by Akshara Foundation | Dec 17, 2017 | Akshara Foundation, e-learning, Easy English, nali kali, success stories, Tablet learning, teachers
Ever so often, Harshini has the Tab on her lap, teaching a small crowd of her peers its workings, its learning strategies. They are transfixed as much by the technology tool as by the English they are assimilating. Harshini is one of Mangala Mary’s two brightest...
by Akshara Foundation | Dec 17, 2017 | Akshara Foundation, e-learning, Easy English, government school, impact stories, nali kali, Tablet learning, teachers
English was once outside the scope of classroom life in Chinnamma’s Nali-Kali* section at the Government Higher Primary School, Kolathur, Hoskote block. The English period went by, 3 to 4 p.m. every day, in dull tedium. The less than 10 children in Nali-Kali –...
by Akshara Foundation | Dec 17, 2017 | Akshara Foundation, e-learning, Easy English, Education, success stories, Tablet learning, teachers
“I Now Like to Learn English” Mangala Mary’s English class at the Government Lower Primary School in Mylapura, Hoskote block, is amongst the finest in the programme. The EASY English impact here has been far-reaching. There are many children who are high achievers and...
by Akshara Foundation | Dec 17, 2017 | Akshara Foundation, Easy English, english, government school, success stories
Akshara Foundation’s Easy English programme puts Jayalakshmi in total command. Jayalakshmi belongs to a small, elite league of government school teachers who know English, her passionate urge for it pushing her to greater ascendancies. Her spoken English is...
by Akshara Foundation | Nov 21, 2017 | Akshara Foundation, Akshara Ganitha, community, contest, Ganitha Kalika Andolana, Gram Panchayats, math, metrics
Via Posted On: 21 Nov 2017 Section: Notes from the Field Topics: Education Tags: schooling, Karnataka K. Vaijayanti Akshara Foundation vaijayanti@akshara.org.in While the dismal quality of primary education in India has received considerable attention at the state...
by Akshara Foundation | Nov 14, 2017 | Akshara Foundation, Akshara Ganitha, Children's Day, contest, Ganitha Kalika Andolana, Gram Panchayats, math
On 27th September 2017, Chinchanooru village in Aland taluk, Kalaburgi district held a school level Gram Panchayat math contest. This was just one of the scheduled GP contests, similar to the ones Akshara Foundation has been facilitating all across the state, this...