[EnglishSTF-9297] No Funds, No Policy, Few Teachers: Former NCERT Director Says Budget Should Increase for Education

Dear teachers I hope we have a large increase in allocation in the budget to elementary and secondary education ... to make up for the lost decades and allow our children a fair chance in life read below views of Prof Krishna Kumar, retired Director of NCERT in whose tenure the NCF 2005

[EnglishSTF-9700] Brain pickings sunday newsletter ... its wonderful... you can subscribe to it ... am sharing an excerpt with this mail

A moving story of from Central India ... as teachers we have to help students learn about ecology and environment ... and reverse some of the terrible mistakes being made under the notion of 'development' regards Guru NOTE: This newsletter might be cut short by your email program. View it in

[EnglishSTF-9779] We Need Massive Change to Avoid Climate Hell (Please read)

As teachers we have to bring in climate change / global warming into our classes ... and support students and communities to adopt habits that can conserve our environment the mantra is re-use, recycle, repair .. we have to reduce our consumption as well This is what the wise people

[EnglishSTF-9702] pl use Firefox as your web browser (instead of Chrome or Edge) ... for your privacy and protection - Firefox's New Browser Will Keep Brands From Stalking You

Dear all Firefox is a free and open web browser software. Chrome and Edge are not, they have proprietary code which none of us can study and find out how they are spying on us ... please read article below regards Guru Firefox's New Browser Will Keep Brands From Stalking You source -

[EnglishSTF-9790] from KOER this week - The Gentle Man Who Taught Infinity (for your weekend reading)

Dear teachers, "Rarely has a book so perfectly matched its title. 'The Gentle Man Who Taught Infinity' by Sheshagiri KM Rao is one such and what a gentle read it was! Written as a tribute to the mathematics teacher who influenced his life, Sheshagiri Rao has managed to show us with his account

[EnglishSTF-9807] our children .... Stunted ..... wasted

Dear teachers I felt really sad to read this article today ... how can anything be more important for India, other than the well being of our children ... health and education must be our biggest priorities.  how can we all make health and education the biggest issues for elections 2019, so

[EnglishSTF-9822] tik tok, pubg - dangerous mobile apps that are harmful to children

it is important for teachers to be aware of dangerous phone apps and help keep their schools clean of these.. and also alert parents Guru The app’s surging popularity exposes youngsters to caustic comments and other potential abuse by peers Millions of teenagers seeking their 15 seconds of fame

[EnglishSTF-9919] Parents lack trust in govt schools, place faith in tuition teachers (challenges of building trust in government schools)

Dear teachers, The article "IIM-A Study: ‘Parents lack trust in govt schools, place faith in tuition teachers’" has some useful thinking points and can suggests some steps to strengthen government schools... see

[EnglishSTF-9921] teacher as cattle

ICT as a tool for domination/ control v/s a tool for emancipation By using ICT to create a surveillance society, education system impairs teacher and learner agency , critical to the

[EnglishSTF-10002] learning in local language...

source - https://www.thehindu.com/education/schools/hindi-school-books-in-uttar-pradesh-now-available-in-braj-bhojpuri-bundelkhandi-and-awadhi/article29397833.ece The decision was taken to give greater importance to dialects and also to improve learning in children who use these dialects as their

[EnglishSTF-10202] Bringing you more resources on Teachers' Day!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Greetings to all of you on Teachers’ Day! This has been an unusual year, unprecedented in the impact it has on millions of people on this planet. And impacting several thousands of children and young minds. Extraordinary times call for dynamic and flexible responses and

[EnglishSTF-10148] vacancies - pl share with those interested

https://www.naukri.com/job-listings-Program-Associate-Education-Teacher-Educators-Language-or-Maths-IT-for-Change-Bengaluru-Bangalore-2-to-5-years-220620004065 Education Team IT for Change Bangalore www.ITforChange.net 080 26654134 -- --- 1.ವಿಷಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಲು ಈ

[EnglishSTF-10232] Re: teacher as cattle

We invite you to listen to our Campus Radio program Nan Voice Nan Choice (My Voice My Choice) focusing on adolescent girls and their communities. The program will be relevant to teachers and educators. Students will benefit from listening and also asking questions and participating in the program.

[EnglishSTF-10351] Teachers capacity building course on conducting online classes - 2022

Dear Teachers, Happy Republic and hope all are doing fine!! IT for Change is pleased to announce an online course on “Teachers digital capacity building” to support teachers to conduct online classes for the students and to create classroom resources. We request teachers to go through the

[EnglishSTF-10371] MOOC: Teaching Mathematics with Technology

Teaching Mathematics With Technology IT for Change, in association with the Commonwealth of Learning, is offering a 4-week Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Teaching Mathematics with Technology. This course aims to build the capacity of teachers in using Geogebra, a Free and Open Source