About EdVillage EdVillage envisions a world where all children, regardless of their socio-economic status, have access to a high quality school that prepares them for higher education and a productive and fruitful life. Our mission is to support Education Entrepreneurs (educators that have either started or plan to start schools) and School Leaders (principals of [...]

Target celebrated the spirit of community giving last week when team members volunteered for various activities and events planned as part of the company’s International Giving Program. More than 180 children participated in various competitions at Target India facility, the events ranged from quiz and extempore to creative events like painting and making Rangoli. The [...]

Azim Premji University is set to launch its three full-time Masters program in Education and Social Development sector. All the three courses currently offered would be ideal for Bachelors degree holders with interest in social change more specifically in elementary and secondary school education as well as social equality and development. Below is a summary [...]

Azim Premji University (APU), a visionary venture into the field of Education and Social Development is set to commence operations starting July 2011. The university is set up with an aim for “actively connecting the world of higher education to the betterment of the lives of the disadvantaged in India.“ [Azim Premji University Website]. Two [...]

Indicorps, an innovative nonprofit based in India, offers Fellowships for people of Indian origin to implement sustainable grassroots development projects with community-based organizations. As an intense, total-immersion leadership program, Indicorps encourages individuals to explore their role as a catalyst for change. 27 new projects have been announced for the Indicorps 2011 Fellowship. Fellows will tackle [...]

Vidya Grants, a seed funded Chicago-based social startup, crowd-sources funds for students that are on the risk of dropping out of school.  Vidya Grants started ground operations two months ago and have their pilot under way.  They have developed relationships with organizations such as Gray Matters Capital.  Vidya Grants’ immediate goals are to sign up a [...]

This post is written by Ankit Vyas, Teach for India Associate. There is nothing more satisfying than having the opportunity to directly impact the lives of 50 children individually through education and the sense of possibility of this impact is what drives each Fellow at Teach For India. What is Teach For India It is [...]

Only 45% children in Rajasthan in Std. V can read Class II level text (Source – ASER 2009) Read Rajasthan is a 3 year initiative to change this! On 23rd august 2010, Government of Rajasthan has signed a MoU with Pratham Rajasthan for improving the quality of education in close to 3000 government schools of [...]

Escuela Nueva India is a social hybrid organization (for and non-profit) with the goal of a creating large-scale improvement of quality of basic education through the implementation of the Escuela Nueva Model. Since 2006, the Indian government has been studying the Escuela Nueva model: through trips organized by the World Bank and UNICEF, over 30 [...]

Academics who attended the recent Indian Science Congress wholeheartedly agreed that the standard of science education across India is appalling. That shouldn’t surprise anyone. In 2008, the National Knowledge Commission recommended that attracting and retaining talented students in basic sciences is paramount to any fighting chance with China, South Korea and the likes. One organization [...]