A Sustainable Approach Toward Tangible Interactive Setup for Improving the Learning Experience of Primary School’s Children in Rural India

This paper presents a work in progress being done to overcome educational challenges faced by Rural India and utilizes the Stanford design thinking practices for the development of a solution that focuses on the sustainable approach for an interactive and fun learning medium. A field survey was conducted using stratified random sampling covering N = 11 schools on the outskirts and in remote areas of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Data was collected in the form of observations and open-ended interviews with N = 8 school teachers and N = 2 NGO’s to better understand the teaching process and classroom dynamics. Contextual inquiries were carried out among a total of N = 30 students considered as slow learners among a wider population of students from these schools. Insights reveal that children are inherently curious and imaginative, but due to the lack of infrastructure and financial aids such as innovative and interactive learning mediums to every school, it is the biggest challenge for them. So, to identify this problem into which equity in education should be provided to everyone, this paper discusses the approach of sustainability in rural primary education, to make it more feasible and equitable for everyone.