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Seminar on "Empowering Marathi Schools", Pune

Published
When
Sun 13 Sep 2015, 10:00 AM – Sun 13 Sep 2015, 5:00 PM IST
Where
S. M. Joshi Sabhagriha, Pune
Contact
Abhinav Garule

A full day seminar is scheduled to be organised to address the issue of the gradual decline of Marathi schools in Maharashtra. CIS-A2K member Abhinav Garule will be attending the event to share how teachers could encourage students to contribute to Marathi Wikipedia.

This day long seminar is organised by Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan, Mumbai

  • Organiser's Agenda: Day by day number of students in Marathi Schools is decreasing. Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan (यशवंतराव चव्हाण प्रतिष्ठान) and Marathi Shala Tikavalya Pahijet (Facebook Group) have planned to organise this seminar to discuss about addressing these issues. Former Director of Education of the Government of Maharashtra has been invited to chair the seminar and share learning that could help solve problems of the Marathi schools. Abhinav is planning to share how the teachers could use Wikipedia as a learning tool and encourage their students to edit and learn about various topics of interest.