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21st Wipro Education Partners’ Forum: Capacity building for and by civil society organisations

Social change is a complex process. It needs consistent and long-term efforts. Civil society organizations (CSOs) face multiple challenges in driving this. These include resource constraints and scaling pressures, among many others. In this context, Wipro Education Partners’ Forum is a three-day residential retreat, designed to bring together a network of CSO partners. They are dedicated to […]

By Samuhik Pahal Team | 22 January 2025

Strategy

Building nonprofit capacities, the Atma way – Diving into the why, what and how of capacity building of small to mid-sized nonprofits in India

By Sneha Arora | 2 December 2024

Impact Assessment

Impact Assessments in Education

By Anuradha De, Meera Samson | 26 March 2022

Equity and Inclusion

Review of ‘Turning the pot, tilling the land’

By Supriya Menon | 8 May 2023

Learning from Failure

The many meanings of failure and success- Hoshangabad Science Teaching Program in memory

By Hriday Kant Dewan | 10 June 2024

Systemic Reforms Special Issues School Subjects Learning Spaces Curriculum and Pedagogy

Working with GovernmentTeacher Professional DevelopmentSchool TransformationSchool LeadershipNEP

Reflections from the Ground on School Reopening

Malaya Padhan’s essay discusses a gamut of issues that have arisen in the field due to school closure and captures important voices of teachers, students, and parents from the field in the context of school reopening.

Covid 19

By Malaya Padhan | 18 November 2024

‘Samuhik Pahal’ Resources Relevant for the School Reopening Process

A set of resources from the ‘Samuhik Pahal’ archive relevant to the school reopening process.

Covid 19

By Samuhik Pahal Team | 18 September 2024

Reopening Schools A Way Forward

Covid 19

By Chirag Sutar | 12 September 2024

Coming Back To School

Covid 19

By Aastha Maggu | 25 January 2024

Stories from schools

Covid 19

By Bookworm Team | 22 January 2024

Latest Articles

Strategy

Capacity building for organizational design and development for education non-profits: the need of the hour

Historically, capacity building for education non-profits has usually focused on enhancing the knowledge and skills of teachers and educators, developing curriculum, and improving teaching methodologies and educational governance. The primary objective of capacity building is to improve the quality of education and holistic learning outcomes for students. However, over the last decade, education NGOs are […]

By Sujatha Rao | 2 December 2024

Fundraising

Making the case: how to turn every donor into a capacity building champion

By Poonam Choksi | 2 December 2024

Learning and Development

English capacity building in Gubbachi

By Manimakalai Raja | 2 December 2024

Learning and Development

Creativity and reflection: a necessity for education

By Nisha Nair, Saagarika Chatterji | 2 December 2024

Governance

A tale of capacity building – The case of Youngistaan Foundation

By Neha Mathur | 2 December 2024

Ground Zero

Explore Ground Zero

Practices Equity and Inclusion Working with Communities Engaging with the System

Practices

Learning In and Through Art

The ‘Ground Zero’ piece captures experiences of organizations across the country that are working in visual arts education with objectives as diverse as developing 21 st century learning and life skills in children, creating safe spaces for them and fostering their holistic growth and development.

By ArtSparks Team | 28 November 2024

Practices

Unpacking Impact Assessment

In the Ground Zero piece we share insights from the experiences of organizations working on various aspects of education, related to impact assessment, that will be of use to you in thinking critically and working effectively in your organizational journeys.

By Aastha Maggu | 27 November 2024

Practices

Unlocking potential through collective action – The power of collaboration in educational leadership

By Poulomi Sen | 26 November 2023

Practices

Rethinking Capacity Building

By Chirag Sutar | 25 November 2023

Practices

ICT for NGOs

By Aastha Maggu | 27 November 2021

Photo Essays

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Child-centered leadership: nurturing budding leaders

Keeping wonder alive

Civil Society – The Biggest Pillar of Democracy

A Nature Education Program in Pakke, Arunachal Pradesh – Bringing Children Closer to Their Forests

Interviews

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Equity and Inclusion Practices Working with Communities Engaging with the System

Equity and Inclusion

It takes two to tango – Teaching underprivileged children computing through digital literacy and computational thinking

Samuhik Pahal (SP): Please share with us the challenges of working on computing with underprivileged school children from remote, underserved villages. Venkat Natraj Ramasamy (VNR): Asha for Education has 60 chapters across the world. I represent Asha Chennai. There are about 11 chapters in India, the rest of them are across the world. Most of […]

By Venkat Natraj Ramasamy | 3 December 2024

Equity and Inclusion

The Underlying Problems of Inclusive Education of Tribals

By B. Ramdas | 28 November 2024

Equity and Inclusion

Inclusion and Diversity Exploring Relationships and Linkages

By Dr Annie Koshi | 26 November 2024

Equity and Inclusion

Promoting inclusion in ECCE Challenges, strategies and pathways to develop inclusive classrooms

By Dr Monimalika Day | 28 June 2023

Equity and Inclusion

Funding strategies, convergence challenges and advocacy for ECCE policy impact

By Dr Jyotsna Jha | 28 June 2023

Featured Voices

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Nisha Nair

Ashish Kumar Shrivastava

In Focus

Technology

Information technology in the social sector – Prospects and problems for NGOs

Venu Narayan discusses the issues, challenges and opportunities that ICT offer for the social sector.

By Venu Narayan | 6 November 2023

People Practices

Nurture, trust and patience: Our mantra for our people

In an article titled “Nurture, trust and patience,” Surya Prakash Rai shares the experiences of co-creating an inclusive team by keeping capacity building at the centre of their CSO’s people practices and of looking beyond formal qualifications while recruiting team members.

By Surya Prakash Rai | 8 May 2024

Equity and Inclusion

An inclusive and effective higher education

In her article titled ‘An Inclusive and Effective Higher Education,’ discusses the learnings from a field intervention that addresses the learning needs of underserved communities through a flexible, self-paced, peer-driven model that also makes the learners job-ready.

By Nidhi Anarkat | 24 October 2024

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21st Wipro Education Partners’ Forum: Capacity building for and by civil society organisations