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Pushing The Frontier Of Understanding

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Prayas
Yuvaraj, son of a silk weaver, wants to study to be an IAS officer

R.K. Gowda of Prerana Foundation is a detective on weekends. Armed with a list of 10th standard students’ names, addresses, phone numbers, and fuzzy directions, he makes his way into remote corners of Bangalore. Once at a home, he asks the student to fill a questionnaire. He talks to the parents about where they come [...]

 
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ITIs- Of Choices And Chances

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Savitha Suresh Babu
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Do ITIs help students become job worthy? A look at Karnataka, which has the largest number of ITIs in the country.

 
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Into Thin Air – Vocational Education where it matters

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Prayas

‘Demographic dividend’ has got to be the most overused term while describing the future of India and our potential to become an economic super-power. Are we talking about our youth who are graduating from a broken education system today (if they haven’t dropped out that is) and remain largely unemployable?

 
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