A teacher from a primary school in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district shares some uniquely interesting method to teach mathematics to her students.

Rupesh Rajoriya is a teacher in Upper Primary School Badoli, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. She not only provides excellent education to children but also listens to their concerns. In the Teacher's Diary, she is sharing a story today just like that.

Inability of a student to take notes from the blackboard urged a teacher to look deeper into the issue. The teacher realised that her student was struggling with the her vision and timely medical measures ensured that at present she is not merely able to see clearly but also envisage her bright future.

Students’ organisations in Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad University have been up in arms ever since the institute’s administration announced a hike in fees last month. With the administration not compromising its stance on the rationale behind the fees hike, the protests against the decision are escalating with every passing day. Leaders from the opposition parties in the state have also expressed their support for the students. Here’s all that has happened in the story so far.

Twenty-seven-year-old Rana Jyoti, a media professional, moved to Kargil to teach rural children from underprivileged backgrounds in Yourbaltak village in Ladakh. She has also spent two years teaching village kids in Himachal Pradesh.

From mentoring rural entrepreneurs to facilitating linkages and aiding them with technical training, the enterprise facilitation centres (EFC) or the ‘rozgaar kendras’ have helped set up telemedicine facilities, tuition centres and beauty parlours in rural pockets of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh.

Using tobacco is an invitation to death – this was the message that was promoted at the day long youth festival held at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Every year nearly 15 lakh young people lose their lives to cancer and other serious health disorders directly related to tobacco use.