselves up in no time to be tough on implementation of lockdown on one hand and to lend a helping hand to those suffering due […]
On Food Safety Day, We Salute Our Kitchen Heroes
June 7, 2020 is World Food Safety Day, and at Akshaya Patra food safety is prioritized from farm to plate, to ensure the safety of the 1.8 million government school children we feed every day. The heroes behind the seamless production and delivery of hot, nutritious meals delivered daily from our 52 Mega Kitchens are […]
Adversity drives Innovation: Learning in the time of COVID-19
I rejoined the Delhi office of Pratham Education Foundation on March 2nd after a hectic 10-day schedule of shooting a film about the organisation. The team at our Delhi office had just begun to brainstorm on how to use the extensive footage we had shot. Little did we know that within a couple of weeks, […]
