Finnish Education system is considered to be one of the best in the world. Having 100% literacy rate, Finland is definitely a country to emulate when it comes to the education system.
Category: MIEF Awareness Bulletin
Anger and violence among adolescents
Adolescence is not an easy phase to get through in life. Physical and emotional changes occur at a rapid pace, hormones take over and emotions run high. Learning to adapt to this causes anger, rage and aggression. The best way…
Waste management in India
Waste management is becoming a nightmare in cities across India. With the rapidly growing urbanization and industrialization, this issue is getting out of hand for the authorities. It’s time we act and save our country from turning into a land…
Cyber-bullying in India
As per the definition given by Cyber Bullying Research Centre, U.S., cyber-bullying or online bullying is willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones and other electronic devices. According to a Global Youth Online Behaviour Survey…
Educating the blind!
Visually challenged/blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or psychological factors. According to WHO estimates in 2002, the most common causes of blindness around the world are: Cataracts (47.8%), Glaucoma (12.3%), Ureites (10.2%), Age Related Macular…
Indian Television: Good or bad?
With the increasing use of internet and social networking sites, television industry is dying (okay maybe not dying but s-l-o-w-l-y becoming less popular), especially as far as the (urban) youth is concerned. Gone are the days of daily soaps on…
Preventable diseases Indian children suffer from
According to a study published in The Lancet, in the year 2010, 16.8 lakh children died in India below the age of five years, due to infectious but preventable diseases. More than half of them could not complete the first…
Common diseases related to old-age
According to the United Nations Organization, the population of elderly persons is the fastest growing around the world and the number of elderly people by 2050 will be close to 2 billion. Aging is an inevitable process and many factors…
Condition of stray animals in India
In India, where the condition of people living on the streets is so horrifying, the condition of stray animals is very unlikely to be on the government’s list of priorities. So it becomes all the more important for us people…
Organic foods: Are they really the better choice?
Once used to be seen only at health shops, organic foods are now very common in most supermarkets. Let’s look at some facts before we decide if they’re really better than the conventionally produced foods. The word “organic” basically differentiates…