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NGO for Life Skills Education

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This saying is never too old. It highlights the importance of Acquiring Skills, and the increasing importance that it has gained in the contemporary world.  Skill means an ‘ability to do something’.  While there are a wide range of skills that exist, which are the ones that are basic and must be possessed by every individual, equipping one not just to survive, but also lead a productive life? Let’s find out! In 2015, the World Economic Forum (WEF) published a report titled New Vision for Education: Unlocking the Potential of Technology that focused on the pressing issue of the 21st-century skills gap and ways to address it through technology (source WEF Report).  In this report, WEF mentioned a list of skills called 21st Century skills. What are 21st Century Skills? The term 21st century skills refers to a broad set of knowledge, skills, work habits, and character traits that are believed—by educators, school reformers, college professors, employers, and others—to be critically importa
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NGO in Mumbai

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Values are an integral part of our living. The fact that you ironed that shirt before wearing it, or that you helped someone hold that heavy bag, or even the simplest act like greeting someone good day, all of it constitutes Values. Remember the last time you didn’t let your friend lie to someone, or how anxious you felt after being dishonest? Why did you feel that? What inside of you made you realize that it’s wrong? Values. These have been inculcated in us as a child. Therefore, values are a significant aspect of ‘living’. They are the guiding light to us, especially when we walk the roads of decision-making. They mould our thoughts, and direct our thinking. Values resolve conflicts Values are often perceived to be something that helps us identify, and at the same time distinguish between right and wrong. That may be true. But, there’s a flip side to it. We must recognize the fact that every individual has its own set of Rights and Wrongs. For instance, what is wrong according to
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Ngo for Holistic Development

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We’ve all been reading about Unemployment since class 6th. It’s been one of the most important topics from our slender textbooks of Economy. We know Unemployment in general sense of the term – that it is the lack of employment, and that it is detrimental not just to oneself, but also the economy of the nation, and the world at large. Well, that’s there. But there’s so much more to it! Understanding Unemployment It is defined as a situation where a person actively searches for a job, and is unable to find work. In other words, it is a situation where someone of a working age (15 to 64) is seeking a job but is unable to find one. India Today, India’s leading magazine pointed out: In 2017-18 alone, around 33% of the formally trained youth – both men and women – remained jobless mainly because the skills that employers are looking for are lacking in most college graduates. This shows the need for skill development to create employable youth. Even amongst the youth in general however,
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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  On 25th of September, 2015, in a summit attended by over 150 nations the game-changing 2030 Global agenda came to be formally adopted.   Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a part of this global agenda. They are set of 17 goals that are created to cater to the challenges that the world is facing at social, economic, and environmental levels. The vision is to make the world a better place to live for the present generations and to leave the world as better for the generations to come, by 2030.   Human needs are unlimited, but the resources aren’t. Poverty, human development, the environment, and social justice are the key focus areas of SDGs. . Amid the growing scarcity and the increasing demand, the idea is to Sustain! The Goals Significance The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) promotes inclusiveness in the very nature of its creation. It ensures the participation and involvement of various multi-faceted elements that play a key role in the positive and healthy functionin
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Understanding Social-Emotional Learning

Social-Emotional Learning has gained a massive global significance in the recent years. International bodies and associations have remarkably highlighted the importance of practicing SEL. The National Commission for Social, Emotional, and Academic Development (The United States) has called attention to the promotion of SEL, and called it a ‘substance’ of education. Also, the World Economic Forum brought to the world’s notice, the fact that SEL will play a major role in preparing the students for future workplaces. What is Social Emotional Learning that has drawn the attention of experts, education columnists, and NGOs across the globe? Social means Relating to society, and Emotional means with regard to a strong feeling deriving from one’s circumstances, mood, or relationship with others (Oxford). Essentially, Social Emotional Learning thus involves learning or developing skills on both internal (mental) and external (social) levels that results in an integrated growth of an indivi
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Rights of Children in India

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Rights-The reason of all the revolutions the world has witnessed so far. But what are Rights? The fact that I am writing this, and that you will ponder upon the same, is our Right to freedom of Thought and Expression. Rights therefore, are indispensable and inalienable by nature. Rights are not privileges. They are something that every individual is born with, and cannot be hampered or infringed upon by another, as long as they are exercised in social harmony. However, despite the inalienability of Rights, the weaker sections (Women, Children, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes) of society remain disadvantaged, and deprived of their basic rights, due to Inequality, prevalence of social evils, and Unawareness. This article intends to throw some light on the Rights of Children in India , and the lack of awareness regarding the same that prevails in our society, the adverse impact that it creates on the life of children, and the legal – remedial measures that exist. Who Is A Chi
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