Topic : Media representation of migrant workers: A critical analysis Facilitator: Dr. Ram Bhat , Co-founder, Maraa & Visiting fellow, London School of Economics
On September 28, 2024, VMFT hosted a significant public meeting in Trivandrum, Kerala, to unveil animportant report on education inequality in the state. The report, titled “Separate and Unequal?Language, Curriculum and Management in Kerala’s School Education System,” presents acomprehensive analysis of the growing divide within the state’s education system, drawing on multipledata sources. Dr. Heidi...Read More
“Language acquisition is not a step-by-step process of generalization, association, and abstraction, going from linguistic data to the grammar, and that the subtlety of our understanding transcends by far what is presented in experience.”- ― Noam Chomsky, On Language Although revered and rebuked in equal measure, Chomsky’s theories cannot be ignored. Setting thebase to our...Read More
On 27th July, 2024, we were pleased to hold a session, remotely, with Dr. Xiaoyan Liang, Lead Education Specialist, World Bank. Dr. Liang is an international education professional with experience across many continents and author of the influential “How Shanghai Does It” report. This was the first in a series of talks which will be...Read More
Education researchers from Kerala, national and international speakers, teachers, NGOs and mediagather to discuss research to strengthen Kerala’s education system during a seminar held on 6-7,December 2023 in Thiruvananthapuram, jointly organized by VMFT, Centre for Development Studies and Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Despite its tremendous advances in universalizing participation in school education, Kerala doessurprisingly...Read More
Vakkom Moulavi Foundation Trust celebrated the historic newspaper ‘The Svadesabhimani’ and the 150th birth anniversary of Vakkom Moulavi On November 16, 2023, on the National Press Day, The event, held at the Foundation Hall, brought together a diverse group of individuals to explore into the theme, ‘Fostering a Democratic India: The Role of Media Then...Read More
Students, parents, and faculty engaged in an animated discussion over women’s rights and changing family and social relationships as part of the “Documentary Screening and Discussion ” meeting on October 21, 2023. This followed the screening of P. A. Haneena’s ‘And I Call Him My Father’, and Dr, Fathima Nizaruddin ‘s “My Mothers’ Daughter”, short...Read More
The Seminar Series on Education Research in Kerala, a collaborative effort between the Vakkom Moulavi Foundation Trust (VMFT), the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), was inaugurated on October 19, 2023, by His Excellency Kimmo Lähdevirta, the Finnish Ambassador to India . The event was held at the...Read More
Second in VMFT’s innovator teacher workshop series stimulates lively discussion on classroom implementation In the pursuit of improving educational practices and developing effective teaching methods, the Vakkom Moulavi Foundation Trust organised its second teacher workshop in a series, focusing on “Enquiry and Project-Based Pedagogical Approaches.” Held at the Foundation Hall on September 16, 2023, this...Read More
The screening of the acclaimed documentary, “A Pestering Journey” followed by a riveting talk and discussion with the director, K.R. Manoj, at VMFT stirred many uncomfortable questions about modern society and its claims of economic and social progress. Moderated by Dr. Fathima Nizaruddin, the discussion covered the themes of the documentary, the motivations of the...Read More
People from teens to 60s are now ready to make their own documentaries. Visuals have always had a greater capacity to inspire, influence, inform, and motivate people than most other media. How do you document a video in the best way to tell a story? In the 3-day documentary workshop conducted by Swadeshabhimani Media Study...Read More