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and Learning Center (SILC) - the first   Corner facilitates teachers to   14-year-old Pratibha, despite being
          of its kind in the country, focusing   conduct techno-pedagogy-enabled   in school, deep-rooted patriarchy,
          on the four core disciplines of   classes for their students, as     cultural norms, and gender biases
          Science, Technology, Engineering,   well as, receive training on the   keep her from accessing technology
          and Mathematics and 21st-century   Digital Equalizer Way of Teaching   and confidently pursuing STEM
          skills to prepare educators and   (DEWoT). The center also contains   education.  This evident gender
          global citizens. The Center provides   a Studio Setup to assist teachers in   disparity reflects in India’s tech
          teachers and students with a      creating high-quality DE Edu Reels,   workforce with women occupying
          comprehensive solution and hands-  increasing their reach in the state.  only 29% of tech roles. Rooted
          on tools for experiential learning                                   in achieving gender equality with
          and discovery-based education to   Digital Equalizer works with children   lifelong learning opportunities,
          improve learning outcomes, which is   from grade 6th onwards, propelling   DE makes dedicated efforts to
          one of the focus areas of NEP 2020   them to the world of coding,    design STEM interventions for
          and SDG4.                         innovations, and rocketry, and     girls. Last year alone, DE reached
                                            familiarizing them with Information   over 100,000 girls giving them
          SILC, with its Innovation Corner   Technology skills, with the goal of   the agency they need, to choose a
          for students, introduces them     encouraging students to embrace    career in STEM and build pathways
                                            technology from an early age.      to become future-ready.
                                            Working with state governments,
                                            AIF is creating opportunities for   At AIF this is just the beginning.
                                            young innovators, especially girls, to   Its well-entrenched and flexible
                                            learn more about satellites, drones,   frameworks ensure innovative
                                            AI, and space technology to build a   solutions and impact at scale. In
                                            futuristic workforce.              the years that lie ahead, AIF aims to
                                                                               strengthen the education ecosystem
                                            While the STEM field is one of     for 10 million children and continue
                                            the most rapidly growing and in-   to foster a culture of equity,
                                            demand industries globally, one of   inclusion, and positive discrimination
                                            the fundamental issues that plague   while transforming the lives of
                                            this multidisciplinary ecosystem   underprivileged communities at
                                            is the prevailing gender gap. For   large.

 Technology-enabled classrooms.



 territories of the country.   population added every year, can   learning by integrating technology   to a transdisciplinary learning
 deliver the workforce the world   such as interactive whiteboards,   approach through Robotics, AI,
 Over the last few years, the   needs.   projectors, audio-visual capabilities,   Space technology, and the STEM
 pandemic reinforced the dire need   ICT, and STEM labs, etc, and   Incubation workstation. It aims to
 to integrate technology into the   AIF’s Digital Equalizer (DE) program   empowering 7.2 million children   nurture their curiosity in advanced
 education system and brought   is addressing this emerging need,   through digital technology and   STEM courses, while also assisting
 forth India’s deep digital divide.   by ensuring the quality and   STEM experiences. Strengthening   them in developing their innovative
 More importantly, the growth of   relevance of learning transacted. It   the ecosystem, DE has also trained   ideas into prototypes and providing
 digitalization, automation, AI, and   has been instrumental in changing   over 2,00,000 teachers, to integrate   a platform to take part in State/
 other emerging technologies, now   the landscape of education in   STEM and technology-based   National/ International level
 warrants a new cadre of trained   over 32,000 under-resourced   pedagogy in the teaching-learning   competitions.
 workforce to step up. India, at the   government schools, by equipping   methods.
 forefront of designing a technology-  them with technology-enabled      The Center also consists of a
 driven knowledge-based economy   classrooms that offer a wealth of   Leapfrogging ahead of its peers, DE   Technology Corner for Teachers.
 and with around 280 lakh youth   new opportunities for teaching and   has designed the STEM Innovation   Fitted with a smart lab, the Tech   Meeting the educational needs of children.


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