External talks, Interviews & Articles January 2021 January 27, 2021: Wilima Wadhwa wrote an opinion piece in the Indian Express. Children from economically weaker backgrounds have fallen behind as classes shifted to the digital mode January 24, 2021: I4I Editor-in-Chief Ashok Kotwal speaks with Rukmini Banerji (CEO of Pratham; India’s largest education non-profit) and…
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Pratham Education Foundation’s CEO Dr Rukmini Banerji was quoted in the Financial Times recently.
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Dr. Rukmini Banerji was quoted in this Forbes India article that talks about the flip side of digital learning regarding children who have been unable to access the most basic forms of online education in this pandemic. Read the full article here
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Pratham’s Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) approach was recently featured in The Economist. The article titled ‘Covid-19 creates a window for school reform in Africa‘ covers the TaRL programs being run in African nations to strengthen children’s learning levels. Citing Botswana’s example, the article says, “They borrow from a technique pioneered over two…
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स्कूल खुलते ही हमारा पहला उद्देश्य होना चाहिए पुरानी कमजोरियों को दूर करना। नई शिक्षा नीति 2020 का भी कहना है कि बुनियादी कौशल अनिवार्य है। – डॉ रुक्मिणी बनर्जी
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Pratham Education Foundation and Liver Foundation have collaborated for an initiative called Pora Lekha (পড়া-লেখা) to strengthen the primary education system in 22 villages of Nagari Gram Panchayat (GP), targeting about 800 children aged 5 to 10 years. The plan entails employing the mothers in Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and equipping them to support children’s learning.
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Pratham’s vocational training program, Pratham Institute, has won the Indian Chamber of Commerce Social Impact Award 2021 in the ‘Employment-enhancing Vocational Skills’ category.
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शिक्षा का स्तर कोरोना के पहले भी संतोषजनक नहीं, अब किताबें दूर रख बुनियादी पढ़ाई मजबूत करनी होगी:
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बच्चे एक चुनौतीपूर्ण समय के बाद स्कूल जा रहें हैं| हर कक्षा में इस नई शुरुआत का जश्न मनाना ज़रूरी है!
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During COVID-19 related school closures, at least 463 million children had no access to remote learning (digital or TV/Radio).
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