Kevin Derin

Why India Is Failing To Educate Its School-Going Children And How That Can Change - PART- 5

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As for training, no matter how much we are trained, all of us learn a lot on the job. But we don’t learn alone. Unfortunately, teachers don’t have recourse to such learning. You need to build a cadre of people who are going to help the teachers. And we have such people in many states, called ‘cluster coordinators’ [each cluster has 10-20 schools in a block] or block resource people or, in general, whoever is above the level of the teacher. Wherever Pratham works with state governments or district administrations, we say that we first want to work with those people. Because those are the people who can really help the teachers.

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Why India Is Failing To Educate Its School-Going Children And How That Can Change - PART- 4

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Very often we find the ASER tool is extremely useful [in explaining that]. Parents when told for the first time...

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Why India Is Failing To Educate Its School-Going Children And How That Can Change - PART- 3

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These games do not use numbers. For instance, you have two cards. One has more dots than another and you...

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Why India Is Failing To Educate Its School-Going Children And How That Can Change - PART- 2

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It is important to examine what the “demographic dividend” is. In what way are we absorbing a potentially more ready...

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Why India Is Failing To Educate Its School-Going Children And How That Can Change - PART- 1

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India has enrolled more children in secondary schools than ever before, but is failing to teach them what they should...

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Top 10 Toughest Courses in India

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There are several courses available in India and abroad for students to learn from and take up after completing their 12th. Among these courses, there are many that are considered to be some of the toughest ones. This blog on Top 10 Toughest Course in India talks about the courses that are actually some of the toughest for students to take up. Let’s get started with the blog!

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How to increase hemoglobin: Home remedies. As discussed by senior Doctors. useful Article, Pls read all

385 Hits Kevin Derin Dec 13, 2022, 6:16 AM

Hemoglobin is a protein found in the red blood cells. These cells are responsible for carrying oxygen around the body. In...

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In Conversation: What is behind vaccine hesitancy?

331 Hits Kevin Derin Dec 13, 2022, 6:03 AM

In a bid to curb the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, public health experts have been pushing...

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In Conversation: What makes breast cancer come back?

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Millions of people live with breast cancer, the most common form of cancer worldwide — and also, in most cases,...

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Dementia vaccines: What are they, and when could they become available?

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Vaccines are arguably one of the greatest inventions of medical science of all time. Now, researchers are looking to take...