Education

Suresh B Chalageri, a dedicated teacher, has trekked a hill to reach his school traversing a distance of 8 km every day for years. Located atop the hill in Byrapura village of Gajendragada taluk in Karnataka's Gadag, the school was in a shambles when Chalageri, 50, was first posted there. He proudly

Peeyush Meena, who prepared for the exam staying at the prisoners’ open air camp in Kota where his father is serving time for murder, beat the odds to score rank 453 in the ST category in the IIT-JEE Advanced results. He now hopes to secure a seat in chemical engineering at IIT-Roorkee. Indian

‘Prashikshak’, the teacher education portal for District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) will be launched by the Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource and Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani on 30th June, 2016 at Hall No. 4 Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The objective of Prashikshak is to help

27 tribal students who live in remote, Maoist-affected villages in Chhattisgarh have cleared the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) entrance exam this year thanks to a state government programme called ‘Prayas’. Read this excellent story by Ejaz Kaisar in HT. (Earlier, on May 3, we had posted a

और एकल विद्यालय फर्स्ट हो गया मैं फणि कुमारी एकल विद्यालय की छात्रा हूँ। मेरा गांव पणेतरा है। 2011 में हमारे यहां एकल विद्यालय खुला। वहां भीमाराम जी आचार्य थे। हम वंदना करते, हिन्दी-गणित पढ़ते। फिर खेलते और अपने घर आ जाते। घर में माता जी, पिताजी, दो बहनें एवं चार भाई थे। कुल 8 सदस्य थे। भाई-बहनों में

Inspired from Honourable Prime Minister’s vision to inculcate reading habits among children and create a reading culture at school and community level, Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani dedicated ‘ Vidyanjali’- a school volunteer programme to the nation at New

विद्यांजलि योजना : बिना टीचर बने स्कूल में पढ़ा सकेंगे आम लोग अगर आप स्कूल में बच्चों को पढ़ाना चाहते हैं लेकिन किसी और पेशे से जुड़े हैं, तो भी आप बच्चों को पढ़ा सकेंगे। सरकार आपको पढ़ाने के अपने सपने को पूरा करने का मौका देने जा रही है। ऐसे लोगों के लिए जो शिक्षक नहीं है लेकिन बच्चों को पढ़ाने की

एकल के प्रयास से पूरा गांव साक्षर हुआ पश्चिम बंग मालदा जिला के हबीबपुर ब्लॉक, आकलौल पंचायत भदुपाड़ा गांव में 2001 से एकल विद्यालय शुरू हुआ था। इस समय इस गांव में खोजने से एक या दो व्यक्ति ही शिक्षित मिलते थे जिनकी शिक्षा तीसरी एवं चैथी कक्षा तक ही थी। और आबादी 272 के आसपास। एकल के निरंतर प्रयास ने 13

India's student population in the 5-19 years age group has increased by 30% between 2001 and 2011. However, this is unevenly distributed across religious communities. Read more....

Kamarajar Port has taken up Skill development training under CSR initiatives for the local fishermen community at a cost of Rs.1,57,50,000/-. The training will be imparted by MRF Institute of Driver Development, Chennai and National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Hyderabad. The

Atul Kumar a 5yrs old male boy suffering from Spastic Cerebral Palsy. He came to CORD in December 2014 for treatment and therapies. He assessed thoroughly at CORD and his family counseled for his abilities and condition. Along this they counseled on multiple therapies approach for the betterment and

Ekal Abhiyan in association with Vikas Bharti launched a Computer on Wheels in the presence of Padmashree Sri Ashok Bhagat, Sri Arun Khemka, Sri Arvind Singh, Chairman and Sri Phul Singh, Vice-Chairman, Jharkhand Academic Council, in Ranchi last year to spread computer literacy among rural and