Two-day entrepreneurship workshop ‘I Can’ started at the prestigious Welham Boys School here on Friday. In the workshop 270 students belonging to the class IX- XII of DAV school Indore, Sanskar Valley School Dehradun, Ecole Global School Dehradun and Welham Boys School are participating.
Informing the media men about the workshop one of the senior members of ‘I can’ Deviyani Dixit 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. Vansh Naithani of ‘I Can’ said that the programe is designed to hone and develop life skills and soft skills of the students. He said that the programe basically simulates various real life verticals of the society within the school environment. Replying to a question he said that he is planning to device a similar workshop for the students of the government schools also.
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 was tabled. The students seemed enthused by the environment of the workshop. Aishwarya Soni of Welham Boys School said that he was made CEO of a multinational potato chip company and he along with his colleagues devised the business plan to increase the sales of his company. He disclosed that it was a wonderful experience. Shagun Kandari a class X student of Ecole Global School said she is thoroughly enjoying the workshop and learning lot of new things. Yuvraj Pahuja a class IX student of Welham Boys School appeared very enthusiastic when asked to comment on the workshop, he said that he is learning so many new things in this workshop.