by Akshara Foundation | Oct 20, 2016 | Akshara Ganitha, Ganitha Kalika Andolana, government, government school, Karnataka state government, sarva shiksha abhiyan
Karnataka State Government rolls out Phase 2 of Ganitha Kalika Andolana in collaboration with Akshara Foundation. October 20, 2016: The Karnataka State Government and Akshara Foundation, today signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to roll out Phase 2 of...
by Akshara Foundation | Jul 10, 2016 | government school, impact stories, lego, RoboCup Junior, Robotics Lab
In 2013, Akshara Foundation with support from the Lego Foundation, set up a robotics lab in a government school, in Bangalore. It’s overwhelming to see how the children have progressed from not being able to turn ON and turn OFF the computers to gaining the expertise...
by Akshara Foundation | Nov 24, 2015 | government school, karnataka, klp, knowledge sharing
Imagine: A parent is trying to decide whether to send her child to the preschool at the end of her street, or the one in a nearby neighbourhood. She’s heard the faraway preschool is better, but it also has higher fees, and she’s not quite sure what “better” means. An...
by Akshara Foundation | Nov 9, 2015 | government school, lego, Robotics Lab
Yesterday, the 8th of November 2015, was a robotastic day for the kids of our Robotics Lab. Three teams from the Vivek Nagar Government School in Bangalore participated in the South Zone – Robocup Junior Competition held at St John’s High School, Frazer...
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 24, 2015 | Akshara Foundation, government school, impact stories, lego, Robotics Lab
A few weeks ago, I visited a government school in Viveknagar, Bangalore to see how they learn in India. The school has a Robotics Lab. I saw how they build their robots and it was very cool! I also admired them, because they let me help them with their robots. They...
