The latest Union Budget infamously reduced the total allocation to education by around 2%. This was somewhat surprising given that the BJP had promised to allocate 6% towards education as recommended by the Kothari Commission (1964-66). This would have been an increase from the 4.6% of the last UPA budget. However, there were some positives;…
Read More...With each tiny or tall thing in the world getting online these days, information about the education sector catches my attention the most. In my last six months in a government school in New Delhi, I have found that we still need a lot of data to get online for the ease of students, their…
Read More...This is an age of exposure, inter-disciplinary research, start-ups,social networking and impossibles becoming possibles.A time when the standards keep rising,and the best is just not enough.Everyones’ working harder than before,not just to beat others at their game,but themselves too.Outperforming once own achievements is the order of the day. This speed vs time graph is on…
Read More...It is the concluding day of the School Football Championship 2016 – one of the biggest 2 month long inter-school football tournaments in India with 225 teams representing a mix of low-income government and private schools as well as elite international schools from Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Hyderabad. I am welcomed by cheering crowds and…
Read More...India is currently facing one of the worst educational crises in the world. 30% of our population today is below the age of 14 with 12 million young adults joining the workforce every year. However, only 48% of 5th grade children can read a grade 2 text. 32% of grade 2 children cannot recognize numbers…
Read More...“Extremely tired, but incredibly happy” – that’s how we all were feeling while coming back from a trip to IIT-Delhi on 19th Feb’ 16 on the opening day of “Parivartan- 2016″. An idea struck us, when Rohit, a student of DMS (Delhi Management Studies), IIT-Delhi, volunteered in our class in the month of December’15. Only a month spent…
Read More...In a most busy work-life these days, we need breaks every once in a while. The sooner we realize it, the better. We should not wait for letting ourselves explode from the pressure of work before taking that one long-awaited break! So where should we go to? The least that IT companies have done to…
Read More...It was another great morning for the teacher in me. Composed and content, I finished my breakfast very fast, and left early for my school. For two main reasons: first- we had a PTM (parents-teachers-meeting) and second – we were to receive a team of XYZ, Gurgaon for they were donating our classroom amazing stationery and books. Me…
Read More...Often I marvel at how the tiniest details in life can sow seeds of pristine happiness in our minds. I believe, the fellowship is all about those little things; those precious jewels which we’ve vowed to keep shining. 30 cute little monsters and me taming them make up my class, out of which, one you…
Read More...Our role is shifting day by day. From being an educator, now we are resource providers and advisors and after some time we want to acquire the role of facilitators.
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