Xiaomi India, United Way India collaborate to set up Tinkering Labs in Government schools

As part of the collaboration, Xiaomi India aims to develop sustainable futuristic skill sets amongst these children by providing them access to multiple technologies and enabling them to build new solutions to solve the challenges in a scientific manner. 

Xiaomi India has collaborated with United Way India to establish Innovative Tinkering labs to supplement the learning process for over 4000 children in 12 government and one government-aided school located in Karnataka and Delhi-NCR. As part of the collaboration, Xiaomi India aims to develop sustainable futuristic skill sets amongst these children by providing them access to multiple technologies and enabling them to build new solutions to solve the challenges in a scientific manner. These labs will assist students in having a better understanding of Digital Education, Mobile technology, and Robotics and empower them to have an effective learning experience.

An experiential learning approach known as 'Learning by Doing' will be followed to engage with the students in the process of learning. These labs will nurture computational skills, design thinking, problem-solving, physical computing, and adaptive learning in students and equip them with skills that are required to provide advanced solutions to the dynamic ecosystem in this country.

At Xiaomi India, the constant focus is on empowering the future generation through citizenship initiatives in areas like education and skill empowerment.

Commenting on the partnership, Muralikrishnan B - President, Xiaomi India, said, “We are delighted to partner with United Way India to create a technology-integrated learning space for students. These labs will assist these children to enhance their critical & lateral thinking, be creative, solve real-life problems, and fill in the gaps with their innovative ideas. We are confident that with this partnership, we will be able to transform the traditional learning infrastructure and establish a future-ready learning environment.”

Jayanti Shukla, CEO, United Way India, said, "We are pleased to receive support from Xiaomi India to modify the learning experience for these students. We are committed to transforming the lives of these underprivileged children with these initiatives and providing them with adequate support for their education."

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