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Pi Jam Foundation – Making Computer Science Education More Equitable

“Just like coding is a subset of CS, Computational thinking refers to the cognitive part of science. Teaching ‘computational thinking’ does not necessarily require gadgets,” says Shoaib Dar, founder of Pi Jam. “It also does not involve trying to get us to think like computers but rather is the way humans solve problems. Equipped with computing…

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Education Vs Covid-19

In 2020, when the pandemic hit and spread like wildfire, the world came to a standstill. Nobody knew what had to be done, and several large industries faced a blow that they are still struggling to recover from. The Education sector was one of the most affected industries as studies came to a halt. Although …

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Rocket Learning – Building An Equal Foundation For Early Learners.

In an exclusive interview with TechConnect, Mr. Utsav Kheria, Co-Founder, RocketLearning and Mr. Siddhant Sachdeva, Leadership Team; shared the journey of Rocket Learning and how it came about. They talked about the various outreach programs of Rocket Learning, and how they took advantage of the COVID situation to reach children through WhatsApp, making the teaching-learning process interactive and engaging…

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Pi Jam Foundation – Making Computer Science Education More Equitable

“Just like coding is a subset of CS, Computational thinking refers to the cognitive part of science. Teaching ‘computational thinking’ does not necessarily require gadgets,” says Shoaib Dar, founder of Pi Jam. “It also does not involve trying to get us to think like computers but rather is the way humans solve problems. Equipped with computing…

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Tech For Good By Robotex-India

Even a pandemic can’t control the power of education – 25,000 under-privileged students from government schools learnt to ‘Build Robots’ Online. Robotex India works to bring Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Coding & STEAM Education to government schools in urban, tribal and rural areas. Their main goal is to unite global expertise aiming towards impacting technological…

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SWADHAYAY – A WhatsApp Based Remedial Learning Program

The Swadhyay program was launched by the Government of Maharashtra (a large state in Western India), in partnership with ConveGenius, India’s leading EdTech social enterprise, and Leadership For Equity (LFE), an education systems change organization working with the state of Maharashtra. Within 6 months of the state-wide roll-out, over 8M students have enrolled in the…

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