Schlagwort: india
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Empowering India’s digital future: Our computing curriculum’s impact
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Raspberry Pi Foundation has been working in India since 2018 to enable young people to realise their potential through the power of computing and digital technologies. We’ve supported Code Clubs, partnered with government organisations, and designed and delivered a complete computing curriculum for students in grades 6 to 12 and at…
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Computing Curriculum Framework: Adapting to India’s diverse landscapes
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe digital revolution has reshaped every facet of our lives, underscoring the need for robust computing education. At the Raspberry Pi Foundation our mission is to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies. Since starting out in 2008 as a UK-based educational charity,…
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Implementing a computing curriculum in Telangana
Reading Time: 4 minutesLast year we launched a partnership with the Government of Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TGSWREIS) in Telangana, India to develop and implement a computing curriculum at their Coding Academy School and Coding Academy College. Our impact team is conducting an evaluation. Read on to find out more about the…
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Introducing a computing curriculum in Odisha
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe are working with two partner organisations in Odisha, India, to develop and roll out the IT & Coding Curriculum (Kaushali), a computing curriculum for government high schools. Last year we launched the first part of the curriculum and rolled out teacher training. Read on to find out what we have learned…
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Celebrating the community: Sahibjot
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn our series of community stories, we celebrate some of the wonderful things young people and educators around the world are achieving through the power of technology. In our latest story, we’re heading to Vivek High School in Mohali, India, to meet Sahibjot, a 14-year-old coding enthusiast who has taken his hobby…
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Introducing Code Clubs in eastern India: 32,000 more young digital makers
Reading Time: 5 minutesAt the Raspberry Pi Foundation, our mission is to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies. One way we achieve this is through supporting a global network of school-based Code Clubs for young people, in partnership with organisations that share our mission. For…
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Bringing digital skills to disadvantaged children across India
Reading Time: 4 minutesIndia’s rapidly digitising economy needs people with IT and programming skills, as well as skills such as creativity, unstructured problem solving, teamwork, and communication. Unfortunately, too many children in India currently do not have access to digital technologies, or to opportunities to learn these technical skills. Roadblocks to accessing digital skills Before…
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Raspberry Pi robot prompts proper handwashing
Reading Time: 3 minutesAmol Deshmukh from the University of Glasgow got in touch with us about a social robot designed to influence young people’s handwashing behaviour, which the design team piloted in a rural school in Kerala, India. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBFy3LI890s?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] In the pilot study, the hand-shaped Pepe robot motivated a 40% increase in the quality…