Rural education in India during and post CORONA/COVID-19

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Today, we all are fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic, it has costed us human lives, caused economic loss, loss of our freedom, motivation and much more. While every sector/industry is facing losses and challenges due to COVID-19, I am going to discuss about challenges and loss in educational sector especially rural education in this blog. And also open up a dialogue on how to address this challenges. Currently, due to COVID-19, exams are postponed, schools, colleges, universities are closed. In the beginning they were closed without further notice but it was assumed it will be for short period of time. However, looking at the bleak future, where we do not know when will we get cure or vaccine, everybody has started finding solutions in terms continuing classes via digital medium…
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26th StudyMall Launched at village Ambivali, Dist Raigad

26th StudyMall Launched at village Ambivali, Dist Raigad

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Independence day Celebrations at Balpan English School Village Panodi, Ahmednagar

digital education, digital empowerment, Education, helping, humanity, NGO, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, youth power
On 15 Aug 2017 we celebrated our 70th Independence Day in India. We were also part of the celebrations at Balpan School, Village Panodi, Dist Ahmednagar. We are very humbled and honored to had chance to celebrate this important day where our Founder Mr.Santosh Phad was invited to be chief Guest of Honor. I was very fortunate to join him too. Balpan english school in Panodi Village is set up Mr and Mrs Munde with a sole aim of providing quality education and English language syllabus for the village students. In villages it is really a daunting task for parent to send them children to schools located at Taluqa or District place for better and English medium education. This leads to financial implications for family, health implications for children due…
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Wakas (Dist-Raigad)-Upcoming StudyMall project- Digital Class

Wakas (Dist-Raigad)-Upcoming StudyMall project- Digital Class

digital education, digital empowerment, Education, helping, humanity, NGO, tribal school, Uncategorized
Thinksharp Foundation team is helping 5 villages and approx more than 3000 rural children by providing  better rural educational infrastructure  through 5 StudyMall projects as of Aug 2017. Our aim is to put one village one StudyMall throughout India. As we are progressing we are getting lot of inquiries to establish StudyMall from lot of villages . While we would love to help and set up StudyMall in each and every village that approaches us, however due to funds and operational challenges we prioritize villages. Thinksharp foundation team has decided to help 10 villages in this financial year (preferably by Dec 2017). Out of this 10 villages one is Village Wakas which will have Digital class under StudyMall project. Thinksharp Foundation team Shraddha and Santosh visited village Wakas  as a…
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Providing right educational infrastructure to rural children

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When our internet is not working we feel, "oh well, if it was working i would have completed my presentation for tomorrow".  That  moment we realize that to function and give our best in our day to day life we really need to have  access to best infrastructure with us required to complete that job. Rural children too have lot of potential and if provided with right educational infrastructure they can do so much to reach there full potential. Thanks to our more than 50 regular individual donors and other anonymous, corporate, organisational donors who are doing exactly this  job "providing the right educational infrastructure at right time for rural children" by supporting StudyMall. StudyMall is providing infrastructure like books, games, arts, crafts , digital learning , computer learning etc…
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StudyMall received Digital Trail Blazer Award 2016.

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Our project “StudyMall” received Digital Trail Blazer Award at Digital India Conclave event . This Award was presented by Hon'ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra Mr.Devendra Fadnavis  for bringing digital education to rural children of Maharashtra. The Digital India conclave was presented by HP India in association with India Today Television and KPMG.  The Digital India Conclave is India's first conclave that brings together the best of minds, talent and people with a varied range of expertise in the digital field from all over the country. We were honored to share the award with 4 other esteemed organisations. 1) AAPLE SARKAR APP, DEPARTMENT OF I.T - GOVT. OF MAHARASHTRA initiative which address public grievances while ensuring participative governance. The 'Aaple Sarkar' portal and app are monitored by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) in Maharashtra and is a platform for citizens…
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StudyMall project presented at CSIM (Centre for social initiative and management)

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A room full of enthusiastic social change makers and experienced professionals along with their teachers and mentors ready to listen about Thinksharp Foundation "StudyMall" on a Saturday evening was a sign of there commitment towards there passion of starting something to help society.  Students doing course on NGO management and social  entrepreneurship were excited to listen what I have to tell them on managing StudyMall project under Thinksharp Foundation. We Thinksharp Foundation team was invited by CSIM Hyderabad to speak about our journey and management of NGO to students of CSIM this year in month of June. As our Founder was on not available, this great opportunity came to me to present StudyMall to CSIM students. CSIM launched a centre in Hyderabad in 2002, by networking with Dr.Reddy’s Foundation. This…
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

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Preeti an 7th std standard student from village Surungali in 2013 told us "she wants to be astronaut" that amazed us. Because in a village of hardly any TV, Satellite, forget about internet but no desktops and 2 school at long distances with poor infrastructure her confidence and knowledge that she wants to be an astronaut. We asked her what she is doing for achieving to be astronaut, she said she goes to school but she does not know exactly how to be one? She spends her time after school looking after her younger brother and doing daily chores of house till her parents return from farm. She does not have place to study or read amazing stories of astronauts after school or in school, she does not  have access to…
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StudyMall – Read, Learn, Play

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[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Z1QJ_mndQ&list=PLNSShY_DkLmH76Q39kCzlg_fJS04TIgtU[/embed] StudyMall – Read, Learn, Play is more than just a library which provides better educational infrastructure in rural areas. Include better sitting place during and after school. It also provides Books, Educational games, Toys, Computer learning, Digital/ Multimedia learning, and conducts workshops on various topics. Problem that we intend to solve Lack of better place to sit after school for study Poor infrastructure of schools which fail to give required educational facilities Libraries are either absent or are at long distances Rural children do not have access to digital / Multimedia learning. Impact of StudyMall At present with one StudyMall the statistics are- More than 1500 children are getting advantage of our current StudyMall Increase in awareness regarding education and its need by 25 to 30% of previous level.…
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