A couple of months ago I became a grandma (now known as GrandMaggie). Compared to when I had my own children 30 years ago, there is now so much research available about the first weeks, months and years of a child’s life. I have dipped in and out of books that my daughter-in-law has been
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This article has been sponsored by SP Jain Institute of Management & Research “There is a village far away from where I currently work called “Chaurasi”. The name always intrigued me and I later found out that it was because the place was once adorned with 84 temples. The temples now stand dilapidated, with scattered
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Madhura Rajvanshi grew up in Phaltan, a small town in Maharashtra. After completing her BSc in Botany in Pune, she returned to her hometown to find her calling in life. Like many, what she studied didn’t particularly interest her. Back home, she joined the school she studied in, Kamala Nimbkar Balbhavan, as she loved working
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The EDge Editorial Team May 2020 In the wake of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, the education system faces a new set of challenges and opportunities. While school closures in India has pushed out 250 million children from brick-and-mortar classrooms, the clamour for digital learning is intensifying. Educational Technology (EdTech) is witnessing a spike in both
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A student’s mathematical knowledge is built on a basic understanding of numbers and basic arithmetic operations. We refer to these skills, which should be acquired by class 5, as ‘Foundational Numeracy’ skills. Several studies have shown that students who perform poorly on these skills at the end of kindergarten and class 1 are likely to
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Deep Narayan Nayak (37) grew up with limited means in a big family in Nandigaon village in Jamuria, Asansol, West Bengal. From the first day of school till the last, he never wore a new uniform or studied from a new book. Deep and his four older sisters managed with hand-me-downs and worn-out uniforms, which
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What do you remember most about your school? Is it the classrooms or the open spaces, the amphitheatres where you had your annual days or the basketball courts/football fields/grounds where you spent hours playing with your friends? In a sense, what we learn outside sticks with us more than what we do in classrooms. Rabindranath
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This article is part of #MakingSportWork, a series launched by The Better India and Sports and Society Accelerator. The series celebrates India’s independence with stories of heroes who have spent years working to improve lives around them through sports. Stay tuned for inspiring tales of those who are #MakingSportWork. After his graduation, Bengaluru-based Vishal Talreja got
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