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

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[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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Tips on usage of computer by Dr.Varsha for our ComputerMitra beneficiaries

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StudyMall is helping more than 5000 rural children read,learn and do better in studies. StudyMall has reached 33 schools in 33 villages of Maharashtra. Recently we launched computer learning program "ComputerMitra" with help of NIIT foundation, where our volunteer teaches computer  for period of 3 months to a batch of students from 6th and 7 th std at Z.P.School of village Jambargaon and at end of this course (once they pass exam), they get certified by NIIT foundation as computer literates. But with technology, comes few health disadvantages which are preventable and we decided to create awareness regarding same. Our volunteer Dr.Varsha, (Dr.Varsha contact page),  a well known respected medical doctor from Mumbai, decided to help us. On occasion of children's eye health and safety month, took a audiovisual presentation…
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Impact Stories of StudyMall- Better rural education in villages

Impact Stories of StudyMall- Better rural education in villages

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StudyMall is helping more than 5000 rural children read,learn and do better in studies. StudyMall has reached 33 schools in 33 villages of Maharashtra. While we do have many impact parameters and impact stories, today i would like to share 2 little recent stories about impact of StudyMall. This stories are shared from teachers of our StudyMall project with us. One of our respected and committed teacher is Mr.Prakash Rajput sir who shares his message regarding impact of StudyMall in Z.P.School of Village Murumkhedwadi, Dist Aurangabad as below. He shared his heartfelt thanks with  us for sending computer in his small village located in mountains. He shared the joy of happiness that he witnessed on children's faces when they saw the computer in their school. He is one of  our…
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Book Reading – serene way to wisdom

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Library While the whole world is advancing and transitioning to digital, most of the rural India is still struggling to have schools and libraries. School Library: The Focal point What is a Library? A Library is a building or room containing collections of books, periodicals, and sometimes films and recorded music for use or borrowing by the public or the members of an institution. In addition to providing materials, libraries also provide the services of librarians who are experts at finding and organizing information and at interpreting information needs. Libraries often provide quiet areas for studying, and they also often offer common areas to facilitate group study and collaboration. Libraries often provide public facilities for access to their electronic resources and the Internet. Modern Library – beyond books: Modern libraries are…
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StudyFin- Financial support to reduce school dropouts in Maharashtra

financial assistance, NGO, NGO in education, rural education, ruraleducation, scholarship, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, social impact, student loan, studyfin
At Thinksharp Foundation, we are successfully running project StudyMall in 28 villages in 28 rural schools across Maharashtra,India . Through StudyMall we are helping approximately 5000 rural children by providing them books,digital learning and other better educational infrastructure. While working in rural areas, we closely observed lack of financial resource is one of the critical reason for discontinuing education. One of the major cause of dropouts in secondary schools in rural areas, is lack of financial support. This led us to launch our  new project "StudyFin". StudyFin project supports to financially disadvantaged children to pursue secondary education (9th to 12th Std) and vocational education. Special emphasis is for the girls who cannot pursue or have dropped out of the school due to financial constraints. This will help rural children for completion…
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Story about our supporters-Lets Tute and DHL Express India

Story about our supporters-Lets Tute and DHL Express India

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We are  happy to share two stories regarding our partner organisation. This two organisations "Lets Tute" and "DHL Express India" have added value to our StudyMall project by adding education infrastructure for rural children in thier school which is interactive content to learn maths in effective manner and computers. One of our StudyMall project in association with partner school at Karad, Dist-Satara received interactive,easy to learn Math books from our support organisation "LetsTute" on 19 July 2018.  We have received feedback from children that they are finding it easy to learn and enjoy maths. Teachers are also happy to use this content which makes teaching  more easy and effective . Additonaly,happy to share that DHL Express India, has joined us to improve quality of rural education in Gov.Schools in Maharashtra.…
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TISS AESDII CSR conclave 2018

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Our founder Santosh Phad attended TISS AESDII CSR Conclave on 21 May 2018 at Mumbai.Many inputs and guidance from  Mr.Nadir Godrej (MD ,Godrej Industries Ltd), Ms.Shweta Shalini ED, Village Social Transformation Foundation , Mr.Batliwala (Financial Adviser, TISS ) Mr.Rohan Sarma (Head TISS AESDII), Mr.Balasubramaniam (Founder, GRAAM) was received and we had an opportunity to meet many corporate CSR partners who were present for this 3 days event. TISS AESDII (TISS Assessment & Empanelment Standards for Development Institutions in India) is an conference/event that was held between May 21 and 23, 2018, at Tata Institute Of Social Sciences.The TISS AESDII is an initiative to create a model to evaluate, assess, accredit and build capacities of Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) and Social Sector Organisations (SSOs) through robust multi-layered processes that stress adherence to several parameters, a…
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27th and 28th StudyMall at Palaskheda Murthad and Zavkheda Thombre village

27th and 28th StudyMall at Palaskheda Murthad and Zavkheda Thombre village

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26th StudyMall Launched at village Ambivali, Dist Raigad

26th StudyMall Launched at village Ambivali, Dist Raigad

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23rd and 24th StudyMall launched in Mirwat and Kasarwadi Village of District Beed

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