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Inspiring Conversations

Inspiring Conversations

At STiR Education, our mission is to reignite intrinsic motivation throughout the education system and role-model the foundations of lifelong learning. The key elements that influence intrinsic motivation are having a sense of autonomy, mastery…
STiR joins campaigns for a fairer, healthier and better future for children

STiR joins campaigns for a fairer, healthier and better future for children

The world today faces three generation-defining and interconnected challenges: Covid-19, poverty and injustice, and the climate crisis. This year offers a number of opportunities for world leaders to make meaningful progress in addressing these issues,…
Funding and strategy update

Funding and strategy update

Our latest newsletter was sent out today – sign up for the mailing list here.    The past quarter has been challenging for STiR, with the announcement of the complete withdrawal of funding from one…
STiR featured on ‘The Changemakers’

STiR featured on ‘The Changemakers’

STiR Education is delighted to have been featured on this weekend’s episodes of ‘The Changemakers’ on CNBC-TV18 in India. This is an exclusive TV series showcasing inspiring CSR projects from across India, putting the spotlight…
STiR appoints new trustee

STiR appoints new trustee

STiR is delighted to announce the appointment of Louise Henbest as a Trustee. Louise is currently HR Director for Unilever’s Global Business Services, and brings 17 years’ international experience with a background in people operations,…
Delhi webinar with UNESCO-IIEP

Delhi webinar with UNESCO-IIEP

STiR Education was delighted to host a webinar today in collaboration with the Delhi Directorate of Education and UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP). The topic for the webinar was ‘Strengthening the middle tier…
March media round-up

March media round-up

March 2021 has been another busy month and we’re pleased to share a summary of our media activities here. On 11 March, our CEO Girish Menon was interviewed by Deepak Nanda from CSRBOX. During the…
New appointments to our Finance Committee

New appointments to our Finance Committee

STiR Education is pleased to announce the appointment of Deepa Sharma and Matthew Reeves as new members of our finance committee, effective from March 2021. Deepa is Humanitarian Business Operations Lead at Save the Children…
STiR holds first workshop in Ethiopia

STiR holds first workshop in Ethiopia

We are very excited to share the news of our first workshop in Ethiopia this week. This has been an important first step towards the launch of our activities in the country, and it has…
Update on our longitudinal study

Update on our longitudinal study

We’re pleased to be able to share this update on our longitudinal study. Our evaluation partner Ichuli, an independent research organisation, has recently shared with us several summary and technical briefs on the first round…