by Akshara Foundation | Oct 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
Samitha Manoharan from Target shares her experience at the Dusshera Camp held at Karapanahalli. It all started with an invite from Akshara “3-day Dussehra Camp for children in various villages in Hoskote”. That piqued my interest; especially as it came from...
by Akshara Foundation | Oct 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Usha Ganesh writes about the emergence of Pre-schools and the Pre-school educational content in Karnataka.Via Searchlight South AsiaChildren from poor families are the unfortunate inheritors of poverty – in India, every eighth urban child in the 0-6 years age...
by Akshara Foundation | Oct 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Image source: http://www.toledoblade.com/Mathematics is the number one subject that is responsible for failure amongst Standard X students. This is especially true of students studying in government schools. These students come from impoverished...
by Akshara Foundation | Oct 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Anuradha Nagaraj writes about how rural libraries have been taking the extra effort to reach out to children who had no access to them.Via Open“It’s the best thing that could have happened to these children,” says HP Siddharaju, headmaster of a government higher...
by Akshara Foundation | Oct 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Times of IndiaGovernment schools in Karnataka will have to compulsorily teach English as one of the languages from Class 1. However, only some government schools seem to be complying with the rule.Primary and secondary education minister Kimmane Ratnakar said on...
