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Listen to thisHi, my name is Hannah and I am a student at the University of Pittsburgh
school of education. I am curious to learn more about the education
system in India, specifically relating to girls and young women. I
know that not too long ago the Right to Education Act was passed which made
education free and mandatory for children between 6-14. I am wondering
about more recent information on how that has impacted India culturally and
whether it is working to improve the conditions. If anyway has any
information on this, I would love to hear about it.
Thank you
Hannah
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Dear Hannah,
Dr. Jo Nash of the Health Services Research department at the University of
Sheffield in England taught in a school in India in recent years and may be
able to help you. There is an article by her: Cultivating the Good Heart :
Integrating an ethic of mutual care into the development of an Indian school
community in the goodenoughcaring Journal about her experience in
an Indian School at
http://www.goodenoughcaring.com/JournalArticle.aspx?cpid=54 but
perhaps you could first get in touch with her to tell her of your interest.
Her email address is
J.T.Nash@sheffield.ac.uk
I hope this is helpful to you
Best wishes,
Charles Sharpe
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Hi Hannah,
A friend of mine should be able to give you more information. Manju,
although currently in Oman, is from Kollam and studied through to degree
level in India before becoming a teacher of young girls. Her email
address is manjidavid@hotmail.com
(I did ask her if she would be interested in helping you out and asked me to
pass on her email.)
Good Luck
Kathleen Mulvey
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Hello Hannah,
I am originally from India but havenowsettled in Canada . However most of
my education was completed in India. I will be more than happy to answer any
specific questions you have about the education system there. Hope I can be
of some help.
Best wishes,
Sangeeta Bhonsale
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Dear Charles and Kathleen,
Thank you so much for giving me these contacts. I am looking forward to
learning more about education in India and appreciate you taking the time to
help me out.
Hannah Garard
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Sangeeta,
Thank you for your response. I am interested in knowing what the real needs
are, from your knowledge and experience, for India and education in regards
to girls especially. I have researched a lot about it and it is really
interesting to learn about the social and cultural changes that interact
with the right to education act. It seems that there are two very opposing
views on whether or not women and girls should have education in schools. I
guess I am just curious how relevant to today, most of the findings I made
are. Do you consider education of girls to be a big issue still? And
did you witness any real struggles? I guess I'm not really very
specific, but I wrote paper on this topic in class a while ago, and it
really interested me so I am just looking to gain more understanding on the
issues today in regards to education.
Thank you so much, and I'm sorry if that was confusing
Hannah Garard
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Hello Sangeeta
This e-learning program in attachment-based care for orphans has become very
popular in many countries, currently I'm looking for translators into Indian
languages – perhaps you have some suggestions for where I can find
volunteers? It's all non profit work:
Free e-learning education: Care for children in foster families &
institutions is now available in 7 languages:
Click here:
www.fairstart.net/training, select your language.
med venlig hilsen/ Yours sincerely
Niels Peter Rygaard
Denmark
