The year that changed everything In the lifetime of a education-focused nonprofit it’s generally the year of inception, the year it gets a major investment, or the year it goes bust. But for ThinkZone it’s none of the above, the year that changed everything was 2019. Now, what so special about that year?. That year […]
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Deep-Rooted Issues of Pre-Primary Education in India “Learning to stand in somebody else’s shoes, to see through their eyes, that’s how peace begins. And it’s up to you to make that happen. Empathy is the quality of character that can change the world” – Barack Obama With the advent of the National Policy, yet still
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To be or not to be Ed-Tech When I joined ThinkZone at the end of 2017 as a Program Manager, The first thing the CEO, Binayak Acharya, told me was “ We are developing a teacher’s app, you need to test it and train the teachers how to use the App”. I was excited about
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Quality Learning Initiatives in schools and anganwadis of Bhadrak ThinkZone’s program is being implemented in primary schools and anganwadis in the Bhadrak district to improve the learning outcomes and build foundational skills of the students. The program aims to enhance the effectiveness of the learning processes by providing support to the teachers, Anganwadi workers (AWW),
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Foundational learning through reading sessions At our learning centers, partner schools, and anganwadis we have been conducting regular reading sessions to improve foundational skills of children. This is being done in collaboration with Learning Equality and Pratham’s Story Weaver. Our educators are now taking this forward by incorporating reading as a daily activity in their
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This month we have started our workshops to reach out to the parents and communities of children enrolled in Anganwadis of Salepur District. Last month we had launched our IVR Based Parental Engagement Program to enable parents to adopt modern educational practices at home. These workshops are a continuation of the same program, supporting the parents
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ThinkZone’s program is being implemented in primary schools in the Bhadrak district to improve the learning outcomes of the students. The program aims to enhance the effectiveness of the learning processes in schools by providing support to the teachers and students. The key will be to create a robust ‘learning’ system that not only builds their
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Bringing About A Much Needed Change In Rural Odisha Across several districts in Odisha, the kids rise and shine much before the school bell rings. They are all excited and pumped up as they make their way towards their village’s own learning center. The best part is that they don’t have to walk kilometers to reach these
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Spoon-Feeding Versus Self-Learning I remember several incidents from my school time that just came back to me as I started writing on this topic. Spoon-feed, as per its definition, is to provide someone with so much help or information that they do not need to think for themselves. This practice was so common in schools
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The monograph (Part 1 and 2) explores the Education system in India as it has come through over the years and the various policies and schemes taken up by the government for the improvement of this system. It also mentions the data points collected by various government and non-government agencies which brings out the crisis
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