The document proposes a vision for a perfect education system that combines technology and social values. It aims to address problems with the current system such as teaching having little relevance to real-world skills and a lack of encouragement for creativity. The proposed system incorporates virtual classrooms, mobile apps, e-learning, internships, community projects, social/environmental trips, and counseling to develop students' passions. It would expose students to real-world problems and teach social/environmental awareness through practical experience. A survey found students want more relevant, engaging education to explore their interests. Experts supported making such reforms to better prepare students.

1. A Vision for Perfect Education – Combining
Technology with Social Values
Team Name: Change Ahead
Team Leader: Chanakya Hridaya
Team Members: Apurva Jain, Chanakya Hridaya
Country: India
Institution: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),
Kharagpur, India

2. Problems with the Current Education System…
Our Vision for Perfect Education will support our Dream Job and also future jobs, future
companies and future societies. We aim to tackle the following problems with the current
education system:
 One of the biggest problems in the current educational system in India is that the
academic knowledge and skills taught in schools and universities has very little relevance
to the skills required in the real world, outside the classroom.
 The teaching system is antiquated and there is very little use of technology to engage the
students more effectively in the learning process.
 Students are usually unaware of their passions and there is no active encouragement to
try and unearth their talents and skills.
 Creativity and innovation are not encouraged within the education system because of an
old-fashioned and unscientific methodology of teaching.
 There is almost no environmental and social sensitiveness aroused in students through
the schooling system.

3. Our Dream Job / Vision…
Technology
 Virtual Classroom – students from various
language, geographical and cultural
backgrounds learn together
 Mobile Applications – real time quizzes
and tests for growing mobile user base
 E- Learning – online courses & workshops
providing access to best faculties even for
students in developing nations
Perfect
Education
Technology
Practical
Exposure
Social and
Environme
ntal
Education
Practical Exposure
 Internships – get exposure to corporate
world and also how social organizations
function
 Community Projects– solve pressing
environmental and societal problems
 Summer Camps and Volunteer Work–
develop team-work skills problem – solving
approach
 Student Exchange Program – Experience
student life in a new country
Social & Environmental Education
 Annual Social &Environmental Education
Trips – collaborate with social organizations
and corporate houses to introduce students
to real – world issues
 Awareness Drives – Student societies to
organize awareness drives in different parts
of the country – teamwork & compassion
 Field Trips & Nature Walks – sensitize by
giving freedom to observe, think and learn

4. What do they have to say…
 We conducted a survey of 300 students from different backgrounds –
 92% feel “Education doesn’t have much relevance to real-life problems”
 73% feel “Teaching is dull & mechanical, not much use of technological tools to
generate interests”
 84% are still not sure about their passionate field of study
 Our interaction with professors also revealed similar thoughts on the importance of
bridging the gap between classroom teaching and real life happenings, which can be done by
making community projects and internships a crucial part of the curriculum.
 Mr. Anil Gupta, Chairman of National Innovation Foundation showed keen interest to
collaborate with premium technology institutes of India and involve students directly to
convert hundreds of grassroots innovations carried out in the country into real business
solutions.
 The volunteer teachers at Teach for India, an education NGO, told us how the innovative
use of simulations generated through their I-Pad made the poorest of poor kids from the
slum areas, grasp the concepts of human anatomy very quickly.
 Dr. Chayanika Singh, a child psychologist from Calcutta, India strongly agreed to our
research findings that children were growing to become more and more disappointed with
their bound curriculum in schools which doesn’t give them space to explore their passions
and advised we include mandatory counseling sessions in schooling system.

5. Perfect Day for Students…
Primary School
 Nature walks to sensitize
students to the environment
and build their knowledge
Technology aided
classrooms – interactive
models and diagrams
 Playground learning –
observe, think and learn
 Virtual classrooms with
simulations for different
environments and societies
 Workshops on recycle,
reuse & recreate –
sustainability
 Society interaction –
meeting and visiting
different working classes and
role-play games
Secondary School
 Community Projects – to
acquaint with societal issues
and find solutions
 Innovation Platform – to
create innovative
products, processes and
service based ideas
 Counseling Sessions – to
realize passions and future
paths
 Situation/ scenario based
games – learn skills like
financing, trading, marketing
, accounting, team-
work, networking.
 Long Distance
Collaborations and student
exchange programs
University
 Smart applications on
mobile phones and laptops
to learn real time events &
case studies
 Student meet-ups to
conceptualize & organize
awareness drives
 Semester linked projects –
global warming, poverty,
employment generation, etc.
 Online Courses – Nobel
Laureates teaching and
discussing ideas with
students in underdeveloped
world
 Industry – Academia
integration – real world
problems exposure