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HomeCHILDREN

CHILDREN

Government of India’s Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge poster
Infrastructure

Bengaluru among top 10 cities in kid-friendly neighbourhoods contest

January 20, 2022 News Desk

The NNC aims to incorporate a focus on early childhood development (0-5-year-old children) in the planning and management of Indian cities.

A closed preschool and daycare faclity in Bengaluru (Pic Courtesy: Jyotsna Arun)
Education

Preschools, daycares disappear into COVID gap; Govt indifferent

September 13, 2021 Prachi Pinglay-Plumber

Thousands of preschools and daycares may have closed during the pandemic, but Karnataka has no policy or guideline, let alone help for the sector.

government school children
Education

The reality of online learning in Bengaluru’s govt schools

August 26, 2021 Navya P K

Children in government schools are facing a huge learning gap, as they hardly have live online classes, unlike private schools.

Society

COVID Advisory: Ensuring children are cared for, in our absence

May 6, 2021 Zibi Jamal

Even though it is hard to think of one’s own mortality, times are such that it is better to leave one’s child/children prepared for such an emergency.

Health

Bengaluru school kids breathe polluted air, shows study

May 2, 2021 News Desk

The study used data from an independent monitoring network set up in 27 major locations in 18 districts of Bengaluru by the Healthy Air Coalition.

Society

All about Childline 1098: How it helps children in distress

January 28, 2020 Prachi Pinglay-Plumber

The child helpline 1098 gets calls on issues ranging from denial of school admission to trafficking of children. How is the helpline run? What action is taken on calls? Here is an explainer

Society

Fundraiser: School children sell paintings for battered puppies’ treatment

December 21, 2019 Priya Chetty Rajagopal

Ten days ago, miscreant children in Whitefield battered seven puppies. Only one of the puppies have survived. You can support this puppy’s treatment by attending a fundraiser organised by Parikma school students

Education

How Rachenahalli lake became a classroom for high school students

November 26, 2019 Shobha Ananda Reddy

Legacy School Bangalore works with the citizen group Jalmitra to convert Rachenahalli lake into a classroom for its students. As the students learn and work with the local community, the condition of the lake has also improved

Governance

How to protect your child from sexual abuse

November 24, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

November 20th, World Children’s Day, marks the anniversary of UN’s Declaration of the Rights of the Child. But how well-protected are our children from abuse, and how can we ensure their safety?

School safety zone launched at St Joseph’s School
Commute

New initiative for School Safety Zone to get students to be change agents

November 20, 2019 Jeevan Biswas

A new initiative called ‘Young Change Agents for Road Safety’ aims to create safe zones around schools by getting students to drive change

Education

Pasta or Pav bhaji? Roti or Ragi mudde? How Bengaluru’s schools and students deal with food

July 31, 2019 Tanika Deuskar

As children increasingly consume junk food, some Bengaluru schools have adopted strict policies to ensure that their students eat healthy. These schools’ policies range from providing food cooked at school itself, to replacing any junk food children bring from home

Environment

Bengaluru non-profit builds play spaces from scrap

May 30, 2019 Sakshi Rao

As children’s play spaces are shrinking, the non-profit Anthill Creations has been transforming government school playgrounds and open spaces in the city. Anthill uses scrap materials to build durable, innovative play structures

Education

“We were told our son wouldn’t get admission in college”

May 27, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Amidst the frenzy about tenth standard exam results and top scorers, what happens to the children who get average marks? In this conversation with Citizens Live, parents of Chiraag Shetty who scored 59 percent, talk about the pressure they face, the struggle to get college admission for Chiraag, and how the system could change

Civic

Bengaluru’s children will thank traffic police through February

February 1, 2019 Flora Macaulay

Children showered Bengaluru Traffic Police with praises and commended the unending zeal and tenacity that they display despite the numerous challenges they face every day.

Education

RTE helpline: How to use it effectively?

December 22, 2018 Rahna Jacob

Earlier there were a lot of children in government schools, but of late the number has reduced, as parents prefer private schools. However commercial nature of this has also created school drop outs.

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