Education

Finding the right school for your child can be a challenge, especially with the education field evolving rapidly in the digital age. Be sure to keep these three major changes in mind when making the big choice for your kid’s future.

As a parent, raising a child with autism is as much a lesson as it is a challenge. A mother talks about her key takeaways from a lifetime raising a child with autism, and the experiences she has had.

Disturbed by deaths caused by teachers hitting students, these 11th-graders in Tamil Nadu designed creative solutions to introduce positive discipline in the classroom, in lieu of punishment. The project won the ‘Bold & Audacious’ award at the ‘I CAN Awards 2015’ organised by Design for Change.

With sexuality continuing to be a taboo topic for most Indians, the country’s urban young have little access to credible information on sexual health. Chandrima Das, Associate Director of FSG Mumbai, talks about why governments, funders, and nonprofits must look to the internet as a possible solution.

For many budding Indian artists, getting proper training and education can make all the difference between earning livelihoods and living in squalor. A crowdfunding campaign aims to help such a training programme educate three budding artisans from Gujarat.

Teaching English to an underprivileged Indian can make a huge difference in their lives, opening new avenues and opportunities. In the first of a series of how-to posts, Raghav Nyati talks about how to teach someone the most elementary element of an English conversation – introducing yourself.

More and more Indians are travelling abroad to study and train, powered by a rapidly changing mindset that is very aware of the opportunities and facilities enabled by overseas study and training.

Once topping the charts in child marriages in the country, Bihar has reduced the incidence of this social evil considerably, helped by innovative interventions such as starting girls clubs for solidarity, and encouraging them to play football.

With something as simple as teaching English to your household help or underprivileged people around you, you can help bring about positive change in society. Read on to find out how.

In the rural and tribal areas of Chhattisgarh, women are traditionally relegated to household work in deeply patriarchal settings. However, three women are changing this status quo and pushing for education for the region’s children.