Education

Karnataka teacher Akshay Mashelkar wanted to make education more interactive for children in his village, and so he built Shiksha, a humanoid robot that imparts education to children under Class 4.

Abhinay Sharma left his government job to take affordable education, something he always struggled to access, to aspiring students looking to rise above their circumstances. His YouTube channel has millions of subscribers today.

The Union Education Ministry has launched ‘Jaadui Pitara’ to promote fun learning for 3–8-year-old kids. The material includes toys, puzzles, posters, flashcards, storybooks and more.

Academic and social entrepreneur Dr Brij Kothari is the pioneer behind Same Language Subtitling, a tool hailed the world over for its ability to improve literacy. Here’s how his initiative Billion Readers, or BIRD, is set to transform one billion lives.

IIT Kharagpur announced 12-week online course on Deep Learning in Visual Computing. The college will issue e-certificates for a fee of Rs 1,000, and will especially benefit engineering students.

Benoy Stephen explains how Ultimate Frisbee is helping children find new ways to dream, and how this unique self-refereed, mix-gendered sport could be the ‘ultimate’ solution to addressing a lack of education in underprivileged children.

Itching to return home from the US to do good work, Sunny Singh founded RoundGlass Foundation, which works towards the holistic development of Punjab through education, skill training, environment conservation, and more.

The Better India speaks to Shankar Maruwada, CEO and Co-Founder of EkStep Foundation and member, National Steering Committee for the National Curriculum Frameworks, to gauge what India's policymakers have in store for its children.

Meet Alice Thomas, a social worker from Puducherry who has spent 32 years funding the education of over 150 children from tribal and marginalised communities and helping them find jobs as paramedical staff, teachers, engineers, and more through her NGO Udhavi Karangal.

Ladakh recently touched new heights in the Ministry of Education's Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2020-21. Dedicated teachers are one of the main reasons why school education in Ladakh has seen a remarkable transformation.