The daily school newspaper · Ages 9+
The Vidyan Herald
Every school morning, each child aged 9 and above receives a newspaper that exists in exactly one copy: theirs. Real news from the previous day, rewritten for young readers, printed with their name on the masthead.
A newspaper of one's own
No two Heralds are alike. Each paper carries the child's name and their own running issue number, and its sections follow their marked interests — a child who loves the natural world reads more of it; a cricket fan gets their sport.
Every story is written at the child's own reading level. Two classmates may hold the same day's news told in different sentences — one simpler, one more layered — so each reads the world at full stretch, not above it or beneath it.
The inside spread — from banana-peel cooking in Assam to a comet that fooled astronomers.
What's inside
The day's sections
Three sections anchor every paper — Around the World, India Today, and Namma Bengaluru — followed by sections drawn from the child's interests: science & technology, our planet, the animal world, sports, arts & culture, food & farming, health, travel, and how things work.
A question to wonder about
Every article ends with an open question — not a quiz with a right answer, but a doorway to a dinner-table conversation.
Words of the day, in three languages
Five words from the day's own stories, with Hindi and Kannada alongside English — vocabulary that arrives in context, not from a list.
Did You Know?
A single fact matched to the child's interests closes the paper — never repeated, tracked per child, and chosen to be worth repeating to someone at home.
How it's made
A small daily newsroom, run by our educators.
Gathered each morning
We collect the previous day's news from trusted publications — world news, India, Bengaluru, science, sport, the arts, and more.
Chosen by educators
Technology does the heavy lifting of sifting and safety-screening, but our educators choose the stories worth a child's attention and approve every edition before it prints.
Rewritten for young readers
Each story is rewritten at two reading levels and checked against the original report, so the telling is simpler but the facts stay true.
Printed, not streamed
The Herald arrives as a folded paper booklet with the child's name on it. No screen, no feed, no notifications — just the day's stories.
Questions parents ask
Is the news kept child-safe?
Yes. Stories pass through safety screening for distressing or age-inappropriate content, and our educators review and approve every edition before it is printed. The Herald covers the world honestly, but at a young reader's level and without sensationalism.
What if my child reads above or below their age?
Each child's reading level is set individually by their educators and can change as they grow. Two children can hold papers with the same day's stories told in different sentences.
Does my child need a device?
No. The Herald is print-only by design. It is meant to be held, folded, passed across the dinner table, and talked about.
Which children receive it?
Children aged 9 and above, every school day. Younger children join the programme as they turn 9.