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Extraordinary efforts for an extraordinary event

Turn the Bus started the ‘students enrollment drive’ in September 2021 and because of the earnest efforts put in by the Jeevika team, over 20,000 students registered on the Turn the Bus (TtB) mobile app within 2 months.

The vital importance of the vernacular

Importance of vernacular language can be best understood by the words of former President of India Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam who once said, "Science education should be imparted to children in local language to bring creativity and enable easy grasp of the subject."

Photo Blog: Bringing married women back to school

Many female students in India have to bear the impact of family responsibilities. Some are married off even before they can complete their school education. 

Photo blog: Gender inequality in technology starts with inaccessibility to smartphones

Smartphones are becoming an indispensable part of everyday life for most adolescents in India. The pandemic shifted learning to online platforms, resulting in increased browsing time. 

Turn the Bus’s Education Technology Program

The photo in the spotlight in this photoblog inspires a conversation about Turn the Bus’s education technology program.

Photo Blog: Smartphones can accelerate digital empowerment in India

Younger generations have often led older people in their adoption and use of technology, they are the early adopters and find it easy to work with smartphones. But there has been significant growth in tech adoption among older generations as well. 

Photo Blog: Where women lead, women win!

This photoblog is centred on the topic: where women lead, women win! Turn the Bus is also conceptualised, founded and led by a woman.

Educating The Girl Child in Bihar, India

In this blog, we would like to talk about the status of education among girls in Bihar, India, the state where our program is currently in implementation. We hope this blog gives you a quick insight into the development context and inspires you to engage with us and our program.

Photo Blog: United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 - Quality Education

As we celebrate the United Nations Day today’s, the photograph in focus is about the United Nations SDG 4- Quality Education. The right to have access to quality education is one of the most important goals set by the world, so that ‘no one is left behind’.

PHOTO BLOG: PARTNERSHIPS FOR DEVELOPMENT: THE WORLD BANK FUNDED JEEViKA

Today’s photograph focuses on our key partner, the World Bank funded ‘JEEViKA’ program of the Government of Bihar, that is mainly aimed at the socioeconomic empowerment of rural households in Bihar. The ‘JEEViKA’ program has mobilised over 10 million rural women in Bihar and organised them into

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