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Creative solutions for RTE challenges

The fanfare around the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 (RTE Act) is dissipating. Soon the reality will hit as the Act has to become ‘operational’. The powers that be are yet to ascertain the exact modalities of how this will work — the...

What is RTE? – Let’s understand it better

The Right to Education Act has come into effect on April 1, 2010. How significant is this Act and what exactly does it promise to change? To answer these questions it is important to understand the new law, what it promises to achieve and the challenges it faces at...
SSLC: Data and Infographics

SSLC: Data and Infographics

Cross posted from the KLP Blog.Right after releasing the visualization of SSLC results of the past seven years, there were several questions about the data and what each of image tries to bring out of it. We thought it would make sense to iterate over the data...
Seven years of SSLC in Karnataka

Seven years of SSLC in Karnataka

Cross-posted from the KLP Blog.Patterns in examination results are something which we are always interested at the Karnataka Learning Partnership. After the design jam in June 2012, where we tried to understand the SSLC data – it’s content and structure,...
Welcome to our new colorful and cheerful office !!

Welcome to our new colorful and cheerful office !!

2012 has been a great year for Akshara Foundation. There has been a lot of excitement around our programmes, community events, volunteering events and many other such activities.One such event was moving into a new, spacious office. Though our current office is very...