Support STEM+ learning for children in rural India

Summary

The 172-acre campus is home to more than 20+ labs, which ensure that there is a constant flurry of activity. About 600+ children visit the campus everyday to learn in an experiential manner. The curriculum and events at the campus, like all of Agsatya's programs, supplement the syllabus in schools and are bespoke to get children to experience the Aah! Aha! And Ha-ha! of hands-on education.

Challenge

The schooling system in India has produced education apathy and high out-of-school rates. Infrastructure, teaching facilities and use of technology that fosters child participation in experiential learning is non-existent. Consequently there is a mismatch between academic and professional success. Agastya observed the need for having an experiential, hands-on & child-centric teaching methodology and choose to address this critical constraint.

Solution

Agastya's Campus Creativity Lab attracts 600+ children from surrounding government schools every day through various hands-on teaching labs, the Discovery Center, the center for creative teaching, Eco-lab and evening community visits, IT, Library and Community reading centre and a Teacher Education centre. Agastya draws children into a world where learning is pure joy.

Long-Term Impact

Hands-on learning will increase retention, awaken ones innate creative/critical-thinking and problem-solving skills and trigger the self-belief needed to propel an individual to rise and act responsibly. -Arming young people with curiosity and creative-thinking skills. -Bridging the growing socio-economic divide between urban and rural India.

950 Supports 2 children with STEM learning

2,550 Supports 6 children with STEM learning

8,500 Supports 20 children with STEM learning