The PolicyHack challenged teams of teachers and
school representatives to come up with innovative solutions to problems faced
by teachers inside and outside the classroom
Dell, as a part of its three-city PolicyHack series, hosted an
interactive hackathon, where teachers focused on their learning journey. In a
first-of-its-kind hackathon for teachers, Dell has partnered with the UNESCO
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development
(MGIEP) and Ignus, to create a platform where teachers, school representatives
and a cross-sectional group experts related to education can interact with each
other.
The maiden PolicyHackTM in India was conducted at two levels:
over 80 schools pan-India shared their statements of purpose. Basis the
evaluation parameters, top 20 shortlisted schools presented their ideas to the
Jury, which comprised of Mr. Sanjay Awasthi (Member Secretary - NCTE), Mr.
Rajive Gulati (Head - Start-Up Incubator, HARTRON), Prof. Dr. Anantha
Duraiappah (Director, UNESCO MGIEP), Mr. Subir Shukla (Founder - Group Ignus),
Mr. Ajay Kaul (Director - Dell EMC) and Ms. Ritu Gupta (Director - Dell).
Dell plans to present three more PolicyHacks in other regions of the
country in 2019, in an endeavour to foster and cultivate innovative ideas on
how teachers can leverage technology for themselves and for the benefit of
their students. PolicyHackTM is a global forum of Public Policy
discussions, curated under the umbrella of Realizing 2030 - wherein Dell
strives to explore and realize the true potential of technology to drive human
progress.
The objective of
the PolicyHack is to enable an ecosystem-wide understanding of key problems
that impact the learning journey of a teacher. The maiden hackathon for
teachers was won by the Government Boys Senior Secondary School No 1 Ghonda, Delhi who presented the
most promising and innovative ideas and solutions. The teams who were runners
up were Indraprastha International School ,
Gyan Devi Salwan
Public School and Dr.
Sampuranand SKV-1.
Dell is committed to turning the winning proposal into a reality. The
PolicyHack team with the winning proposal will work alongside Dell and the
relevant stakeholders to further develop their policy solutions post the
hackathon.
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