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There’s no denying that education plays a pivotal role not only in shaping an individual’s personality but also in bringing about positive social change. Keeping this in view, Mr. Nagnath Vibhute, a National ICT awardee teacher of Pune’s state-run school, took up numerous initiatives to encourage factory workers to send their children to school and increased the enrollment by 58.67%.
Learning with Alexa
To make the teaching-learning process interactive for students in rural areas, Mr. Vibhute developed a robot named Alexa. Launched by the then Maharashtra’s Minister of Education, Mr. Vinod Tawade, Alexa answers questions asked by the students in the English language using cloud-based information.
The AI-based robot at Jambhuldara’s Zila Parishad School has helped students in improving their spoken English, strengthening vocabulary, and boosting self-confidence.
‘Making of Drone’ Project
To improve attendance in the classroom, Mr. Vibhute has launched the ‘Making of Drone’ project with the students of class 6th and 7th. The students are given drone parts which they assemble with the help of PCB.
Inspired by the aforementioned project, Raj Bhosale, a grade 7 student, developed a ‘Flying Agriculture Drone’. His project has been selected in the first stage by INSPIRE Awards – MANAK, executed by DST under the aegis of the Government of India. The second stage of the competition is yet to be conducted.
Student Task Force
Being an Ambassador of Teach Sustainable Development Cohort 4: 2020 (Teach SDGs), Mr. Vibhute established a task force of the students through Skype to spread awareness about water on World Water Day. More than 400 students from pan India were roped in the mission and were educated on the role that they can play in ensuring sustainable use of water. As part of this mission, students were provided with a 6-week action plan to ensure Sustainable use of Water.
Other Achievements
Under the ‘Beyond the Classroom’ project, he conducted a Skype session where the students of his school exchanged ideas on ‘International Peace’ with the students of the Pakistan-based Root International school.
On the occasion of Maratha Raj Bhasha Din, the students of his school interacted with the Australian Marathi School based in Westmead, Australia.
Mr. Nagnath Vibhute is a finalist for Most Innovative Use of Science and Technology because… he introduced modern-day technologies to the underprivileged children for an interactive teaching-learning process and increased the enrollment in his school by over fifty percent. Furthermore, all the initiatives undertaken by him are self-funded.
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