What does education mean? Education refers to the discipline that is concerned with methods of teaching and learning in schools or school-like environments, as opposed to various nonformal and informal means of socialization.
Water is the building block of life. Here in the United States, it’s easy to take water for granted — it just comes out of the faucet anytime you want it. Yet, all over the globe there are people who don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water. March 22 is World Water Day, a…
“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” — Writer Elizabeth Barrett Browning dedicated this iconic poem to her husband Robert Browning but her famous sonnet could just as easily declare love for poetry itself. We can all do that on World Poetry Day, on March 21. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and…
Did you know that Down Syndrome—a disorder that occurs when there is a duplication of the twenty-first chromosome—affects approximately 6,000 babies at birth every year? So on March 21—a date chosen to represent the chromosomal defection found in Down Syndrome (the twenty-first day of the third month)—celebrate World Down Syndrome Day, an event created to raise…
World Forest Day is celebrated on March 21 every year to raise awareness about the importance of forests around the world. Every year, the United Nations Forum on Forests and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) organize events on this day. The United Nations General Assembly recognized March 21 as World Forest Day in 2013. Forests…
International Day of Happiness is celebrated on 20th March every year to make people stop and realize the significance of happiness in their lives. People experience grief, pain, sadness, and loss in life, but it is essential to understand that being happy can make life more meaningful. International Happiness Day is about prioritizing what brings you…
Every year on March 18, Ordnance Factory Day commemorates the founding of the first Ordnance Factory in colonial India near Kolkata, in 1801. The Indian Ordnance Factories, Ministry of Defence, observe the day to highlight the country’s ordnance factories’ research, development and production capabilities for a range of guns and ammunition. India is one of the strongest…
National Vaccination Day is observed every year on March 16. The day conveys the importance of vaccination and its role in public health. On this day in 1995, the first dose of the oral polio vaccine was given in India. Vaccination or immunization is the most effective prevention method of highly infectious diseases. According to…
World Consumer Rights Day, celebrated on March 15 every year, is a global event that aims to raise awareness about consumer rights and needs. Consumer rights mean that every person who buys various products, goods, and services, has the right to have information on the quality, purity, price, and standard of those products. Did you…
International Day of Action For Rivers, observed on March 14 every year, is a day that is dedicated to saving, celebrating, and creating awareness about the importance of rivers. Did you know that two million tons of sewage, industrial and agricultural waste are discharged into the world’s water every day? Yes, it is the equivalent…
Pi Day is on March 14, and any day that combines fun, education, and pie is a day worth celebrating! Pi, also known by the Greek letter “π,” is a constant value used in math that represents the ratio of a circumference of a circle to its diameter, which is just about 3.14….15…9265359… (and so…
