Comprehensive SOPs provided for the safety of students, says Health Minister
Back to school: lessons from around the world
As India joins 100+ countries worldwide where children are attending in-person school, we look at some global best practices
Parents want schools to reopen for younger kids in Karnataka
With Kerala announcing that classes from grade 1 and above will reopen from November 1, parents are hoping schools in Karnataka will follow suit. Parents feel it is important for younger children to return to campuses and interact with friends and teachers. With schools functioning from home for more than…
Asha Chennai
Asha for Education organized 65 mini-schools in the state of Tamil Nadu. Small groups of children attend mini-school in a teacher’s home, open-air terraces, libraries, and other public places. Over 2000 children attend these 65 mini-schools running in more than 100 batches.
Tranquil Charitable Foundation
The foundation adopted a government higher primary school in Bangalore and provide educational assistance to students from the school. They have five teachers and volunteers who work with them to help the students with their learning.
Centre for Quality and Equity in Universal Education(CEQUE)
CEQUE’s Teacher Innovator Program (TIP) is a professional development programme for teachers from government, government-aided and low-income schools. Through its unique ‘Learn, Do and Lead’ model, the program skills teachers to learn and implement new methods of teaching and bring an improvement in student learning.
Global School Leaders
Implemented programs to empower school leaders in marginalized communities to lead effectively through this crisis. Project Upya and Kanya were designed to support school leaders during school closures to engagestudents and develop more gender-sensitive schools.
Pfizer Covid Shot Safely Bolsters Antibodies in Younger Kids
Pfizer Inc. and partner BioNTech SE said their Covid-19 vaccine was safe and produced strong antibody responses in children ages 5 to 11 in a large-scale trial, findings that could pave the way to begin vaccinating grade-school kids within months.
The Paused Classrooms – Research report – Orissa RTE Forum and Save the children
Download the report here Nutritious food through school midday meal not available Children feel isolated, anxious, bored, uncertain and experience fear and grief Due to pandemic related economic stress, households are forced to send children for wage work. Girls being married at young age A large percentage of students do…