India education divide – rural education come to a standstill during lockdown

corona, covid-19, CSR JOURNAL, digital class, digital education, Uncategorized
[caption id="attachment_942" align="aligncenter" width="840"] zoom session at Z.P School Ghore budruk, Haveli, Pune[/caption] Coronavirus Pandemic has made world come to a standstill. Even though it has been 3 months of lockdown, there is not complete recovery or change of situation. Every industry including education sector has stopped working. Considering that there is no immediate vaccine or treatment in near future, the option we are left with is to face the situation together and find creative and effective solutions. Usually in India the school reopens in June every year after summer holidays. However, considering this Coronavirus pandemic, restarting schools will aggravate the situation. But, on the other hand, keeping schools closed and children locked at home is also not a solution. Already the disruption of examinations and schools has affected children's…
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Digital Learning – New avatar to our Legacy Learning System!

digital education, digital empowerment, Education, NGO, social entrepreneurship
When my daughter was 2 years old, I started to introduce her to “Good Manners” like washing hands, brushing teeth twice a day etc. I used to repeat my stories and examples so that she can correlate and learn. But most of the times, I was in vain. One day, I showed her an animated story of how a boy had to pay a visit to dentist for not brushing his teeth during night. That did the trick!! Hurray!! I started showing her more such stories and I was surprised to see the impact on her. Now in Sr.KG, she has been introduced to Solar System at school. When I tell her that we all people are lying on the earth and the earth is hanging in the space, she…
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StudyMall – Bridging Rural-Urban education divide – Computer Education in Government schools in Maharashtra

digital education, digital empowerment, Education, helping, NGO, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, Uncategorized
The necessity of a basic computer education is immense in this day and age. The lowest job to the highest job, the need for a computer is always there. As we become more technologically advanced, kids have started using computers and mobile phones since they start speaking. This helps them be smarter, worldlier wise and also be in touch with the relevant events of the world. This is a luxury for many kids in the rural areas of India. Hence, we as country should strive to bridge these barriers. At the ThinkSharp Foundation, we believe that education for all should not be a luxury, but a necessity. In the 21st century, computers, technology and everything related to it, has become a way of teaching and learning. Why should the lesser…
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To learn more,travel more-Inspiration from two 10 years old.

CROWDFUNDING, digital education, Education, humanity, NGO, NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, VILLAGE EDUCATION
Inspiration comes in all sizes and shapes . Today’s inspiration that I would like to share is story of Darshan and Omkar Hilal both of them are 5th standard students in a small village. Why are they inspiring us? Because they show us that when we want something for ourselves, we need to learn, acquire knowledge and for that we should be 100% committed. And this also means giving up easy choices and coming out of comfort zone to learn and do better. [caption id="attachment_670" align="aligncenter" width="840"] Darshan and Omkar  5th Std students[/caption] They both are users of our StudyMall project at one of our partner school Z.P.School Antrad Need, Tq.Karjat, District Raigad. And they chose this school despite having to travel 6 km every day with 100% commitment. They…
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StudyMall awarded National Digital Trailblazer award 2016

digital education, digital trialblazer, Education, helping, HP India, humanity, India Today, KPMG, NGO, social enterprise, social enterprise courses, social entrepreneurship
Our National Story- National Digital Trailblazer award We are happy to share that, we have received National Digital Trailblazers Award at Digital India Conclave, Delhi on 30th Nov 2016. Award  presented by Hon'ble Union Minister for Electronics and IT for ( Gov.Of India ) Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad for our project StudyMall for bringing digital education to rural children of Maharashtra. [caption id="attachment_208" align="aligncenter" width="766"] StudyMall awarded National Digital TrailBlazer award. Award was presented by Mr.Ravi Shankar Prasad Union minster for Electronics & IT (Government of India)[/caption] The Digital India conclave was initiated by India Today Television in association with HP India & KPMG. The digital conclave was conclusive event of 8 such conclave's carried out in 8 states of India in 2016. Digital Conclave is a very good initiative by India Today which traveled to 8 states of India that were Jharkand, Andhra Pradesh, Rajashtan, Gujrat, Odisha, Telengana, Chattisgarh  and Maharashtra . In simple words, Digital conclave selected individuals…
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Fourth StudyMall at Village Chikatgaon launched

digital education, Education, NGO, social enterprise
With a great sense of achievement and pride on behalf of all Thinksharp Foundation team we announce successful  launch of StudyMall in fourth village "Chikatgaon". In the year 2016,  after the launch of third StudyMall project at Village Vangani, we were contacted by one of our local volunteer Mr.Rahul regarding need of StudyMall in village named chikatgaon which is 70 Km from Aurangabad. Miss. Ashwini Chikatgaonkar helped us in our pre- visit to this Chikatagaon. Miss. Ashwini is an successful lawyer and has her roots from Chikatagon village. She wanted to help her village. We were very impressed by her passion and dedication to work for her improvement of her village. [caption id="attachment_181" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Chikatgaon StudyMall[/caption] Chikatgaon is a village where the approximate population is 4000 to 5000 . The…
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