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 | Jun 7, 2018 | activity based learning, Akshara Ganitha, community, gadag, Ganitha Kalika Andolana
This is the story of an education-oriented community. In the districts of North Karnataka you can find a tribal community called the Lambanis (http://www.realbharat.org/lambani-the-afghani-lavana-merchants-tribe-of-india-467/). In Dharwad and Gadag districts, the...
by Akshara Foundation | Mar 16, 2017 | activity based learning, Akshara Foundation, creativity, english, government school
Recently, Akshara Foundation’s Easy English Programme team organised an event called ‘Graduation Day’ of the first graders. The event was organised in GLPS Chikkanahalli school, Mugabala cluster, Hosakote block (Bengaluru Rural district). The event showcased the...
by Akshara Foundation | Jun 1, 2015 | activity based learning, Akshara Foundation, government school, library, stories
Last academic year was all about bringing Lakshmi up to speed with complex words, encouraging Mounika to fuel her desire to write stories, teaching Swati how to join letters and form words and pushing Faizan to read whole paragraphs. How did we manage this? Well, by...