citiesUpdated: Jan 24, 2020 17:31 ISTPUNE Persistent Systems, i4C and Persistent Foundation hosted the Smart School Hackathon 2020 on January 18-19 for 23 city schools. After the success of hackathons at engineering colleges, now Persistent has taken the concept to schools in a bid to offer students a platform to think out of the box. The Smart School Hackathon came up with 130 solutions to various problem statements that affect students, such as toilets that need to be cleaned, managing school books and bags and noise levels in classrooms, among the many. Unnat Pandit, programme director at Atal Innovation Mission, Niti Aayog, said, “Today, because of platforms like Smart School Hackathon, these students have learnt how to turn challenges into opportunities. We aim to tie up with the Atal Mission and take it to Tier-2 and -3 cities next year, eventually taking it across the country.”

Source: Hindustan Times January 24, 2020 12:02 UTC