Project कksha

Project कksha initiative aims at quality improvement in school education by focusing on holistic development of pedagogy, as envisaged under the new National Education Policy (NEP).

Project कksha:Meghalaya

As part of CII Project कksha initiative, which aims at quality improvement in school education by focusing on holistic development of pedagogy, as envisaged under the new National Education Policy (NEP), the Education vertical at the CII Central Office with the support of Amrit Cement ltd. conducted sessions with children at two government schools in remote Meghalaya.

The children were from the state's Rymbai Presbyterian Upper Primary School in village Rymbai and the Roman Catholic Lower Primary School in village Mynkre. The sessions included three experiments, with the first being on innovations for a better world based on the grand challenges of water, air, ecosystem, local communities as defined by UNSDGs goal nos. 2, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15.

The second experiment was called hashtag ecosystem restoration through seed balls. The idea was to bring into focus the United Nation's Decade of Ecosystem Restoration by creating a micro environment for seeds with soil and nutrients. Students were given paper cups, potting mix and seeds to make seed balls which were then dispersed by them in areas around them. The forest cover of Meghalaya is depleting and interventions like these help mitigate the problem.

The third experiment was a motivational / inspirational exercise for students to help them achieve their goals and ambitions by simply articulating or painting them on a sheet of coloured paper and flying it by shaping it into a plane. This experiment also brought into play the basics of high tech aerodynamics, innovation and critical thinking.

A total of 450+ students and teachers from these two schools participated in these activities.

Glimpses of Project कksha initiative in Meghalaya