by Akshara Foundation | Dec 10, 2023 | GP Maths Contest, Gram Panchayat Maths Contest
Gram Panchayat (GP) Level Maths Contests It is December 2023. The season began a month ago, and this year the intent is stronger, the effort intense, the reach more encompassing, the pace blistering. Akshara’s GP Maths Contests are whipping up a storm of activity...
by Akshara Foundation | Jan 15, 2023 | Ganitha Kalika Andolana, GP Maths Contest, Gram Panchayat Maths Contest, Maths Movement
The Biligiriranganabetta Gram Panchayat (GP), Yelandur block, Chamarajanagar district, has two schools in its domain, in tiny villages embedded in wild, untamed jungle. The Government Higher Primary School (GHPS) in Biligiriranganabetta village has 13 students in the...
by Akshara Foundation | Jan 10, 2023 | activity based learning, Akshara Ganitha, community, Ganitha Kalika Andolana, government school, impact, leadership, math
Delivering quality education to every child in India is a huge challenge. The size and scale itself are daunting – about 1.5 million schools, 8.5 million teachers and nearly 250 million children. In 2001, the Indian government took a bold step and created the Sarva...
by Akshara Foundation | Oct 6, 2022 | citizen engagement, community, volunteers
Akshara Foundation’s work has attracted many people who are strongly passionate about education, and who want to make a similar difference in their hometowns. One such person is Mahesh H, a team leader from G. Hosalli village in Gubbi taluk, Tumkur district, close to...
by Akshara Foundation | Sep 22, 2021 | community, covid vaccination, Covid-19
Akshara has always believed in the power of strong engagement with the community way before it became fashionable and enshrined in the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP2020). And it was this power that we put to test in the 22-week period between May 1, 2021 and...
