“At first, my participants assumed that they can’t build a robot or program but they developed confidence through the workshop.” We’ve been featured in TheStar Newspaper in conjunction with International Women’s Day. Do have a read on what Nabihah Hashim, GEMS Lead has to say about empowering girls in STEM. We are always looking to […]
Every child deserves the opportunity to excellent education. The rapid changes in the job market will severely affect low-skilled jobs. Quality education enables people to quickly adapt to their environment, upgrade their skills & live meaningful lives. However, not all are fortunate to have the means to meaningful learning experiences. Throughout the 5 years we’ve […]
journey to reaching out to every child is difficult, heartbreaking sometimes. In our pursuit to give the best to our children, we make mistakes along the way. We learnt that we can’t be great at everything but we can try. As a team, there were times where we disagree passionately on methodology, in our approach, especially when it comes to better serving the most marginalized, the most vulnerable. Sometimes, we’re so into the work, we get lost in the mist of heavy load that we often have to check in with each other to see if the child [...]
Presenting what you learn is a crucial phase in the cycle of learning. It's not the easiest nor the most pleasurable for anyone. To be vulnerable and open to feedback and comments makes it even more difficult. However, the key takeaways and learnings are very enriching.
We interviewed some of our team members to find out what do they think about Arus. Read on the Question and Answer session below to know more about it!
"Arus simply can be said as one of my most favorite places that I would spend my whole day at, without feeling boring." Subashini (Maker Academy batch 2015 alumni) enjoy learning how technology is integrated in our daily life.
Throughout human history, we are always influenced by our friends, our family and the cultures around. Much of those we took to be our inner most desires and expected selves actually comes externally - how social upbringing shapes us. Girls might grow up to be a house wife because that role is seemed to be the destined position and that is how others define success for a girl.
If you were given the seating layout of an airplane and had to decide the seating arrangement of passengers who are going onboard, how would you arrange them knowing that a few of them have recently traveled to countries that had just experience a deadly outbreak? What if some of them were showing mild to extreme symptoms but you’re not in the position to diagnose, just to arrange the seating? How would you place them knowing there are children, elderly people and pregnant women on the plane and that seats are limited? Give your reasoning.*
When we were looking ways to integrate STEM and Arts, theatre comes very naturally to our minds. It involves a lot of making.
Last week concludes a 4-month long journey to incorporate our Maker Academy programme with 20 Pusat Internet under the purview of Digi. The new programme is called Digi Academy.
