A two-day entrepreneurship workshop ‘I Can’ started at the prestigious Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) here on Saturday. In the workshop, the students belonging to RIMC, Ecole Global School, and Aryan School are participating.
Informing the media men about the workshop the Managing Director (MD) of ‘I can’ organisation Akshat Batra said that in the workshop the students are divided into corporate house, Media house and political parties and they perform plays according to themes given to them. He said that the programe is designed in such a manner so that the life skills and soft skills are developed in the students.
Batra informed that the programe basically simulates various real life situations of the society within the school environment. He said that ‘I Can’ foundation is conducting this workshop at a subsidized amount of only Rs500 per student for RMIC and Rs 1000 for other two schools. ‘I Can’ normally charges Rs5000- 15000 per student for one workshop.
The students in various activities depending on the roles they were assigned. The students were divided into 15 corporate houses and were made Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of companies. These students held brain storming sessions so that their products get a firm footing in the market.
In the political party vertical the students were seen preparing election manifesto which was followed by the speeches in which they appealed the voters to vote for them. After the elections a moot parliament was enacted in which bill relating to euthanasia and relationships with Pakistan was tabled.
The students seemed enthused by the environment of the workshop. Prashant a student of Class XII of RIMC said that such programe should be regularly organised so that the students are exposed to real life situations within their schools.
Kriti a class IX student of Aryan school said that she is thoroughly enjoying the workshop and learning lot of new things. Her classmate Zermit when asked to comment on the workshop said that she is learning so many new things in this workshop.