How edtech (Aadhar based authentication) can make a bad system much worse. Using Aadhar card for DBT to parents to buy textbooks is a very bad idea in more than one waythe Aadhar insistence will lead to exclusions and delaysgiving money is no guarantee the child will get the textbooks.…
Schools & Colleges in UP to remain shut till January 23
The UP Government has postponed the reopening of dates for all schools and colleges in the state to January 23rd from January 16th.
Free smartphones and tablets to be distributed in Uttar Pradesh from mid-December; 27 lakh students enrolled on DG Shakti portal
The biggest ever tender to the tune of Rs 4,700 crore has been floated by the government on the GeM portal for the purchase of smartphones and tablets.
Survey on the schooling crisis
Gram Vaani conducted a survey on the schooling crisis. Download the report here Schools have been shut since March 2020. With cases going down across the country, many state governments are contemplating whether to reopen schools or not. Mobile Vaani put up a survey to parents to understand their views…
No tests, mostly activities for school students in UP
There is some good news for school children in Uttar Pradesh. Those who are returning to school after almost 18 months will be eased into campus life and no tests will be held for them in the near future, said the government.
8-year-old Student in Uttar Pradesh Quenches her ‘Hunger’ With Water
Eight-year-old Aakiriti Suman goes to her school in Lucknow’s Chinhat block, Uttar Pradesh, everyday hoping to be served lunch under the Mid Day Meal Scheme. However, from 9.30 pm, when Aakiriti’s parents drop her at the school to work as agricultural labourers, till 1 pm, she is served no meal.…
UP primary schools reopen with good strength
After a wait of more than one year, the primary classes of Classes 1 to 5 have reopened in UP. The primary schools were closed on March 23, 2020 after Covid-19 spread in the state. Earlier, Classes 9 to 12 resumed offline classes from August 16 and Classes 6 to…
यूपी के बेसिक स्कूलों में अब आनलाइन पढ़ाई के साथ मोहल्ला कक्षाएं, सार्वजनिक स्थानों पर होगी क्लास
उत्तर प्रदेश के प्राथमिक स्कूलों की जगह अन्य सार्वजनिक स्थानों पर अब मोहल्ला कक्षाएं भी चलेंगी। वहां छात्र-छात्राओं को नियमित बुलाया जाएगा और कोविड-19 प्रोटोकाल का अनुपालन करते हुए पढ़ाई कराई जाएगी। ये पहल प्रेरणा साथी के माध्यम से शिक्षक करेंगे। वहीं विद्यार्थियों की आनलाइन पढ़ाई भी जारी रहेगी।