A new milestone has been noted in our ongoing project and mission to revive the Sharada Script. As described before, MIEF along with the Department of Sanskrit Studies, JNU is currently organizing Sharada Script Revival learning for scholars and interested learners in Mumbai University
Tag: education
Monday Inspiration: City gets its own little free library
Carolyn Shirley with immense love for reading, took it several notches higher by opening a ‘Little Free Library’ in her front yard in a small American town of Elk Ridge. She decided on taking things under her own control and…
Are our schools producing educated children who can’t get jobs?
The education system in our country is not something we Indians are proud of.
Education system in Finland
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.
5 Apps for students!
We all know how great smartphones are when it comes to social networking and gaming, but they can also be very helpful in managing your studies, homework and assignments. We have a list of 5 apps that can help not…
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…
Role of NGOs in supporting child education
Developing countries, like India, face numerous challenges when it comes to educating their people. A large number of children in these countries are unable to complete primary school and drop out due to the cost of attending school. Many prefer…
MIEF project: Science promotion via social media
As we already told you on the 28th of December between 2-3 pm, Dr Uday Kakroo, Director, MIEF will chair a session on “Science Communication and Science Popularization” in Aligarh Muslim University. We have more news on this programme, MIEF will…
MIEF project: Low cost microorganism kit as a teaching aid for schools!
While we may all keep complaining about the poor state of education and teaching in schools, we need to also understand that one of the reasons behind it is also that the teacher’s training programmes and ‘capacity building’ as such…
AMU: XXXVII Indian Social Science Congress
Indian Academy of Social Sciences (ISSA) in association with Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is going to hold the 37th session of ISSC towards year end between December 27-31, 2013 at Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. This year, the focus of the…