Beginning of a new Community initiative in Hoskote
The academic year 2012-13 has a begun. Along with Akshara Foundation's numeracy and literacy programmes in Bangalore, Hoskote, Devanahalli and...
Research Findings on the Akshara Library Programme: A Commentary
The Library Programme at Akshara Foundation has been running for more than 6 years. Over this period, we have introduced Libraries into each of the...
The Postcard campaign against Government schools in Delhi
In a radical initiative to expose the apathy and lack of basic facilities in the capital’s government schools two years into the Right to Education...
Guest Post: Comparing School Performance
This is a guest post by S Anand who is the Chief Data Scientist at Gramener.Continuing the design jams, we had one at Akshara’s...
Visitors from Indiana
A group of students from Indiana University visited with Akshara recently and they posted a short piece on their visit.Some students commented that...
Think outside the 25% box
RTE implementation must focus on improving standards in government schoolsThe provision for reserving 25 per cent seats in Class I for private...
New features on the KLP website
So here's something new that we wanted to share. http://klp.org.in/ has new features and data sets.1. Demographic and financial reports of...
Right to Education
Today, the Supreme Court upheld the Constitutional validity of the Right to Education Act. What this means is that there will be 25% reservation in...
Education – Open data in action
Anjanamma sits on the floor in her one-room tenement in Bangalore. She has three children – a girl and two boys – who study in nearby government...