With an aim of empowering schools with next generation technologies, Esri India, has launched Geo-Mentor Programme.
This programme is focused on encouraging the GIS enthusiasts and practitioners in India to come forward and skill school students in India in GIS technology. GeoMentors would be empowered with course material, training, and support infrastructure to equip them, become a mentor for school within their region and community. The organisation has already trained more than 1000 school students and teachers through a pilot programme in Delhi-NCR region from June to October 2018.
New emerging technologies are opening up new ways of learning and understanding our world. In a recently conducted study— Wikibrands’ Digital Periscope study and surveys, Geospatial Technologies and GIS have been included in the top 20 emerging technologies in the next 10 years (2018-2028). GIS will help students view, understand and analyse data in different subjects, not just geography, but chemistry, physics, history, arts, environmental studies, civics, and many more.
GIS is used as an inquiry-driven and problem-solving platform and provides career options that are increasingly in demand. It helps students think critically, use real data, and connects them to their own community.
The programme is an extension to the K-12 programme launched by the company, which aims at educating students about GIS technology. Some of the leading schools in Delhi-NCR are Tagore International, Deep Public School, Scottish High School, Maharaja Agrasen School, Basant Valley Global School, Sai Memorial Girls school have already collaborated with the company for this initiative.
The organisation also launched the EIGAP programme for teaching, learning, and research purposes. ArcGIS, the flagship platform, is available to universities nationally at a special price. The company has been promoting GIS know-how through other programmes like GIS Academia Council and mApp Your Way.