ShikshaLokam

Nominate now for the Shikshagraha Awards 2027! Instituted by The Shibulal Family Philanthropic Initiatives (SFPI) Family Philanthropic Initiatives, the Shikshagraha Awards celebrate exceptional education leaders. Leaders who strive to make education accessible, equitable, and inclusive for all children in India. It’s your turn to nominate and highlight the education leaders driving change every day. They can be teachers transforming classrooms, government officials reshaping systems from within, parents and community members fighting for every child’s right to learn, or young individuals lighting the way for the next generation. Know a leader like this? Nominate now. 🔗 Nominate here (forms available in four languages): English: https://lnkd.in/gd2gZri4 Hindi: https://lnkd.in/gzXT4sBt Kannada: https://lnkd.in/gb5upgRz Tamil: https://lnkd.in/gsChKUyV To learn more about the Shikshagraha Awards, visit: https://lnkd.in/g4GX2vct #ShikshagrahaAwards #Shikshagraha #LeadershipInEducation #Changemaker Anish Saha, LL.M | Anubhuti Srivastava | Arshul M. | Joyeeta Ray | Pratik Jain (He/Him) |Kumari Shalini | Sharon Varghese | Shwetha Kamath | Sonal Bhasin | Syed Hyder Ali H | Vinaya Kurtkoti | Aquib Rizwan | Ayush Tank | Siddaraju C | Lingaraju MB

The future is collective! Inspired by the "Reimagining 1 Million Public Schools in India" event hosted by Mantra4Change and ShikshaLokam this past weekend, I was reminded of the emergent strategy concept of "small is all," developed by adrienne maree brown. This concept suggests that small-scale actions, interactions, and relationships are the building blocks of large-scale systems change. Evidence of the Collective Action they are leading: • Movement building from bottom to top: so far, there have been over 32,000 community chaupals where mothers and families organize around school improvement. Hyper-local voices are captured via AI tools and synthesized into system signals. Agency is distributed from the micro/hyper-local level all the way up to the state through training, relationship building, and steady, distributed work. • Shikshalokam is fostering a systems-wide culture of micro-improvements to address community and education issues, from chaupals to education ministers of state. These small, locally-led changes accumulate across thousands of schools, impacting everything from classrooms to policy. •SD Shibulal, founder of Infosys, challenged us to consider that the education crisis in India is a crisis of belief and agency. Systems shift when people see themselves as agents of change, not just recipients. This highlights the true power of collective action. "Education is the path to prosperity. The education crisis is not a lack of funding or policy, but a lack of belief. Systems do not transform by merely adding resources, but when people recognize their role in improvement. Progress occurs when collective action is shared."

One Mother's Courage. Many Girls' Futures. "Girls will get married anyway." "Daughters are liabilities." These are a few of the many deep-rooted societal norms restricting the futures of countless girls. This Mother's Day, we honour the mothers who refused to stay silent. Mothers who chose to stand up and challenge these norms instead of passing them on. Mothers who walk miles, knocking on doors, sitting with families, and gathering other women through Shiksha Chaupals. What begins as one mother questioning the rules she inherited slowly becomes a shift in her village. And from one village, it begins to move into many. A shift in who gets to dream, who gets to study, and who gets to decide. Stand with and support the mothers leading this change by donating here: https://bit.ly/49eRUgk Know a mother whose courage is shaping many futures? Record your story here: https://lnkd.in/gMsA7Pyi #MothersofCourage #ShikshaChaupal #MothersDay #Shikshagraha Ananya Bhardwaj | Anubhuti Srivastava | Archana K R | Basavaraj Divatagi | Jaydev Bhatwadekar | Khushboo Awasthi | Kumari Shalini | Lingaraju MB | Pratik Jain (He/Him) | Shwetha Kamath | Siddaraju C | Vernon Noel Noronha | Vindhya Rai

Episode #04 of Up Close & Personal S3 is now out! In this episode, Khadije Saleh(Head of Development & Engagement at Teach For Lebanon) joins our host Alron Chittedam to bring a humanitarian lens to education. From growing up across continents to working in crisis-affected contexts, Khadije shares her journey into the education sector and reflects on why no one can create change alone. She highlights the realities of education in Lebanon, from access challenges to the risk of a “lost generation”, while emphasising the power of collective action, small consistent efforts, and the need for a holistic approach that centres systems, teachers, and student well-being. 🔴 Watch it here: https://lnkd.in/g_Y_5Ng4 🟢 Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/g9pXTyXw #InvokEDStudio #UpCloseandPersonal #CandidConversations #EducationEquity