Mission Frontier Unleashes Educational Transformation in India’s Borderlands

In order to provide access to quality education to all citizens, Mission Frontier, an ambitious initiative launched to strengthen the nation and revolutionise the lives of people in its border districts through the power of education and technology. 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’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. 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.

Sikkim is the first state to launch Mission Frontier. Speaking at the inauguration, Minister Lepcha appreciated the vision of Mission Frontier. He said “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. The aim is to take this initiative to all frontier regions such as Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh & Uttrakhand in the next 6 months.

As part of Mission Frontier, DigiLabs are being established in all 766 schools in Sikkim, with 85 schools already completed. These DigiLabs consist of 10-30 tablets on average, depending on the school’s size, and are equipped with personalized and adaptive technology. Additionally, these DigiLabs operate on solar power, off-grid electricity, and off-grid internet technology, effectively addressing the challenges faced by remote locations. The PAL Program called CG PAL implemented in these DigiLabs will play a vital role in identifying learning gaps among students, personalizing content, and providing teachers with detailed reports on student progress. This initiative marks a significant milestone as the most remote schools in Sikkim will now have the ability to track students’ learning outcomes, utilize technology for remedial purposes, and seamlessly integrate into the state education data systems.

ConveGenius, India’s leading EdTech company, in partnership with the 17000 ft Foundation, a non profit dedicated to serving the most remote villages in the Indian Himalayas are the key stakeholders in the Mission Frontier initiative.