The COVID-19 pandemic has created a lot of challenges in the global education system. With each passing wave, the situation is only going bad to worse forcefully confining children to homes for the last 18 months. This has caused severe anxiety and pressure on the children disturbing their overall mental and physical well being. To mitigate the loss, Aide et Action innovated several strategies to ensure continued learning of children and youth from most marginalized communities.
Fani, a severe cyclone, made landfall at Puri coast in Odisha on Friday, 3rd May 2019. Categorized as 5 cyclone, the winds at a speed of 185-240 Km/hr hit the coastal areas of Odisha and some parts of Andhra Pradesh. Over 1.2 million people in the state have been evacuated from the coastal belt and relocated to safer places. The migrant laborers…
The Supporting Human Capital Development in Meghalaya, a 5-year project, was initiated in the year 2014 with the objective to enhance the employability of Meghalaya’s youth (aged 18 to 35 years) by improving the quality and delivery of its Secondary Higher Secondary (SHS) education and technical and vocational skills development programmes. As one of the…
Sunita Bai is a worker in a construction site in Bhopal. She has two children, a boy and a girl, under the age of 5 years whom she leaves at the “Child Care & Learning Centre” run by Aide et Action before going to work. Uma Sharma, the centre facilitator, looks after the children along…
Some months ago, the secondary school examination results were a talk of the town in Hyderabad and Chennai cities. The reason being, the students of the government schools operating from the slums scored big in the examinations, surprising many including parents, teachers and the government officials. The schools were part of the Aide et Action’s ‘Arambu – Gurukul’ project which is operational through 18…
A group of women of Gutung village in Golaghat district of Assam have formed a Mothers’ Committee to monitor the activities of the primary school in their village. Over a period of time, they have evolved themselves into change makers, and helped the community as well. Chandra Kiran Katta explores the amazing results of this…
Despite limited resources, a group of volunteers strives hard to ensure access to quality education for all in the tribal zone of Andhra Pradesh. Chandra Kiran Katta explores the difference these dedicated workers are making to the lives of the tribal children there. About 9.58 % of the population of Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh are…
A group of community members and teachers in Mudumalai and Bandipur Forest Reserves have developed a multi-lingual dictionary to help tribal children understand lessons easily. Chandra Kiran Katta takes a closer look at how this simple innovation is simplifying education by leaps and bounds for the children. Gouri, a 45-year-old school management committee member of Karaigudi Primary School in…
