Engineer Turns 15000 Rural Kids Into Innovators With Free Computer & Coding Classes

Originally reported and written in August 2022, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. “How many of you have used a computer?”  The answer to this question from class 7 students surprised Shoaib Dar, a fellow of Teach For India at the time. The engineer-turned-educator couldn’t believe that only one of them had used this electronic device.   To equip his students for the digital world, Shoaib conducted a 10-day boot camp with four Raspberry-Pi computers, which cost Rs 4,000-5,000. Students created their own games and animations as well as came up with programmed so...