The event witnessed students, industry pioneers and experts discussing the challenges to education.
Engineer turned Educator and Innovator, Sonam Wangchuk, Founder of SECMOL, Fareed Zakaria – Mumbai born CNN Worldwide journalist and columnist for the Washington Post, Contributing Editor to the Atlantic, and a Best-selling Author, Wendy Copp CEO and Co-Founder of Teach For All, Vanessa Nakate – Climate Activist from Uganda, Friday for future, Africa – Founder of African Rise up Climate Movement, Ashraf Patel, Social Entrepreneur of the year 2020 and Co-Founder of Pravah and community - The Youth Collective and many such personalities
Mumbai, July 12, 2021: Teach For India, a non-profit organisation working towards the vision of an excellent education for all children, organised the Kids Education Revolution (KER) Week. KER is a four-day long virtual event held between 6th to 9th July that brought together exemplary educators, leaders and students from across the globe.
A brainchild of Teach For India’s Innovation Cell, Kids Education Revolution Week is an ambitious collective of organisations, schools, students, and educators coming together to reimagine education for a reimagined world amidst the new normal. Acknowledging the power of student leadership across every level, the KER Week endorsed the commitment of students and educators who had adopted the new ways of learning and had impacted thousands around the world.
The platform saw 58 students and 47 expert speakers hailing from India, the US, Ukraine, Uganda, Tanzania, Malavi, and Kenya unite and work together to effortlessly continue the learning process of the students. More than a thousand student changemakers attended the event. The revolutionaries left with a sense of increased confidence and fostered positive relationships that put them at the forefront of their individual educational journeys.
Shaheen Mistri, Founder & CEO, Teach For India commented - “During this exceptional time, it has become extremely crucial for students to seamlessly continue their education while bridging the learning gap created by the pandemic. Through the KER Week, students and educators will get a chance to exchange experiences with industry leaders which will help participants to become the changemakers of tomorrow.”
Interviewed by Huda Sultana, a Grade 11 student, Fareed Zakari said - “I’ve always approached journalism as education. Journalism should be about educating people about their city, community and issues the world faces. The pandemic taught us 2 things. First is the lack of access some people have had to digital education. And the second, the limits to what you can learn digitally. And this has been true across the world - whether it's Yale University or a public school. Students prefer offline education. We learn social behaviour and how to work as teams in classrooms. All of that is lost digitally. I am really glad to be a part of this wonderful event hosted by Teach For India, and wish to be joining more such events in future”
The event also witnessed Museum of Solutions, a JSW Initiative, where student leaders built models of change to tackle real community problems. Designed as immersive and interactive experiences for helping children discover and understand the world around them, the exhibits mentored student leaders by helping them explore their potential as change-makers.
Vannesa Nakate, Climate Activist from Uganda, Friday for future - Africa speaker, founder of the Youth for Future Africa and the African Rise up Climate Movement commented, “It is critical to creating awareness amongst the youth about the climate crisis since our present is already catastrophic and inaction from the Government, community and leaders will lead the future in jeopardy. My advice to students who want to take action but didn’t know where to begin would be to start first with educating within your family and peer group, then your society and finally in your larger community, and so on. Very soon, you will see how thousands will eagerly join you as most people want to make difference but don’t know where to start.” she concluded.
Based on the principles of the 8Cs highlighted in the white paper, written by Shaheen Mistri, Manasi Jain, Shivani Patekar and Zui Mansata, the sessions at KER explored how to build leadership in Students while keeping broad themes in mind.
Kritika Rawat, Coach, Kids Education Revolution expressed that – “By bringing together these dynamic personalities and young minds, we believe that the KER Week 2021 will serve as an unparalleled platform for learning, discourse, and innovation within the education sector and start to bring about the change led by student voices.”
About Teach For India:
Teach For India’s Fellowship places outstanding working professionals and college graduates as Fellows - who work full-time as teachers for two years in under-resourced schools. With operations in Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad and Bangalore, Teach For India has over 900 Fellows impacting more than 28,000 children across the country. Post Fellowship, they join a growing movement of over 3400+ Alumni working at all levels of the education sector. A part of a global Teach For All network of 60 countries, with a shared vision of an excellent education for all children, Teach For India’s mission is to end educational inequity in India by creating a strong pipeline of driven, skilled talent within the educational ecosystem.
About Kids Education Revolution
Kids Education Revolution is an organization that works in partnership with kids and educators to reimagine the education system at every level. We believe that if kids are given safe spaces to learn and express their voice, kids are empowered to become changemakers and if educators can work with them in partnership, then we would have reimagined education. KER has been working towards this vision for the last 3 years and we have impacted 37,195 Student Revolutionaries and Educators so far!
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