Innovation, entrepreneurship and partnership are keys to transformation in education and living of the people, opined Magsaysay Award winner Sonam Wangchuk here on Wednesday. He said this while delivering 21st Lecture of Odisha Knowledge Hub (OKH) in the Lokseba Bhawan.

“The community should find solution to its problems without waiting for the solution to come from New Delhi or New York. Innovations in education become possible when we adopt the technique of travelling from ‘known to the unknown’.  Such innovations through partnership with community and civil society organisations can lead to the next level of alternative education,” said Wangchuk.

Wangchuk said he has applied this model successfully in Ladakh and is confident that the models would also work in other parts of India. He emphasised on transformation of education from the present practice of 3R to 3H. By 3R he meant “reading, writing and arithmetic” and by 3H he meant “bright head, kind heart and skilled hand”. 

Wangchuk further mentioned, “I have heard about many good happenings in Odisha today. The Government is emphasising on innovation and transformation. The State has created an excellent institution of listening window at the higher levels of the Government which is rarely found in other places.”

Introducing Wangchuk to the audience, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy said, “William Wangchuk from Ladakh is an inspiring stalwart in the field of alternative road to learning. He has successfully demonstrated the unique innovation of alternative education after conducting experiments with the students who fail in conventional educational system.”