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How to help a teenager become a confident speaker, beyond elocution classes
What research says about speaking nerves, a home routine for one term, what to ask a speaking class about its fee, and when a simulation helps more.
17 min read →Leadership programmes for teenage girls: what builds a voice in public life
Free and paid leadership programmes for girls in India and abroad, each checked on its own page for what the student does there and what it costs.
16 min read →What student programmes cost in India, and what the money should buy
Published fees for student programmes in India and abroad, each read on the provider's own page and dated, with the hours, output and feedback each buys.
15 min read →Before you recommend a programme to students: a checklist for principals and counsellors
What a principal or counsellor can check before a school puts its name behind an outside programme: claims, fees, payments, students' data and safety.
14 min read →Policy questions school students can research, by subject
Policy questions for Classes 9 to 12, grouped by school subject, each worded without a built-in answer and paired with the official data to read.
16 min read →Public policy as a career: what the work is, the degrees that lead to it, and how to try it at school
What policy work involves, which degrees lead to it in India and abroad, as each university's own page states, and three ways to try it at school.
17 min read →Free guides
Guides for students and parents.
Where to start on programmes, MUN, white papers, research and applications, for the student and the parents who help.
How to write a policy brief at school, with a one-page template
How a school student writes a policy brief: a named reader, a narrow problem, evidence with its limits, fair options and a clear ask, on a one-page template.
Read the guide →MUN for beginners in India: what Model UN is, how a conference runs and where to start
What Model UN is, how a committee session runs, which papers a delegate writes, and the order in which a beginner in India can read the guides.
Read the guide →Research paper for school students: how to write your first one
Learn how to frame a research question, evaluate sources, build an argument and cite borrowed ideas in your first school research paper.
Read the guide →Summer programmes for high school students in India, 2027: online and on-campus options
Summer 2027 programmes that Grade 8 to 12 students in India can join online or on a campus, with dates and fees, the free ones and those not yet announced.
Read the guide →How to test a product idea before you build it
Test a product idea through customer interviews, simple prototypes and measurable evidence, using guidance from Stanford, GOV.UK and Startup India.
Read the guide →INSPIRE MANAK: how school students' ideas reach a national exhibition
How INSPIRE MANAK school nominations work, who is eligible, what the ₹10,000 award supports and how ideas reach the national exhibition.
Read the guide →The 2026-27 Common App activities list from India: what to write in 150 characters
How to fill the Common App activities list from India for 2026-27: the field limits, what 150 characters should say, and worked rewrites.
Read the guide →Grades 8 to 10: what actually matters for admissions abroad, marks included
Which Class 10 marks universities abroad read, why Basic or Standard Maths can matter for a UK degree, and what Grades 8 and 9 are really for.
Read the guide →How to choose a programme for your teenager: 15 questions to ask before you pay
Fifteen questions a parent can ask before paying for a programme or extracurricular activity, with free routes first and published prices as dated examples.
Read the guide →Winter programmes for high school students in India, 2026-27: online and on-campus options, checked
Winter programmes for Grades 8 to 12 in December 2026 and January 2027, online or on campus in India, with dates and fees from each organiser’s own page.
Read the guide →Model UN, Model G20, Model NITI Aayog or a youth parliament: which simulation suits which student
Four school simulations side by side: whom the student speaks for, what they write, how long each takes and who runs it, from each organiser's own pages.
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