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 | Mar 31, 2017 | Akshara Foundation, Anganwadi and Preschool, Anganwadis, balwadi, Creative Commons, Education
The Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC) is a network established to build strong partnerships across sectors and different disciplines, organisations, agencies and institutions in the Asia-Pacific region to advance the agenda on and investment in...
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 | Aug 14, 2015 | Akshara Foundation, Akshara Ganitha, Education, koppal, kushtagi, libraries, math, mundargi, sarva shiksha abhiyan, stories, teaching-learning materials
Seeing the schools in Kushtagi and Mundargi was the favourite part of my time with Akshara. Our school visits were unannounced, like the house visits, so we were able to see a real school day in progress, and Akshara was able to check on the students’ progress....
by Akshara Foundation | Aug 14, 2015 | Akshara Foundation, community, Education, koppal, kushtagi, mundargi, parents, stories
No American visiting India for the first time really knows what to expect. The India that one visualises from the descriptions of travel websites, friends, and relatives is one of stark contrasts between clean and polluted, modernity and tradition, rich and poor. So,...
by Akshara Foundation | Jun 16, 2015 | Akshara Foundation, Education
My friend Vanessa, in one of her mails, strongly recommended that I read The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer. A little Google home work and I decided to add it to my long list of `to read’ books. After all Vanessa had used many superlatives while talking about the...
