ConveGenius Launches Mission Frontier: A Bold Initiative to Transform India’s Borders Through Quality Education, Takes Off in Sikkim
ConveGenius, India’s leading EdTech company, in partnership with the 17000 ft Foundation, a non-profit working in the remotest villages of the Indian Himalayas, announced the successful launch of ‘Mission Frontier’ initiative in Sikkim. The inauguration ceremony was presided over by the Hon’ble Education Minister of Sikkim Sh. Kunga Nima Lepcha, who has been instrumental in providing access to quality education to all citizens of the state.
Mission Frontier is an ambitious initiative by ConveGenius and 17000 ft to strengthen the nation and revolutionise the lives of people in its border districts through the power of education and technology. India has been making strides through physical infrastructure in connecting these remote, frontier regions and improving security. In addition to this, it is essential to build intangible infrastructure like highly educated Indian communities in these border regions to lead to a 10x strategic security and strength. Mission Frontier’s mantra, “You educate one child; you change a family; You educate all children across the border, you secure the country”, encapsulates this ambitious vision.
ConveGenius believes that access to quality education leading to improved life opportunities will be a catalyst to propel ‘national identity’ among the next generation of youth and lead greater national integrity in the frontier regions. With communities in these frontier regions seeing that the future of their children has equal opportunities and privileges, it will compel them to recognize with the Indian nationality – an intangible sense of respect and trust.
Sikkim is the first state to launch Mission Frontier. Speaking at the inauguration, Minister Lepcha appreciated the vision of Mission Frontier. He said “I would like to thank ConveGenius and the 17000 ft Foundation, for their vision to empower all border schools in Sikkim. Mission Frontier is an important and unique initiative and it will serve the nation. In today’s world, students must be able to express themselves freely and achieve their goals. This initiative will provide them with opportunities and train them for the 21st century. Congratulations and I hope this initiative continues to grow.”
Mission Frontier aims to enable all the border schools in Sikkim with the best quality digital learning infrastructure, best quality National Education curriculum. This curriculum mapped to the New Education Policy, is AI enabled, personalized and adaptive but still operates off-the-grid. This approach offers a unique way of creating national communities.
As part of Mission Frontier, ConveGenius will be setting up DigiLabs in all 766 schools in Sikkim, of which it has already completed in 85 schools. These DigiLabs, consisting of an average of 10-30 tablets depending on the size of school, are installed with CG PAL, their personalised and adaptive technology. Furthermore, these DigiLabs will function on solar power, off-grid electricity and off-grid internet technology, thus overcoming the challenges of remote locations. CG PAL will identify learning gaps in students, personalize content, and support teachers with detailed reports on student progress. For the first time, the remotest schools in Sikkim will be able to track learning outcomes of the students, leverage technology for remediation, and be integrated into the state education data systems.
Speaking about this initiative, Jairaj Bhattacharya, Chief Executive Officer, ConveGenius, said: “The launch of Mission Frontier is a disruptive leap towards achieving quality education for the most inaccessible regions of Bharat. This project will push the boundaries of innovation by integration of adaptive learning and interactive digital content in offline and disconnected frontier villages starting from Sikkim’s borders. The solution has integrated solar electrification with affordable digital lab infrastructure, Ai and PAL (Personalised and Adaptive Learning) software working off the grid and community change agents for driving systemic transformation at the local level. This is a big step to further our vision of #sabkaEdtech #sabkaAI”
Radha Raj, Head of Operations at the 17000 ft Foundation, shared that “We are excited about the possibility of scaling our Whole School transformation initiative to the full Indian Himalayan region in Mission Frontier. This project will create lasting impact on the border villages and ensure quality education for all children.”
With the first successful launch in Sikkim, Mission Frontier has taken a firm step towards realising its vision of securing India’s frontier regions through the power of education and technology. ConveGenius aims to take their initiative to all frontier regions in India.