March 2021 has been another busy month and we’re pleased to share a summary of our media activities here.
On 11 March, our CEO Girish Menon was interviewed by Deepak Nanda from CSRBOX. During the conversation, Girish elaborated on love for lifelong learning in children in India, continued learning during Covid-19 and empowerment of teachers. He further spoke about the engagement, motivation and learnings of children while they are in public education.
Girish said: “It is important to prepare children for a world of unknown unknowns and for their future role of citizenship. It is also vital to recognise that each one of them has a potential which goes beyond academics.”
Watch the full conversation here.
Girish also spoke in a recent episode of the Charity CEO Podcast. He described the impact of the pandemic and how a year of human capital and learning has been lost because of Covid-19. He also talked about how governments need to invest in education as well as strengthening health sectors, to recoup the lost learning time and doubly accelerate the progress in achieving inclusive and quality education for all.
Girish said: “If children do not get back to school, it would have a huge impact on economic development, gender inequalities, safety, climate change and many other areas.”
Listen to the podcast here.
We are pleased to share that STiR was featured in the March 2021 edition of Education Leader Africa magazine. Brenda Akite Okita, our Associate Head of Government Relations & Partnerships, and Angella Bulamu, Programme Lead for our work in Uganda, talk about driving continuous improvement through reflective practice. The article discusses the effects of the pandemic on the education system, foundations of lifelong learning, STiR Education’s model, and the importance of reflection and reflective practices and its benefits.
Read the article here.
We are also excited to share that STiR Education’s work was featured on a Japanese website. In the article, Swarnali Das, one of our Programme Managers, talks about how teachers in Delhi are managing double work along with school lessons.
Swarnali said, “Teachers working on corona measures are exempted from teaching students. However, in reality, it seems that it is not possible to divide it so much, considering the students. Many teachers, no matter how tired they are, continue to set tasks for students to learn and answer questions from students.”
Please find the full article here.