by Akshara Foundation | Oct 21, 2012 | akshara, Anganwadi and Preschool, child under the age of six, hubli, speech impairment
A Picture of Lakshmi Lakshmi is four and a half years old. There is cautious anticipation in her eyes as she gazes into the camera – a look that conceals more than it says. Still and obedient she stands, a neat, folded, white handkerchief pinned...
by Akshara Foundation | Oct 6, 2012 | akshara, hoskote, ivolunteer, jgw2012, shoot for a cause
We had recently participated in the “Shoot for a Cause” contest organized by iVolunteer. The objective of this event was to give a platform to volunteers to create awareness videos of the causes which they believe in. Our volunteers, James Adaickalasamy...
by Akshara Foundation | Oct 4, 2012 | demography, finances, government school, infrastructure, klp, mla, mp, open data india
KLP’s Megha Vishwanath has recently written a blog post for the Open Data India Blog to explain Akshara Foundation’s Karnataka Learning Partnership project (KLP), which collects open data, aggregates and deploys it to make a difference in Public schooling...
by Akshara Foundation | Oct 1, 2012 | akshara, citizen engagement, english, international literacy day, inventure academy, library, literacy, reading, story book
September 8 is celebrated as the International Literacy Day. Its aim is to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies. This year, on the occasion of the International Literacy Day, one of our volunteers, Ms. Tanya Bali and her two...
by Akshara Foundation | Sep 28, 2012 | a beautiful tree, government school, hubli, james tooley, private school, sikshana, tamanagaram, teachers
This is a guest Post by E.S. Ramamurthy who is the Founder – Chief Mentor of Sikshana James Tooley is well known for his book ”A Beautiful Tree” . In fact the publication is one of the most widely quoted by all those who stand for privatization of the public...
