Lucknow-based nonprofit, DEVI Sansthan (Dignity Education Vision International) is currently holding a two-day (July11-12) conclave ‘Synergy Summit’ in New Delhi  around its work in Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) skills. Sansthan has developed a unique toolkit to impart literacy quickly and is being implemented in districts of Shamli (UP) and Sambalpur (Odisha)—both counted among the bottom 10 districts in literacy within …

 Sir James Dyson, a Gresham’s School Alumnus, addressed the Class of 2022 at Gresham’s Speech Day saying, “Be different, embrace failure, discover your mojo, believe in your ideas, ignore the naysayers.” Sir James, the British billionaire entrepreneur and founder of Dyson Ltd,  was at the school’s official opening of the Dyson STEAM Building, a new centre that combines the teaching …

Gamification in Education is inevitable; at the same time talking on issues is also necessary to help its growth and productive evolution. We asked Raunaq Kakkar, Founder of e-learning platform Found My Teach and Lawpreneurz, legal services cum literacy platform on this theme. Let everyone understand what is Gamification in education Gamification in education is nothing new.  It already existed …

LIVE online tutoring platform, Vedantu, has also gone physical and just opened its first hybrid centre In Bihar’s Muzaffarpur.  The company is proposing more such centres in future in other tier 2-tier 3 cities and is likely to enter into direct competition with coaching centre brands. There is, however, one difference, While the Master Teachers will be LIVE and teaching remotely, the classes …

The much awaited Holistic Progress Card (HPC) for foundational school grades (till class III) under NIPUN Bharat is being put to test as it pilots in 72 schools this July The Holistic Progress Card (HPC), the assessment component of the mission on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) under the National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN …

Just over seven-year old Dhruv Pandit, a class III student of Apeejay Svran Global School, Sector 21 (Faridabad) has been appreciated by the India Book of Records and recognized for winning the maximum number of awards (42) in a single academic year (2021-22).  These awards span over several Olympiads, music and marshal art competitions, intra-school and interschool contests and special …