According to global education report of 2004, India’s ranking was 106 out of 127 countries in the education sphere Although India is amongst the ten fastest growing economies in the world, India has the largest number of illiterates by far…
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MIEF Project: Sharada Workshop at JNU
As we said previously through Facebook, the Sharada response at JNU received a very favourable response! We were thrilled to have so many experts, students and audience with us. The classrooms on each day were full of students (close to…
Monday Inspiration: Eat the Frog!
Sorry for the weird images you may have formulated in my mind, but we are only being a tad Mark Twain-ish this Monday. It’s all too easy to have a tough Monday and keep on procrastinating the “worst” tasks towards…
Why you must encourage your kids to play: Weekend tips!
We are soon going to have a world without Sachin Tendulkar walking in to bat. It is the end of a glorious era. And while there are critics who may say, he held on for too long, we believe we’re…
MIEF project: Earth Day celebrations!
First of all we wish you a very happy Children’s day! Today we want to share with you a school project, that readily takes us back to our childhood every time we go through the pictures :-). With support of…
State of education in India: What you must know
In India today, 4% of our children never start school. 58% don’t complete primary schools. And 90% don’t complete school This statistic will get any country worried for their future. If our children do not get educated we are axing…
MIEF project: Taramandal, the mobile planetarium!
Taramandal is MIEF’s own galaxy of stars! With the support of Rashtriya Vigyan Evam Prodyogiki Sanchar Parishad, Dept.of Science & Technology, Government of India, MIEF as a part of their aim to increase scientific curiosity and awareness amongst children, launched the…
Monday Inspiration: So, what's stopping you?
Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda in 2010 went to Samarthanam trust in Bangalore being ‘interested’ in sports. He worked really hard for (just) two years and in September 2012 during the London Olympics, Girisha became one of the few Indians to win…
MIEF weekend tips: Healthy Food for Children
We are often finding it’s harder to get children to eat on well and eat on time! Some tips from MIEF!
MIEF survey: on Climate Change
Since MIEF only just started posting online, we thought it would be a good idea to share with our readers what projects we have been doing recently. In partnership with the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Millennium India…