Education | Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

NIMHANS launches digital academy to help tackle India’s mental health crisis

July 13, 2018 Seema Prasad

In June 2018, NIMHANS, which has 5.5 lakh people from around the country seeking help at its doors annually, formally launched a digital academy that will impart virtual training to doctors around the country to address and treat common mental health disorders.

Workshop for science teachers at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium

July 10, 2018 News Desk

Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium is conducting classes to help science teachers and students.

Internship for Swacch Bharat: Apply before May 15!

May 14, 2018 Gauri Mullerpatten

If you are a student looking to get involved with society, you could use this internship opportunity provided by Swacch Bharat Abhiyan.

What does it take to evaluate an MLA’s performance?

April 25, 2018 Meera K

Bengalureans feel all MLAs have failed the city. But how can we objectively rate the elected representatives and prove this point?

A wishlist for govt schools: political parties, are you reading?

April 2, 2018 Sunayana Chatrapathy

Education is the foundation of a strong society, but in Karnataka, public education in urban areas has been a neglected area. What can political parties do to set this right?

When a library turns into makerspace in Bengaluru

February 14, 2018 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Are libraries relevant today? Can they become interesting public spaces for learning? An experiment in Bengaluru is trying to explore it.

Problems with mobile, TV ? This consumer awareness programme can help!

November 3, 2017 News Desk

Dealing with consumer cases needs sound knowledge of existing laws. Do attend this event to know more about consumer laws and rules.

This NGO creates spaces where learning is fun and hope is high

October 25, 2017 Kennedy Wirth

In fourteen years, this Bengaluru-based NGO has transformed the lives of children from underprivileged sections learning in government schools, to help them pursue a better life with better education and jobs.

Tech products help visually disabled, yet a long way to go!

October 12, 2017 Revathi Siva Kumar

October 12 is World Sight Day. What help do the visually challenged have? What more do they need? Here’s a summary of new age solutions.

All you need to know about Bengaluru’s Employment Exchanges

September 21, 2017 Akshatha M

This guide will help you figure out how anyone can benefit from employment exchanges.

Employment Exchanges need to find a way to become relevant again

September 20, 2017 Akshatha M

With changed world, easy availability of information and non-skilled human resources, Employment Exchanges have a greater void to fill, in skill development, not directly in providing jobs.

Employment Exchange: Old world job portal continues to serve

September 13, 2017 Akshatha M

Once Employment Exchanges were the most sought after centres for unemployed youth to get jobs. In an era of internet and job portals, what’s happening to them?

Freedom Pedals reaches unused cycles to deserving kids

September 12, 2017 News Desk

Three years ago when Sampath Ramanujam, Founder of Anvaya Foundation travelled to Kaiwara, along with his family, he met two girls who were playing happily with a fully damaged cycle with no bell, no brake

Bellandur student wins international science contest

July 28, 2017 Shilpi Sahu

Vikhyath Mondreti, a class 10 student from Greenwood High International School Bangalore, was part of the winning team in an innovation challenge conducted by the New York Academy of Sciences as part of their Junior

Science Express in Bengaluru: The wait’s worth it

June 12, 2017 Deepa Vaishnavi V M

Saturday (10 June 2017) morning saw me at the Kengeri railway station. I was there to see the Science Express – Climate Action Special. This was a special train exhibition that had reached Kengeri the

A people’s school for quality education takes shape in Whitefield

April 19, 2017 Abhilash M

What happens when the cost of education skyrockets and people become unhappy with the quality of education? They start their own school!

Right to Education: schools explain their side of the story

March 14, 2017 Akshatha M

While some schools circumvent RTE rules, other schools have many objections to the RTE implementation. What are they? And how are they dealing with them?

How minority tag helped schools skip Right to Education act

February 23, 2017 Akshatha M

Right to education act has many loopholes – exemption given to minority institutions is a major one. Many schools save themselves under the protection of minority status even in the absence of certificates.

60 young Bengalureans gear up to work with MPs

February 21, 2017 Anjini Bist

A recently launched experiential public policy programme offers 60 Bengaluru participants a chance to work on live projects for seven members of parliament.

How to get an RTE seat for a needy child in Bengaluru

February 15, 2017 Akshatha M

RTE admission season is open in Bengaluru. If you are looking to help someone to get their child admitted to schools under RTE, or if you need it for your child, this is your guide.