Schoolnet, international learning Council join forces to release faculty-targeted 'EcoInnovators Ideathon' and greater tasks
the worldwide gaining knowledge of Council (GLC) housed at the Villars Institute (VI) in switzerland has joined arms with Schoolnet india to delivered 3 transformative projects for faculty college students.
The goal in the back of the partnership is to effect 50,000 college students and teachers inside the first 12 months and 10 million college students within five years.
The three projects consist of a pan-India ideathon, capacity-building packages for low-cost private colleges in collaboration with the global Baccalaureate (IB), and the development of a route on climate leadership.
As a part of the partnership, the EcoInnovators Ideathon Grand Finale changed into held at the india Habitat Centre in New delhi on january 24, 2025 in a bid to advocated students in figuring out urgent environmental demanding situations like air and water pollutants or waste control, and propose modern answers the usage of technology like AI, IoT, and robotics, a press launch informed.
members from over 800 colleges, narrowed to a hundred groups obtained professional mentorship via masterclasses at some point of the event. The ideathon culminated with the pinnacle 10 teams imparting their solutions on the Grand Finale.
team vanguard, represented by means of Shreyas Aggasare and Nakshatra, from delhi Public school electronic metropolis, Bengaluru, karnataka won the occasion with an first rate mission. they also earned an opportunity to offer their paintings on the Villars Symposium in switzerland in june 2025.
The occasion additionally produced from a jury which protected representatives from IIT Madras, TERI, Grok mastering, GIZ, UnconstrainED, an IB college, and the big apple-based totally positive begin selected the winners.
Schoolnet and GLC & VI also have also collaborated with IB to empower educators across faculties. The partnership is aimed toward introducing IB programmes to private faculties, host orientation seminars for educators, and provide get admission to to expert mastering.
except, a direction on weather leadership for Grades 6 to eight college students turned into also launched which has been co-developed by means of GLC/VI and Schoolnet. The arms-on program emphasizes environmental stewardship, stimulated by way of structures leadership and planetary boundary concepts, to nurture future weather leaders, the release delivered.
Sanjay Kumar, Secretary at department of faculty schooling & Literacy, authorities of india, lauded the revolutionary ideas and emphasized the function of rising technologies like AI and IoT in addressing international challenges.
He additionally recounted the strength of partnerships to empower students and expressed the authorities's assist for scaling those initiatives.
The keynote address was added by Dr. Tariq Al Gurg, CEO and vp of dubai Cares, who spoke about his imaginative and prescient for global schooling device reforms and expressed excitement approximately extending such projects to the MENA area, in partnership with GLC/VI and Schoolnet.
Founder and President of the worldwide getting to know Council Dr. Subra suresh acknowledged the management of Schoolnet in implementing GLC's imaginative and prescient in India.
He said, "This partnership nurtures our venture to foster planetary health using intergenerational collaboration. This Ideathon fulfills the vision of GLC and Villars Institute - nurturing the mindset of sustainability and tech-pushed problem-fixing among college students."
RCM reddy, MD and CEO of Schoolnet india confined, shed light at the alignment of these tasks with the country wide education coverage and Schoolnet's broader imaginative and prescient.
He stated that an initiative of this nature aligns with Schoolnet's vision to democratize schooling through leveraging advanced technology.
"We strongly consider in developing an surroundings of 'glocal' partnerships to effect 10 million college students over the subsequent 5 years," reddy said.
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