Agastya : Improving Critical Thinking and Leadership Skills
Many of India’s disadvantaged youth are apathetic about their education from the formal schooling system, resulting in high dropout rates. Lack of interest and perceived value of education often cause low retention and dismal learning outcomes, whi...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/216831495096544025/Agastya-improving-critical-thinking-and-leadership-skills http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27660 |
| Summary: | Many of India’s disadvantaged youth are
apathetic about their education from the formal schooling
system, resulting in high dropout rates. Lack of interest
and perceived value of education often cause low retention
and dismal learning outcomes, which can perpetuate poverty
and contribute to the socio-economic divide. In India,
however, creative learning is a privilege of the rich few.
To remedy this situation, Agastya operates a hands-on
science education program, equipping disadvantaged students
of government schools in rural areas with tools and learning
that foster confidence, creativity, teamwork, and
leadership. Agastya’s learning methods take the form of
activity - project and demo-based learning, peer-to-peer
learning, and learning from nature. Agastya uses a variety
of delivery channels: science center’s serve as a hub for
activities in a region, teacher trainings, science fairs,
and summer camps; mobile science labs and lab-in-a-box
programs deliver education to students’ doorsteps and
classrooms; government schoolteachers receive training in
creative learning methods; and selected students obtain
additional education on scientific concepts to become peer instructors. |
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