Teaching

My visit to GHPS, Somalapura, to meet my students. ~ Shivaprasad

I had the opportunity to visit the school and meet my 7th-grade students, for whom I have volunteered to teach English. My sincere thanks to , Poornima, State Lead of Karnataka, Class Assistant Bhagyashree, Field Coordinator Abdul, and eVidyaloka for coordinating with the school to make this possible. Abdul had made arrangements to give me …

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Kavya: the student who walked a dozen others into school

In 2016, the Karnataka operations of eVidyaloka had its humble beginnings with the Dharwad center with the partnership of an organization named Vidya Poshak. They helped establish eVidyaloka Digital Classrooms in rural government schools. This was a program from eVidyaloka which would identify government schools and then set up digital classrooms in the school for …

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Manish’s journey from masonry and construction to realising his right to education.

This is the story of young Manish Kumar coming from the state of Bihar. Manish comes from a low socio-economic background and was born into a scheduled caste family. His father remarried as his mother passed away, making him a semi orphan. The expenditure and cost of living to sustain four sons became a burden …

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Bringing the school to every child’s home

Education from eVidyaloka continues in rural India despite all odds. The hard facts stare at us- COVID-19-induced school closures affected 25 crore Indian childrenover the last year, reported a UNICEF study. With the closure of schools in March 2020, economic insecurity, and alternatives to classroom learning not accessible to students from rural areas, children of …

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