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The Schools Water Portal


Summary

The Schools Water Portal is an open, web-based platform for sharing learning resources on water amongst educators, students, school managers, and parents, as well as anyone with an interest in sharing ‘water knowledge’ or learning more about basic water issues. The Schools Water Portal is a section under The India Water Portal, a web-based platform, for sharing water management knowledge amongst practitioners and the general public. It is a voluntary effort coordinated by Arghyam, a non-profit trust that works in the area of water.

According to site organisers, the essence of the Schools Water Portal is sharing among a wide range of partners including educators, students, technical water experts, research institutes, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), government departments, information technology (IT) specialists, artists, playwrights, storytellers, and others. It has sections for teachers, students, and principals, as well as a section on how to organise a "Water Week" with "mad ads, debates, plays, jingles, haiku, quizzes, and guest lecturers", each topic supported with educational materials.


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Contact

India Water Portal

Arghyam
#599, 12th Main, Indiranagar
HAL 2nd Stage

Bangalore
560008
India
Tel: 91 80 41698941

Source

The Schools Water Portal website accessed on June 23 2009.

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Placed on the Communication Initiative site June 23 2009
Last Updated June 30 2009



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