Education and Skill Training

India’s leading public sector bank, Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) felicitated the beneficiaries of its Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI) program in Tanjore Tamil Nadu. The Bank celebrated its successful completion of training more than 77,000 young candidates out of which 50,180 were women and the rest were men. The Bank under the directives of Ministry of...

The lowest electoral participation in India is seen among the youth, particularly in teenagers who are 18 to 19 years old. They are busier choosing a career path, and casting their vote is the least of their concerns. With this intent, National Voters’ Day was dedicated in 2017 to motivating these young and future...

If people refuse to cast their vote during elections, democracy would become meaningless. This should give you an idea of the importance of National Voters Day 2020, which is being observed on Saturday.  What is National Voters Day?  The foundation day of the Election Commission, January 25, 1950, was declared as National Voters Day. It is...

'CCL ke Lal and CCL ki Ladli’ – the flagship programme in education sector implemented under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) has produced JEE Mains toppers. Under this programme, children who are appearing in their class 10 examination are selected through a test from across the state. All the selected students...

The Department of Primary and Secondary Education of government of Karnataka has decided to develop an app to meet the needs of government schools under CSR programmes as well as bring in transparency among donors. The Namma Shale - Namma Koduge (My School, My contribution) programme aims to provide accessibility to donors across the globe. The...

It has been often pointed out that unemployability is a larger problem in India than unemployment. Niti Aayog in its report Strategy for New India @ 75, about 53% of youth coming out of India’s higher educational institutions are not employable. In order to address the problem of employability, the government of India launched...

Pearson India, the leading digital learning company, recently partnered with The Akshaya Patra Foundation to donate around 1 Lakh bags and pencil boxes for the underprivileged children in four cities in India. The purpose of the initiative is to make basic educational amenities accessible for children and help them pave a bright future for...

Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR) will be in the spotlight in 2020, going by Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan's latest declaration. He announced at the 107th Indian Science Congress last Friday that his ministry is in an advanced stage of developing a formal policy on scientific social responsibility. Through the Department of Science and...

Indian multinational corporation Wipro, in collaboration with the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), will be setting up a platform to train students in emerging technologies — artificial intelligence (AI), data science, internet of things (IoT) and cyber securities. Wipro has decided to take up the initiative under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme, TalentNext,...

Dabur India Ltd announced the expansion of its community development drive in the state with the adoption of four Government schools in Rajasthan – two in Newai and two in Alwar. Dabur has pledged to improve the overall infrastructure in these four schools this year in Rajasthan with the intent of improving the overall...

Schools are the foundation for children to acquire knowledge and develop a personality. Inclusive and holistic growth of a child relies on various factors, even at the school level. For improved learning outcomes, a promising environment and method of teaching and learning have to be inculcated. Infrastructure, availability of space, learning methodology, availability of...

Learning Poverty Report, recently released by the World Bank has estimated that about 53 per cent of children in low and middle-income countries cannot read and understand a simple story by the end of primary school. It has set a new learning target which aims to cut at least half the global rate of...