Emergency Design Council RISD-IDC

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Education Systems Hybrid education system for young learners in rural India

Team 4 Members: Seema Krishnakumar | Sofia Di Lodovico | Lisa Abuaf | Gun Bolukbasi | Disha Naik Mentors: Soaib Grewal | Leslie Fontana

As pandemic struck India, over 1.5 million* schools closed down and shifted to online education.

Kids have to get back to school, but how?

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*https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/news-makers/story/20210111-school-of-hard-knocks-1755078-2021-01-03

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Key insights from research 15.9 million children receive cooked meals every school day through the Mid-Day Meal Scheme

24% households in India have access to the internet

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36% of schools in India operated without electricity

In rural India, only 4% households having internet access

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Target Group Primary school students from Muzaffarpur, Bihar

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Muzaffarpur, Bihar : Designing for the extremes Bihar rural population: 90.14% Bihar has one of the lowest Internet penetration statistics: Men (43.6%), Women (20.6%) Muzaffarpur literacy rate: 74.74% Male: 77.99% Female: 71.08% More than 2000 primary schools in Muzaffarpur 8 out of 10 students did not understand the meaning of online education in a random survey of 80 schools.

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Our plan is to create a hybrid education system where student mentors help young learners while remote.

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Primary Stakeholders

Primary school teacher

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High school student/ Mentor

Primary school students

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High schoolers sign up for mentor system

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Teacher prepares the packets

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Worksheet samples

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Student takes packet home

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Student Mentor meets with the mentees

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Mentor grades the work and delivers the evaluation sheet with packet

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After two weeks, the student gets their next packet and a prize!

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Incentives

Gains support system

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Learn through teaching

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System Advantages

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Learn through teaching

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Challenges ●

Additional workload of packet making for teachers

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Mentors balancing their school work and mentorship

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Making sure quality hand holding by the mentors

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Ensuring safety in the time of Covid

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Thanks & Feedback TEAM

MENTORS

Soaib Grewal

Leslie Fontana

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Seema Krishnakumar

Sofia Di Lodovico

Lisa Abuaf

Disha Naik

Gun Bolukbasi

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