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“Children of migrant workers not counted in out-of-school survey” – Indian Express, July 20, 2015

While the recent survey carried out by the state education department states that there are 1,683 out-of-school children in Pune and 1,699 in the district, according to the Every Child Counts (ECC) – a citizens’ campaign run by Door Step School, the children of migrant workers may not have been counted in the survey. Indian

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Every Child Counts – Pune : a Citizens’ Campaign – all children in school at the right age

The need for all out efforts to reach all children A July 2015 policy paper jointly released by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, shows that the number of out-of-school children and young adolescents is on the rise, reaching 124 million in 2013. The global number of out-of-school

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First Steps Forward – An Initiative for Better Learning Outcomes

          An article written by Mr. Colin Bangay (Senior Education Adviser for the UK’s Department for International development in India) on 2nd June, 2015 for World Education Blog, prompted me to write about the experiment Door Step School has  been conducting for the last four years in primary schools of Pimpri Chinchwad (PCMC)

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Health, hygiene and educational awareness at Undri

Door Step School, in collaboration with Nielsen, organized a health, hygiene and educational awareness campaign on 11th June at Undri. The event covered two slums of the area. The slums of Undri are largely occupied by construction workers, a community which generally shares its joys and sorrows together but never inhabits a place for too

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Science Hands-On-Activity at Community Learning Centre

Volunteers from Wipro Cares and Tech Mahindra recently conducted a Science Activity Camp at one of Door Step School’s Community Learning Centers in Pune. Ms. Sharmishtha Deshpande, a Wipro Cares volunteer shares her experience about the activity and about hidden talents in the participating children… “Science Day” at the Community Learning Center with the children

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