Importance of reading and school library

Importance of reading and school library

Uncategorized
Libraries are a great place to be at. Ever wondered how much power this place holds in our lives. As kids of the last generation we were not so much unaware of the importance of this place in our lives. It's only after growing up and taking up  higher studies that we realise the paramount importance of this place.  Also, do we all remember how many books we ever issued from a school library ? In the digital age as well, we can't simply replace books with the tabs and PDF versions of the books. Remember as young school going children, we  would wait for the day when books would be distributed in the school and the smell of the new books, the fun of putting covers on them. All…
Read More

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…
Read More

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

corona, covid-19, digital education, digital empowerment, Education, helping, humanity, NGO, NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, social impact, Uncategorized, VILLAGE EDUCATION
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…
Read More

Book Reading – serene way to wisdom

Uncategorized
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…
Read More

Yoga Day celebrated by our little Yogi’s of StudyMall

digital education, digital empowerment, Education, helping, humanity, NGO, NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION, social entrepreneurship
On occasion of International Yoga day observed on Friday 21 June 2019, our partner schools enthusiastically took part in Yoga Day. All of our 30 centres in rural areas, participated by conducting Yoga Session with our young students from 1st std to 10th std with their teachers. StudyMall promotes learning by providing various educational infrastructure in rural schools. Currently we focus on providing library and digital aids e.g. projector embedded with school syllabus and an option to link it to internet.With availability of such improved tools in rural schools, it fosters positive environment to conduct additional activities such as YOGA Day. We are very thankful to have teachers who support and carry out such activities while fully using the provided infrastructure. YOGA is our ancient practise which is accepted by…
Read More
Story about our supporters-Lets Tute and DHL Express India

Story about our supporters-Lets Tute and DHL Express India

10TH STD, AURANGABAD, CROWDFUNDING, DHL EXPRESS INDIA, digital class, digital education, digital empowerment, Digital Empowerment Foundation, digital media, DONATION FOR CHARITY, Education, entrepreneurship courses, facebook, helping, instagram, LETS TUTE, maharashtra, NGO, NGO in education, NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION, notforprofit, rural education, ruraleducation, social enterprise, social enterprise courses, social entrepreneurship, social impact, social media, social media for empowerment, ssc, studymall, TAX BENEFIT, Uncategorized, youth power
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.…
Read More

TISS AESDII CSR conclave 2018

AURANGABAD, CROWDFUNDING, DaanUtsav, digital class, digital education, digital empowerment, Digital Empowerment Foundation, digital media, digital trialblazer, Education, entrepreneurship courses, humanity, India Today, joyofgivingweek, maharashtra, MAYANK GANDHI, NGO, NGO in education, NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION, notforprofit, rural education, ruraleducation, social enterprise, social enterprise courses, social entrepreneurship, social impact, social media, social media for empowerment, surungali village, TAX BENEFIT, TISS, transform maharashtra, Uncategorized, VILLAGE EDUCATION, Vinod Tawade, youth power
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…
Read More
20th StudyMall Launched at Ghore Budruk village,District Pune

20th StudyMall Launched at Ghore Budruk village,District Pune

AURANGABAD, CROWDFUNDING, CSR JOURNAL, DHL EXPRESS INDIA, digital class, digital education, digital empowerment, Digital Empowerment Foundation, digital media, digital trialblazer, DONATION FOR CHARITY, Education, entrepreneurship courses, helping, LETS TUTE, maharashtra, MAYANK GANDHI, milaap, Mumbai University, NGO, NGO in education, NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION, notforprofit, Pune, rural education, ruraleducation, social enterprise, social enterprise courses, social entrepreneurship, social impact, social media, social media for empowerment, studymall, surungali village, TAX BENEFIT, transform maharashtra, Uncategorized, VILLAGE EDUCATION, youth power
(more…)
Read More
27th and 28th StudyMall at Palaskheda Murthad and Zavkheda Thombre village

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

10TH STD, action for collective transformation, ACTION FOR INDIA, AURANGABAD, books, CROWDFUNDING, digital class, digital education, digital empowerment, digital media, Education, facebook, helping, interns, joyofgivingweek, LETS TUTE, maharashtra, motivational leadership, NGO, NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION, notforprofit, reading book, reading books, rural education, ruraleducation, scholarship, social enterprise, social enterprise courses, social entrepreneurship, social impact, SOCIAL INVESTOR, social media, social media for empowerment, social speaker, studymall, surungali village, transform maharashtra, VILLAGE EDUCATION, youth power
(more…)
Read More
26th StudyMall Launched at village Ambivali, Dist Raigad

26th StudyMall Launched at village Ambivali, Dist Raigad

ACTION FOR INDIA, ambivali, AURANGABAD, CROWDFUNDING, digital class, digital education, digital empowerment, Digital Empowerment Foundation, digital media, Education, helping, humanity, maharashtra, motivational leadership, NGO, NGO in education, NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION, notforprofit, raigad, reading book, reading books, rural education, ruraleducation, social enterprise, social enterprise courses, social entrepreneurship, social impact, SOCIAL INVESTOR, social media, social media for empowerment, social speaker, studyfin, studymall, surungali village, Uncategorized, VILLAGE EDUCATION, Vinod Tawade
(more…)
Read More