Following on the request of Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology (UCOST), Next Education conducted a science workshop for underprivileged girls at Him Jyoti boarding school in Dehradun. Himjyoti offers free education along with boarding facilities to girls from disadvantaged families.
The activity was conducted as a part of Children’s Day celebrations and helped the students of Him Jyoti learn in a fun and interactive environment. The idea behind this event was to break down complex concepts and simplify scientific phenomena by using day-to-day experiences. Vacuum function, magnetism, gravity, and working of valve and pulley were some of the important topics that the workshop touched upon.
Next Education has been championing the cause of education for all. So, this workshop was an attempt to stay true to its pledge of making education accessible to underprivileged girls in the remotest villages of the country.
Talking about the importance of such initiatives, Beas DevRalhan, Co-founder and CEO, Next Education said, “the biggest problem in our education system is its inability to reach to the talented and hardworking students who are far from the metros and big towns. This is why we decided to reach out to the girls from not so economically sound families in Uttarakhand. We made it a point to keep the workshop relevant by planning activities and projects using the science kit, such as the simple concepts of vacuum, and valve and pulley was taught from a used syringe. Also, the concepts of magnetism and gravity were demonstrated with the help of a cycle spoke and a piece of magnet.”
Chief Guest, Dr. Rajendra Dobhal, Director General, UCOST , said, “We appreciate the contribution of Next Education towards providing the science kits along with the resources person who demonstrated the simple science concepts with the day to day life experiences to the children. With this unique initiative, Next Education proved its vision towards providing the new methods of learning.”
“The fact that the workshop was well-received testifies that such initiatives are a great way of filling the gaps in our present education system. It would be pertinent to mention here that Next Education empowers schools with technology-based K–12 solutions that are used by over 1,50,000 teachers and impact 7,000,000 students across 7,000 schools. Next Education's learning solutions cover the syllabi of CBSE, ICSE, Army and all State Boards and seven Indian languages.,” he further added.