Students of IIT-Guwahati students reach out to schoolkids in rural Assam

GUWAHATI: Students of IIT-Guwahati (IIT-G) have launched a mission to educate schoolchildren in rural areas and make them conversant with modern technology. The mission, called Pragati, is being helmed by members of the team in charge of Techniche, the institute's annual techno-management fest to be held in September.
"There are villages near Guwahati where people still don't have basic amenities.We started Pragati recently to help such people. We teach their children and educate them on cashless transactions," AG Goutham, spokesperson of Team Techniche, said.
As part of Pragati, the IITians have already provided basic education to children in schools in Lathiya Bagicha and Hajo. They have also launched a survey to ascertain the needs of people living in the vicinity of these schools.
Dolibari, Dadara and Singimari are some of the villages where the campaign is being carried out. Students of the elementary classes are being taught the fundamentals while those studying in higher classes are being given career guidance. For example, students of Ramsaraswati Academy are taught elementary subjects, while science experiments and projects are demonstrated to students of Harvard Public School, Singimari .
"It is an honour to have such brilliant students voluntarily help younger children in our school," said a teacher of the Singimari school. The IITians, too, were happy with the response they got.
"It was a great and overwhelming experience to be part of such an event. It has been a great experience," said Divj Ranjan and Deepa Kumari from Team Techniche.