Tanika Shankar, a UG student of Azim Premji University and co-founder of Yuvan Network working on the need to promote curriculum diversity and environmental justice, said, “We work to protect and support people from disadvantaged socio-economic groups. are working.” Siddharth Santosh, Research Advisor, Center for Policy Research, highlighted the participation of youth in creating a platform to help underprivileged children become self-reliant. Safina Hussain, Founder and Executive Director, Educate Girls, presented a realistic picture of how young girls miss the opportunity to attend schools and emphasized the strategic changes needed to turn the situation around.
The Happiness Curriculum launched by the Delhi Government for school students received an award for innovation in education. Of the 12 projects from 9 countries that were nominated for the award, the Happiness Curriculum was one of six winning projects that were assessed on factors of innovation, scalability, sustainability and its impact on individuals. Sucheta Bath, CEO, Dream A Dream, said, “The curriculum has been introduced for students to make schooling a pleasurable experience. India has a high rate of student suicide, and this course is an attempt to control the level of anxiety. ” For a curriculum affecting 800,000 students in 1024 schools.
The conference, which inspired creative, evidence-based thinking, debate and purposeful action in education, featured two talented Indian-origin teenagers. Indian-Canadian 18-year-old Tanmay Bakshi, best known as a young innovator, developer and author, currently working as a consultant software engineer for IBM, spoke about the importance of applying AI in that environment. I talked about where ML is taking up over 72% space in all. Area. Tanmay said, “Don’t be afraid of change, but prevent the skill crisis.”
Geetanjali Rao, 16, a parent of 16 who moved from India in the 90s, is renowned as a student researcher, innovator and STEM promoter, helping students from Afghanistan, Ghana and India realize the power of learning are helping. He said, “Technology can be used to create a conducive environment and incorporating innovation in elementary education will help in creating young innovators. The skills learned in primary schools stay with us.”
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