Odisha: 3000 youths to transfer quality learning experience to 15000 students
Bhubaneswar, June 27: Nearly 3000 youths in Odisha will be trained over a period of 2 years
to transfer the quality of learning experience to nearly 15000 students in their communities.
An Mou in this regard was signed on Monday between ‘Mo College Abhijan Parichalana Sangathan’ and ‘Think Zone’ to implement an up-skilling training program for 3000 college students in Odisha.
Mo College’ Chairperson Akash Dashnayak and Think Zone CEO Binayak Acharya were present during signing of MoU
Official sources here on Tuesday said during the training period the youth will be receiving certification after completing the fellowship and will continue getting paid for teaching children
for a few hours a day.
The main objectives of the collaboration are to enhance the skills of youth in multiple domains
which will lead to better job opportunities in the future as well as to create micro-entrepreneurial opportunities for youth in their own communities who would be implementing technology-driven education programs for children.
This will also help in improving language and arithmetic learning outcomes of children in their primary grades.
Youth in the age group of 18-26 years who are either pursuing or have completed graduation or master’s course and from rural, semi-urban and urban low-resource settings of state are eligible for the training.
Training will be imparted in offline & online sessions along with training via the ‘Think Zone’ Mobile App.
The 120 hours training sessions are designed so that youth can develop 21st century skills and
basic skills required to teach young children.
The modules covered in the training program contains Communication, Digital skills (Social Media), financial literacy, micro-entrepreneurship, classroom management, teaching mathematics, Odia, English in primary grades, leadership as well as teaching children using play-based methodology.
In initial phase, Think Zone will be launching its fellowship programs across colleges in Cuttack, kendrapara and Khordha districts
Till date, Think Zone has up-skilled over 6000 youth from rural and urban areas.
