EDUCATION/CASTE
Polishing away their futures
EDUCATION/CASTE : Polishing away their futures

In one of development's pampered districts in Orissa, chamar children are still polishing shoes, some even as they are supposedly schooling. Special economic packages are helping only a little here, and academic performance and serious rehabilitation remain abysmal, finds Ranjan K Panda.

#Caste #Education #ODISHA
BEYOND THE ALPHABET
A programme for functional literacy
BEYOND THE ALPHABET : A programme for functional literacy

A few months of learning using the primers developed by Utthan have helped over 2000 women in the ravine regions of Bundelkhand so far; they no longer rely on the assistance of others for their daily reading needs. Freny Manecksha reports that crossing this threshold helps open the women many other doors too.

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INNOVATION IN THE CLASSROOM
Are new teaching methods working?
INNOVATION IN THE CLASSROOM : Are new teaching methods working?

Efforts to make learning more interactive and more fun for students appear promising, but it may be too soon to judge if they are positively impacting children's performance in standard tests and surveys. Meanwhile, teachers complain that these efforts have added to their already heavy burden. Padmalatha Ravi reports.

#Curricula #Education #KARNATAKA
EDUCATION / WOMEN
A mother's touch at school
EDUCATION / WOMEN : A mother's touch at school
An innovative program of education for young children achieves the twin objectives of encouraging more families to send their girls to school, as well as giving the teachers a greater sense of autonomy over their own lives. Malvika Kaul reports on the Mother-Teacher Programme.
#Girls' Education #Education #RAJASTHAN
SURVEY OF EDUCATION
"My name is Minu Bora"
SURVEY OF EDUCATION : "My name is Minu Bora"
Pursuing a national measurement of the education, Rukmini Banerji reaches Arunachal Pradesh. Through chats and conversations and activities with children, she finds that the map of India is much more than dots and lines on a piece of paper, but also the anxieties and dreams of where we want to be tomorrow.
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  • Andhra Pradesh : 66.40%
  • Assam : 85.90%
  • Bihar : 70.90%
  • Chhatisgarh : 77.30%
  • Delhi : 88.70%
  • Goa : 88.70%
  • Gujarat : 82.40%
  • Haryana : 80.40%
  • Himachal Pradesh : 86.60%
  • Jammu and Kashmir : 77.30%
  • Jharkhand : 74.30%
  • Karnataka : 77.20%
  • Kerala : 96.20%
  • Madhya Pradesh : 73.70%
  • Maharashtra : 84.80%
  • Manipur : 76.9%
  • Mizoram : 91.3%
  • Odisha : 77.30%
  • Punjab : 83.70%
  • Rajasthan : 69.70%
  • Sikkim : 68.64%
  • Tamilnadu : 82.90%
  • Telangana : 72.80%
  • Tripura : 87.22%
  • Uttar Pradesh : 73.00%
  • Uttarakhand : 87.60%
  • West Bengal : 80.05%