In our weekly feature #TechThursdays we turn the spotlight on a school that
is going against the norm of marks and grades and encouraging its students
to develop lateral thinking skills.

What happens when you encourage students to come up with solutions to real
world problems and develop working prototypes of solutions, they have
proposed using latest technologies? You get an automated walking stick, 3D
printed braille cards, and "help me" shoes - all aimed at enabling visually
impaired people perform daily tasks with ease.

These are smart devices developed by students of classes 9, 10 and 11 of the
Heritage Xperiential Learning School (HXLS) in Gurugram under the Saksham
Project. The project is a part of the school's Maker-centred learning
programme.

Started in 2016, Saksham aims to enable students to use digital tools to
address issues of social relevance.

There are Genius Hours woven into the daily curriculum so students have the
opportunity to convert the knowledge they gain from textbooks and lectures
into actionable outcomes. Read on: https://newzhook.com/story/22067