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As schools don’t have smart classrooms, teachers use apps on their phones to show lessons written on the blackboard
MYSURU: Teachers at eight government schools in Gundlupet, Chamarajanagar district, have volunteered to launch online classes for children from poor families and tribal communities. As the schools don’t have smart classrooms or full-fledged videoconferencing facilities, teachers stand in front of the blackboard and switch on commonly available apps such as Google Meet on their mobile phones.
Nirmala R, who teaches Kannada and science at Government Higher Primary School in Doddahundi, has been holding classes in this manner since the first week of July.
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UDUPI: Amid the pandemic-induced lockdown, the Government Higher Primary School, Nallur in Karkala is developing Dhanwantari Aroygya Vana, a herbal garden in half an acre of land.
Nagesh, headmaster, said: “We started working on this project in February and have planted about 120 varieties of saplings. The garden is being developed with the support of teachers, parents, peoples’ representatives and SDMC members. Several local doctors and donors are supporting this project.”
“We will soon begin documentation of all species. Earlier, seven teachers used to visit the school everyday. Due to the lockown, only I visit the campus everyday and water the plants now. We want to develop this garden as a model one in the state and also develop a walking track around the garden for the benefit of the locals,” he said.
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Bengaluru NGO Bal Utsav promotes social good by focussing on sustainable interventions for children, especially in education, through its flagship programmes.
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A 2009 report by the Central Statistical Institute of India highlighted that India has close to 3.3 million registered NGOs, meaning there is one NGO for every 400 Indian citizens.
Around the same time, Bengaluru residents
Ramesh Balasundaram and Binu Verma had decided to quit their corporate jobs to start their own NGO. While competing with another NGO was an option, the husband-wife duo decided that it would be better to complement another’s efforts. They set up