by Akshara Foundation | Dec 1, 2016 | Akshara Foundation, award, Children's Day, Karnataka state government, NGOs
The road through Cubbon Park to Bal Bhavan was festooned, flower-bedecked and lined with children in folk costumes. A floral replica of the Eiffel Tower looked askance at a capsicum-studded map of India. It was a vociferous, multi-hued declaration of Childrens’ Day...
by Akshara Foundation | Jul 1, 2016 | Akshara Foundation, Akshara Ganitha, community, Ganitha Kalika Andolana, Gram Panchayats, math
An entire academic year has just gone by after the grand launch of Ganitha Kalika Andolana (GKA), the innovative support programme rolled out in June 2015 by Akshara Foundation, in collaboration with the Karnataka State Government. During the course of the year, the...
by Akshara Foundation | Dec 29, 2015 | Agora for Good, Akshara Foundation, assessment, data, Education, Fundraise, millennials
Five ways nonprofits can start unlocking trillions of dollars in potential donations from younger individual donors. via Millennials are unlike any generation to date. They think about impact, act on the move, and communicate as digital natives. By 2020, an estimated...
by Akshara Foundation | Dec 23, 2015 | Akshara Foundation, Akshara Ganitha, Ganitha Kalika Andolana, government, karnataka, math, sarva shiksha abhiyan, teaching-learning materials
Akshara Foundation, in partnership with the Karnataka government and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, launched a math programme called Ganitha Kalika Andolana (GKA) in June 2015. It aims to improve numeracy skills in over 300,000 students in 7520 Government primary schools...
by Akshara Foundation | Sep 29, 2015 | Akshara Foundation, Akshara Ganitha, Ganitha Kalika Andolana, government, government school, koppal, sarva shiksha abhiyan, teaching-learning materials
Teacher training under Ganitha Kalika Andolana in Koppal district I was eagerly looking forward to visiting a centre where the Teacher training was in progress. I got the opportunity in Koppal district, one of the 6 districts in the Hyderabad–Karnataka region, where...
by Akshara Foundation | Sep 29, 2015 | Akshara Foundation, Akshara Ganitha, Ganitha Kalika Andolana, sarva shiksha abhiyan, teaching-learning materials
We launched Ganitha Kalika Andolana (GKA) with a lot of gusto, amid even more applause. This first-of-its-kind programme in partnership with the Karnataka Government and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is going to cover 3,00,000 children in over 7,500 schools. We know what...
