Darpan Sharma doesn't share the appearance of polish and sophistication of many of the principals we met in Pilani; nor does he have fancy advanced degrees which principals are eager to share. But he has a vision and love for his students; he wants to get beyond
India's rote system and bring more innovation to his students but he is stuck, so stuck that he even tried bribing a government teacher for the government e-learning product. He was denied so instead, he bought one off CDs in the market, which he admits are of poor quality, and has his senior science students stay after school to gather around his one computer to watch the animation.
India's rote system and bring more innovation to his students but he is stuck, so stuck that he even tried bribing a government teacher for the government e-learning product. He was denied so instead, he bought one off CDs in the market, which he admits are of poor quality, and has his senior science students stay after school to gather around his one computer to watch the animation.This is what we are trying to unstick; schools with limited funds and more so, limited exposure are unaware and unable to leverage much of the innovation that is happening in education; no one is approaching them, and much of what is available is of poor quality or too expensive.
He is doing what he can and has even created 3D materials for maths and science, making cones out of construction paper and copying rupee note on his own to stretch his children's imagination.
We are eager to learn from Mr. Sharma as we work with him to achieve his vision!
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