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CHILDREN

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Society

Study: What our children and youth think of politics and political leaders

March 8, 2022 Shevika M

Key findings from an online study across multiple Indian cities to understand how children and young adults view politics and political leaders

Tje Speakersters team participating in Delhi's school enterpreneruship curriculum
Education

Teaching entrepreneurial mindset: From the drawing board to the marketplace

January 12, 2022 Vijaya Pushkarna

The Business Blasters website enables investment in student startups and sale of products. A carnival is on the cards too, to showcase the top projects.

School students create mobile repair startup
Education

Delhi government schools are teaching entrepreneurship by catching them young, really young

January 10, 2022 Vijaya Pushkarna

Entrepreneurship Mindset Classes (EMC) in Delhi government schools comprise stories, activities, exercises and interactions with entrepreneurs.

Ahmedabad--primary education goes outdoors
Education

How primary school students in Ahmedabad continued learning outdoors, even during COVID

December 7, 2021 Darshan Desai

Teachers and the state education department coordinated to use open spaces to teach primary school students unable to attend virtual classes.

Delhi schools reopen for all classes
Education

Delhi: Tepid response to reopening of schools as parents prefer to wait and watch

November 18, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

With the full reopening of schools run by the MCD in the capital on Nov 1st, not just students but even teachers were missing. Why?

Child attending online classes
Health

Day-long online classes are neither effective nor healthy: Dr Savita Malhotra

October 30, 2021 Prachi Pinglay-Plumber

Senior child psychiatrist Dr Savita Malhotra on the impact of COVID-19 on children, created by various factors, from online education to pandemic stress.

New PM poshan abhiyan scheme
Health

Opinion: How school closure has impacted the nutritional status of children

October 8, 2021 Goldy Malhotra

COVID-19 impacted nutrition across classes, underlining the need to ensure both access and the right kind of food and eating habits among our children.

Closure of preschools and playschools
Education

Preschool closures in Delhi: Where will our toddlers learn when the pandemic is over?

September 30, 2021 Sri Krishna

Children need the stimulation they receive at preschools and day care centres. Yet, with so many of them out of business, the future looks uncertain.

schools reopen in Chennai
Education

Opinion: Some dos and don’ts for parents as schools reopen

September 14, 2021 Goldy Malhotra

As schools reopen, parents have to be very patient and help their children through what could be a phase of challenging adjustments.

Students face grave learning gap and catch up appears daunting with continuing school closures
Education

School closure: The mountain of myths standing between our kids and education

September 8, 2021 Bhaskaran Raman

Are vaccines a must before kids can go to school? Can schools be super spreaders? Such perceptions are delaying reopening, but do they have a basis at all?

Society

How our city systems made women and girls lonelier during COVID

May 11, 2021 Deepika Khatri

Women and young girls found themselves sharply alienated, and even faced more violence, during the harsh lockdowns triggered by the pandemic. Findings from a recent study.

Society

Our child was terrified of COVID. This is how we soothed him

May 8, 2021 Ritesh Banglani

The fear and anxiety that prevails all around today has serious implications for the psycho-social health of small children and adolescents too. A father of two narrates his experience.

Health

Nobody’s children: Out-of-school kids in Delhi find their plates empty

January 20, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

Lockdown and absence of midday meals has hit child nutrition badly. Even worse-off are the very poor and street children, who are struggling to secure a meal a day.

Infrastructure

Six ways to make our cities child-friendly

September 17, 2020 Nikita Luke, Rohit Tak, Claudia Adriazola-Steil and Ariadne Samios

The pandemic has highlighted the urgent need for safe outdoor areas for children, many of whom have experienced mental and physical health issues due to restricted socialization and activity.

Health

Neither food nor food allowance for hungry school kids in Delhi since March

August 11, 2020 Sri Krishna

The Directorate of Education said the delay in cash transfers was due to the preoccupation with COVID. Meanwhile poor families struggle to provide the bare minimum nutrition for their children.

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