Continuing education for children during COVID-19

ActiLearn 1.O 

Why ActiLearn 1.O

• National Educational Policy: Making and observation activities are included, in accordance with the New Education Policy, 2020.
• Accessibility in Pandemic: The book will be especially helpful in the pandemic since it provides avenues for self-learning.
• Engagement: The book will include approximately 45+ activities for an engagement period of 50+ hours.
• NCERT Curriculum: The activities have been designed in accordance to the NCERT curriculum.
• Self-Learning: which includes Do | Observe | Experiment | Explore | Question | Discover.
• Interactive Format: QR codes for further exploration and deep dive into topics.
• Templates: Contains learner-friendly templates for building models and learning by making.
• Shift in Attitude: Students will gain confidence in their skills after learning and understanding all provided activities.

Implementation:

We have identified and distributed ActiLearn Aha Series book to 50+ students (studying in between 6-8^th grade) from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, and Haryana, who are eager to learn, do and share the learnings with others and who don’t have/limited access to Agastya experiences either because of not having access to the device or internet connectivity.

Children explored, created and shared many activities with other children/siblings from the themes like Know Yourself, Light and Shadows, Garden Science, Force and Energy, and Changes around us.

 We have received very good feedback from the students on different activities, which have relevance in our daily life, engagement, and their learning levels. Even some of the children have started creating their own activities based on the learnings using household materials. Parents were also very happy knowing their child’ involvement in making and sharing the learnings with others.

Links:

• Agastya International Foundation