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How to Protect Children from Online Sexual Exploitation

How to Protect Children from Online Sexual Exploitation

At the #WeProtect Children Online Global Summit hosted by the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom in Abu Dhabi, leading information technology companies, governments and international organizations have pledged to protect millions of children from online sexual exploitation, said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). “Children make up one-third…
How India Abuses Children’s Right to Education

How India Abuses Children’s Right to Education

The government apathy toward education has begun to trample the rights of children who are supposed to be the pillars of development in India. By Rakesh Raman Five years ago – in April 2010 to be precise – the Indian government began implementing the Right to Education (RTE) Act for…
NASA Invites Children to Learn about NASA’s Space Exploration

NASA Invites Children to Learn about NASA’s Space Exploration

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, will host this month's Sunday Experiment on Nov. 15, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST. This afternoon of free activities gives elementary aged and other family members a look into how NASA explores space and studies Earth from space…
Can Your Education Get You the Right Job?

Can Your Education Get You the Right Job?

The employment situation and education systems are equally bad in all parts of India. It is reflected in the country's worsening Human Development Index. By Rakesh Raman Today, there is a wide mismatch between the education being provided to students in India and the skills requirement in the contemporary job market.…
Constructive Education Framework: Arithmetic and Business Stats Course

Constructive Education Framework: Arithmetic and Business Stats Course

Constructive Education Framework Syllabus Arithmetic and Business Statistics Course By Rakesh Raman RMN Foundation – which runs free schools to provide modern education to poor children – has developed an innovative Arithmetic and Business Statistics Course for its school students. It is part of the Constructive Education Framework developed by…
Program to Improve Reading Proficiency Among K-3 Students

Program to Improve Reading Proficiency Among K-3 Students

Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), a children's literacy organization, announced Wednesday the introduction of Read for Success, a program intervention designed to improve reading proficiency among K-3 students. Tested over a two-year period as part of an Innovative Approaches to Literacy grant from the U.S. Department of Education, RIF's evidence-based model…
What Are the Advantages of Peer Learning?

What Are the Advantages of Peer Learning?

Peer learning – which is being effectively used as a pedagogical method at RMN Foundation school – has enormous benefits for students. By Rakesh Raman In their weekly communication skills development program Educhat, the students of RMN Foundation school in New Delhi discussed the advantages of peer learning on Sunday,…