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Step aside, textbooks. Here comes the Big Book.
Step aside, textbooks. Here comes the Big Book.

By Aishwarya Tripathi

Primary teacher Shazia Bano of Bhandaro village in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh is ensuring that every child in her class is equipped with literacy and numeracy skills. And to do the same, she arms herself with colourful story books, maths kit, flash cards, and posters.

Primary teacher Shazia Bano of Bhandaro village in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh is ensuring that every child in her class is equipped with literacy and numeracy skills. And to do the same, she arms herself with colourful story books, maths kit, flash cards, and posters.

Keeping students on the right track
Keeping students on the right track

By Pratyaksh Srivastava

For a teacher at a rural school in Gorakhpur, the performance tracker where she records the progress of each of her students, is an invaluable teaching aid that brings out the best in her students and in herself.

For a teacher at a rural school in Gorakhpur, the performance tracker where she records the progress of each of her students, is an invaluable teaching aid that brings out the best in her students and in herself.

Baal Sansad, ministerial portfolios & workbooks help nurture leadership skills in students
Baal Sansad, ministerial portfolios & workbooks help nurture leadership skills in students

By Pratyaksh Srivastava

Scarcity of resources can lead to innovative ideas, as Roshan Jahan, a primary school teacher in rural Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh has demonstrated, as she successfully manages a multi-grade, multi-level classroom and keeps all her 55 students engaged.

Scarcity of resources can lead to innovative ideas, as Roshan Jahan, a primary school teacher in rural Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh has demonstrated, as she successfully manages a multi-grade, multi-level classroom and keeps all her 55 students engaged.

NIPUN Bharat Mission: Can States Meet the FLN Deadline of 2026-27?
NIPUN Bharat Mission: Can States Meet the FLN Deadline of 2026-27?

By Aishwarya Tripathi

The aim of the Government of India’s NIPUN Bharat programme is attaining universal foundational literacy and numeracy in all primary schools by 2026-27. Read on to know about the best and the worst performing states/UTs from the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Report 2023.

The aim of the Government of India’s NIPUN Bharat programme is attaining universal foundational literacy and numeracy in all primary schools by 2026-27. Read on to know about the best and the worst performing states/UTs from the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Report 2023.

एक्टिविटी और पाठ योजनाओं के जादू से बच्चों को जोड़ती हैं ये टीचर
एक्टिविटी और पाठ योजनाओं के जादू से बच्चों को जोड़ती हैं ये टीचर

By Pratyaksh Srivastava

पाठ योजनाओं और तरह-तरह की गतिविधियों के ज़रिए सहायक अध्यापिका ममता पांडेय, गोरखपुर के एक प्राथमिक स्कूल में अपने छात्रों की कम्युनिकेशन स्किल, रचनात्मकता और सोचने-विचारने की क्षमताओं को बढ़ाने में मदद करती हैं। उनका मकसद सभी बच्चों की बुनियादी अवधारणा को मज़बूत करना है।

पाठ योजनाओं और तरह-तरह की गतिविधियों के ज़रिए सहायक अध्यापिका ममता पांडेय, गोरखपुर के एक प्राथमिक स्कूल में अपने छात्रों की कम्युनिकेशन स्किल, रचनात्मकता और सोचने-विचारने की क्षमताओं को बढ़ाने में मदद करती हैं। उनका मकसद सभी बच्चों की बुनियादी अवधारणा को मज़बूत करना है।

Uttar Pradesh: Govt to set up Charging Stations on Expressways For E-Vehicles
Uttar Pradesh: Govt to set up Charging Stations on Expressways For E-Vehicles

By गाँव कनेक्शन

The charging stations will be equipped with a 'battery swapping' system to ensure hassle free mobility of electric vehicles on the state highways. The government has invited applications from firms interested in developing charging stations based on a private public partnership model.

The charging stations will be equipped with a 'battery swapping' system to ensure hassle free mobility of electric vehicles on the state highways. The government has invited applications from firms interested in developing charging stations based on a private public partnership model.

The ‘Jadui Pitara’ Works its Magic in the Classroom
The ‘Jadui Pitara’ Works its Magic in the Classroom

By Aishwarya Tripathi

Under the Central government’s NIPUN Bharat initiative, primary school teachers in Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh, are being trained to adopt a scientific pedagogy and improve a child’s ability to read and recognize language alphabets, and solve simple mathematical problems.

Under the Central government’s NIPUN Bharat initiative, primary school teachers in Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh, are being trained to adopt a scientific pedagogy and improve a child’s ability to read and recognize language alphabets, and solve simple mathematical problems.

Do embankments cause floods or prevent floods? Experts are divided
Do embankments cause floods or prevent floods? Experts are divided

By Daya Sagar

Around 73% of Bihar’s total geographical area is prone to floods as plains of the state, which are close to Nepal, are drained by a number of rivers that have their catchments in the Himalayas of Nepal. These rivers and their tributaries carry high levels of discharge and sediment load, which are deposited on the plains of Bihar thus causing floods

Around 73% of Bihar’s total geographical area is prone to floods as plains of the state, which are close to Nepal, are drained by a number of rivers that have their catchments in the Himalayas of Nepal. These rivers and their tributaries carry high levels of discharge and sediment load, which are deposited on the plains of Bihar thus causing floods

Want to get your marriage registered? Shell out Rs 6,000!
Want to get your marriage registered? Shell out Rs 6,000!

By Ranvijay Singh

The registration of marriages in Uttar Pradesh was made mandatory from 2017. An online application process was launched for the purpose. Click on the site and it says: "This service has been temporarily withdrawn". When our reporter, a bachelor, visited the marriage registration office to get "his marriage registered", he was asked to shell out Rs 5,000!

The registration of marriages in Uttar Pradesh was made mandatory from 2017. An online application process was launched for the purpose. Click on the site and it says: "This service has been temporarily withdrawn". When our reporter, a bachelor, visited the marriage registration office to get "his marriage registered", he was asked to shell out Rs 5,000!

“What have I achieved?” — a rural primary school teacher asks herself and then finds the answer
“What have I achieved?” — a rural primary school teacher asks herself and then finds the answer

By Aishwarya Tripathi

Sadhna Pandey has been teaching at Urdichak Primary School in Bharohiya block of Gorakhpur for the past one decade. It hasn’t been an easy journey, with a daily commute of three hours, high absenteeism and lack of infrastructure. But something keeps her going. What is it that keeps her going, she often asks herself.

Sadhna Pandey has been teaching at Urdichak Primary School in Bharohiya block of Gorakhpur for the past one decade. It hasn’t been an easy journey, with a daily commute of three hours, high absenteeism and lack of infrastructure. But something keeps her going. What is it that keeps her going, she often asks herself.

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