Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

Walk And Charge

Few students of my alma-mater have come with an innovative idea to charge electronics gadget. And that idea is very simple and yet powerful.
All charged up: L-R Shachi Pande, Rushikesh Pande, Isha Nag, Tejas Narsimhan , Aditya Nanavaty and Sarvesh Patil
Now your regular 20-minute morning walk can also help in recharging your cellphone battery. [...]

February 13, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Education, Innovation  One Comment

7 Teachers beat an 11 Year old for not doing homework

Here is another case of corporal punishment. I think it is high time some serious action was taken against the schools and erring teachers.
IBN Reports
A sixth standard student of the Vinod English High School in Bangalore, Sangeetha was physically tortured by seven of her teachers on Thursday.
The teachers said that Sangeetha hadn’t done her homework [...]

February 5, 2009   Posted in: Education, corporal punishment  No Comments

Schools For India

Education is a topic that is very dear to me. I have always wanted to do something in this area. Something Big! Don’t know when I will be able to do that but till then I will continue to dream of that. In the meantime I have come accross this organization called Schools For India. [...]

January 30, 2007   Posted in: Education, India, Schools, SchoolsForIndia  No Comments

School With No Teachers - School at Tuggalwala

To sir with love
A girls’ college in Punjab where there are
no teachers and where the students pay
no tuition fees and are taught to abhor
cheating in exams

Yesterday on Dateline Punjab they had a story of a school that had no teachers! At first I couldn’t bellieve it but they had a good 15 minutes coverage [...]

September 16, 2006   Posted in: Education, India  7 Comments