Education and Skill Training
65 Yrs Old Mettlesome Taxi Driver Educates Underprivileged Children
Being forced to back out of school at the age of 7, Gazi Jalaludin had a clear mission; no other child should be deprived the power of education. From begging on the streets of Kolkata during his childhood to now being the man responsible for the free education of over 425 underprivileged children in West Bengal, he is a true hero and a person of mettle.
Major Gaps In Public Education System: AVPN Report
Anil Swarup, in his keynote address, shared best practices in education from across India and stressed on the need to adopt them to scale.
Empower Literacy Socially In A Digital World
To ensure the inclusion of rural areas and help them understand digital payments meetings at all levels such as branch offices, gram sabhas and gram panchayats so as to ensure they walk in sync with the rest of the nation in financial growth and literacy.
The Rising Need To Invest In Skill Development
The government has missed its targets of jobs creation and employment every year, due to increase in automation and inability to cope. CSR funds going into the sector of skill development are 5%.
Systems Thinking At Work
In my first piece in this three-part series, I introduced systems thinking and discussed why it is so relevant for the development sector and...
Holistic Educational Approach Taps Inherent Potential In Children
Uma and Muthuram have transformed the lives of at least 50 odd students below the poverty line, with higher education. In addition to the...
Google Earth Is Aiding Rural Students To Explore The World In The Classroom
We know that an education model is deemed effective when students are provided with ample opportunities to access interactive content, information in multiple formats...
Skilling India Through Combined Efforts
Creating opportunities for a million people, through skill training – this key initiative of Godrej Good & Green’s vision 2020 for enhancing livelihoods is...
CSR Can Help Ensure Better School Infrastructure
The Uttarakhand government has sought help from the corporates of the country to help out with school infrastructure of the state.
The Livelihood Approach – Tackling Rural Development Holistically
Whilst India has experienced significant economic growth over the last 20 years, much of this wealth generation has been inequitable.
On one hand, we have...
Systems Thinking For Development
To make interventions in the development sector work, we need more than attitude, legislation and participation. We need effective strategies, efficient execution and robust measurements.
Future Of Development Lies In Your Skills
By 2020, 65% Indians will be under the age of 35, making us the youngest country in the world. A large employable population is...