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In the News The COVID pandemic has led us to the worst educational crisis. Education has almost come to a grinding halt. School closures; cancellation of board examinations; interruptions in learning continuity; challenges faced by teachers in virtual learning spaces; perplexed and disoriented students – all add to exacerbate the learning crisis further making it a generational catastrophe. …
Geneo X – Geneo Success Stories
Online learning has opened difficult challenges and exciting possibilities. Personalised learning has come in focus for students to understand their challenges and decide their own unique learning path. Geneo is a smart online platform making anywhere anytime learning effective by providing opportunity to students to become self-directed learners. It offers students, teachers, and parents alike …
Cybersecurity in Online Education
Microsoft’s Global Threat Activity Tracker detected almost 90 million cyberattack encounters worldwide within the last 30 days, with the education sector facing the maximum at 60% of all attacks. Although now almost a truism, it is still important to note that the pandemic has hastened the shift to online education. Cybercrime, whether in the form …
Aligning People, Process and Technology: for learning must not stop!
The people: ‘Dark clouds in the sky of Assam. To Keep the freedom of Assam, free from the destruction of the enemy. Join the war’. Mula Gabharu said to her husband Phrasengmung. The invading army had threatened the Ahom Kingdom. Mula Gabharu was a Tai woman warrior who led the campaign with women warriors like …
Teaching-learning in a post pandemic world: Identifying problem areas
It was only till a year ago that education seemed to be the same as it had been for decades – crammed classrooms, unappreciated teachers, and one size fits all content. But, in the midst of all of that, there was still the fun of going to school, of meeting friends and colleagues, and learning …
The blue-collar bedrock needs an ecosystem solution at scale
The blue-collar economy is critical for achieving India’s vision of a $5 trillion economy with inclusive growth. Almost 40% of the Indian workforce
Community Development
Be Safe, Be Smart: Road Safety Programme Road traffic continues to be a major developmental issue, a public health concern and a leading cause of death across the world. More than 1.35 million people perish in road accidents worldwide as stated in the Global Status report on Road Safety 2018. As much as 90% of …
Blending Education to meet the Sustainable Development Goal- 4
To realize the right to education to create a progressive nation, SDGs have drawn a roadmap to transform education and promote the well-being of society. With the commitment of “leaving no one behind”, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the universal Agenda – ‘Envision 2030’ for Sustainable Development, articulated in a set of 17 Sustainable …
In conversation with Ritu Jhingon, CEO of Vedanta’s flagship programme Nandghar
One of the pioneers in the Corporate Social Responsibility sector in the country, Ms. Ritu Jhingon has had an illustrious career in Cause Marketing and developmental communication with leading media and advertising companies including Hindustan Times and Ogilvy & Mather. Currently she is the CEO of Vedanta’s flagship programme Nandghar, which aims at transforming lives …
Learning to Engage
Confident, firm and motivated.Mrs. Kanchan Wadhwani, a Karyakarta (worker) of Heera Path Anganwadi, Jaipur, is all these qualities rolled in one. She has been working for the past 7 years in the Anganwadi system after clearing her 12th standard. As one of the cohorts of Anganwadi Workers (AWWs), she is being trained in new pedagogical …