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In partnership with Rotary, we have officially started Janyaa program in Nigeria. Teachers have been trained, and we are very excited! We were told that these teachers are also very enthusiastic about using our experiments. Good to know 🙂

Janyaa founder Ms. Venu Nadella is currently in India visiting the schools where we partnered with United Way, Hyderabad to implement Janyaa program in 50 schools. Below is the note from Venu Nadella summarizing her visit. During my first school visit, children were busy with peer learning sessions. The girls were very excited about their…

As we continue our journey through 2020, we would like to share Janyaa’s accomplishments from the past few months. We are partnering with KPMG India to provide training to school teachers where we are implementing the Janyaa program. We conducted trainings in schools in Kothagudem (Telangana, India). Demos were given to teachers on the experiments…

  Janyaa Nature Lab (JNL) is an in-school initiative where children can apply Janyaa Lab In a Box(JLIB) science & math concepts to nature. The idea is to encourage schools to grow gardens in their premises under the ownership of children. School gardens are an effective way to use the schoolyard as a classroom, reconnect students with…

“We retain 5% of lecture, 50% of what we see and hear, and 80% of what we experience.” – Educational neuroscience consultant David Sousa (2011) ‍ Unless you experience, you cannot benefit nearly as much. That is why we host peer learning sessions for children to help them practice with the experiments they were taught…

Training teachers is one of the most important aspects of our program. We ensure teachers are trained at least 3-4 times per year on our experiments. Our facilitators support teachers as needed. Only teachers who are comfortable and experienced can teach children in the classroom effectively. Here is the feedback from one of the teachers…