TSWREIS To Launch Mega Hackathon On Village Problems

Hyderabad, Jan.29 (Maxim News): Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) embarked on new edition of Mega Hackathon, one of India’s biggest school Hackathon on village problems and problems in communities surrounding TSWREIS schools in the State. The Hackathon will be held on February 1.

The Hackathon involves 5,000 students from marginalized backgrounds and 60% of them girls. It will be held simultaneously at 25 locations across Telangana on February 1. The locations include Chilkoor, Ibrahimpatnam, Shamshabad, Mahendra Hills, Narsingi, Hayatnagar, Medchal, Saroornagar, RK Puram, Chevella, Choutuppal, Manakondur, Choppadandi, Karimnagar (Alugunoor), Wardhannapet at Madikonda, Warangal West, Thrimalayapalem, Dhanvaigudem, Palvanch, Kondapur, Adilabad, Itikyala, Siddipet, Bhongir and Dharmaram.

This was organized under the unique concept “Mission Code” introduced in TSWREIS. Project Mission Code is an initiative to encourage both boys and girls learn software coding and leverage technology for problem solving. Thus students learn both learn to leverage technologies to solve day-to-day problems and they will also develop analytical skills.

The students of the TSWRIES schools are on a Mission to develop villages motivated by its Secretary Dr R. S. Praveen Kumar, IPS, and with the help of their knowledge and new computer programming they have learnt – from the Mission Code program through which theschool-going kids are helping farmers and villagers solve their problems.

Students have already toured surrounding communities and villages close to their respective schools to identify problems. Some of the problem identified include: Improving the means of livelihood; Increasing the Production and productivity; women education; falling kids into abandoned borewells among many other. They are working on these problems and will come with solutions by February 01. On that day, they will go back to the communities and implement the solutions. The Hackathon is all about coming out with Workable Solutions to solve rural problems and problems in Villages and Communities surrounding TSWREIS schools. So that students have practical and hands-on experience.

It will be organized by Secure Space, a city-based Startup engaged in Tech Content Development. It will be organized in association with Sunitha Infovision Ltd, a Hyderabad based 18 year old company in EdTech Space and CST (Centinel Spark Technologies), a company involved in School Technology Training and Implementation. The overall project has been assigned to these entities by Setwin which a Telangana Government Nodal Agency specializing in training and skill development Amon youth and students. Society to Train and Educate People’s Participation in Development (STEP) is one of the implementing partners.

The Hackathon will be held from morning to evening. A hackathon, also known as a Codefest, is a social coding event that brings computer programmers and other interested people together to improve upon or build a new software program or find out a solution to a problem using technology. Hackathons in schools especially in government schools are very rare that kids from marginalized communities are involved. Programming and computational thinking skills are becoming ever more important in the society and day to a day career path. (Maxim News)