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WHAT IS AGASTYA ?
|  Agastya is a movement led by entrepreneurs, educators, scientists, teachers and children to revitalize and transform primary and secondary education in India and provide an affordable education model that can be replicated anywhere in the world.
Through interactive high-impact grassroots education, Agastya aims to inspire and catalyze effective and widespread social development, innovation and leadership.
Management
Team and Advisory Council
The
Agastya Model - Bridging an opportunity divide
One of Agastya’s central goals is to create an education
dissemination model,
which is cost-effective, scalable and replicable
within and outside India.
A model, which provides breadth and
depth.
Agastya has consolidated its vision into the The Agastya Model below. We believe it is unique and highly effective for disseminating quality education, cost-effectively to a large number of vulnerable, disadvantaged and at-risk children and teachers around the world. Essential elements of the model are in place, but much remains to be done.
Agastya's
education model is:
Scalable
- impacts millions of children and teachers through high - reach
channels like teacher education, mobile labs, science fairs
and science centers.
Innovative and
creative – learning methodologies awaken curiosity, observation, assimilation and application skills.
Sustainable
- learning methods are deeply instilled, encourage sensitivity to the environment and growth and development of community.
Replicable
– high-impact ideas and low-cost methods are easily transferred and communicated across cultures and countries.
Collaborative
- leverages partnerships and encourages participation by government and private education officials and community members.
AGASTYA:
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Addresses core primary
and secondary education issues.
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Impacts a large
and broad student-teacher population.
· Supports
raising of education performance and standards.
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Benefits rural and
urban communities. |
Benefits of Agastya Model:
Ø Creative-thinking
and hands-on science programs have reached over 700,000 children and
40,000 teachers
Ø More
than 200 science experiments, using low-cost tools, make learning fun
and illustrate a wide range of concepts and principles
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Interactive science centers/labs foster creativity and deep learning
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Mobile
Labs and Science Fairs take science to the village doorstep
Ø Interactive
student-teacher workshops enhance learning
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Model-making workshops deepen hands-on skills
Ø Reforestation
programs are transforming local ecosystems
Ø Rural
art workshops offer unique opportunities for expression
Ø Creating "a knowledge bridge" between urban and rural communities
Agastya's
Partners
WHY IN INDIA ?
Indians
are a global intellectual resource
With its large and diverse population, India represents a challenging, and therefore ideal, opportunity for generating transformative models in education. A model proven in India, can inspire global change and be replicated almost anywhere in the world.
GOALS &
OBJECTIVES
- Propagate
teacher education.
- Foster
creativity, teamwork and leadership skills in Children.
- Leverage
cost-effective technologies to disseminate innovative, high-impact
learning tools and methods.
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Support sustainable development
through rural communities and ecological regeneration.
Creative Learning Center
- Provides
teacher training and hands-on educational opportunities in a creative
and interactive setting to thousands of rural children .
- Takes
education to remote villages in A.P. and Karnataka through Mobile
Labs.
- Conducts
Science Fairs
Teacher Education Center (Launch date: dependent on funding)
- Provide
innovative, state-of-the-art knowledge and skills to 2,500 teachers
every year.
Agastya Gurukul (Launch
date: dependent on funding)
- An
international "Lab school" to foster innovation, integration
between teaching and learning and create socially-committed leaders.
Ecology
and Cultural Center (Launch date: dependent on funding)
- Help revive the ecosystem, and promote knowledge
of Indian culture and philosophy.
GUDIVANKA,
CHITTOOR DISTRICT - IDYLLIC LOCATION
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The Agastya project is set in 172 acres of undulating terrain in Gudivanka, Andhra Pradesh (A.P.).
Gudivanka is a "backward" region and has among the lowest rates of literacy in India. It is situated 2,200 feet above sea level with pleasantly invigorating weather all year round. Clean and refreshing air greet and rejuvenate the senses. A placid lake gives the location a picture postcard setting.
Gudivanka is located at the intersection of three rapidly developing Southern states, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It is connected by road and rail to the cities of Bangalore and Chennai. South of the Vindhya mountains Bangalore and Chennai have become key centers of information technology in India. A helicopter pad permits easy access by air from Bangalore and Chennai.
The Agastya campus, which was a wasteland only 3 years ago, is being transformed into an ecology park. With the support of Agastya, Gudivanka is rapidly discarding its backward status and is emerging as a center for creativity-based education.
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