Please share ideas for providing higher education opportunities for more first generation students and for students from economically poor families
Suchith Anand
Professor of Science Policy at University of Exeter | Senior Adviser to Governments and International Organisations | Scientist | AI and Data Ethics | Governance | Policy | Global Citizen | SDG Volunteer and Advocate
Dear colleagues
I would like to request your help in sharing ideas for widening education opportunities for more first generation students and for students from economically poor families worldwide. Quality education is still not accessible to students from economically poor families.
GeoForAll supports initiatives and colleagues working to provide more opportunities for first generation students and for students from economically poor families from around the world.
I would like to introduce you all to Raju Kendre , Founder at Eklavya - an initiative promoting higher education and enabling grassroots leadership of first-generation learners in India.
A first-generation learner from a nomadic tribal farming community, Raju is a graduate from Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Recently, he also won the Chevening Scholarship that provides a fully-funded education in the UK, apart from unique leadership opportunities. As a professional social worker, Raju has been engaged with tribal and rural community development for the last nine years.
Ekalvya is a Movement building education and career of underprivileged youth.
May I request that if you are organising any Training programs, Summer Schools, academic conferences , workshops etc please consider providing a few free places for first generation students and for students from economically poor families. This will help make universities more accessible, inclusive, and diversified.
Most first-generation learners suffer from asymmetries of information related to higher education and opportunities. It is important to create awareness among underprivileged youth about quality higher education opportunities. So I kindly request you to please share any information on scholarships, free training programs, Summer Schools, academic conferences , workshops etc in GeoForAll maillist at https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/geoforall
GeoForAll is committed to making geospatial education and opportunities accessible to all. This will help enable widening STEM education opportunities for all. You can find details at http://www.geoforall.org
GeoForAll’s aim is to keep the doors of education opportunities open for all. Access to quality education and opportunities is key for getting rid of extreme poverty and enable broadly shared prosperity for all.
Please join GeoForAll maillist and share your ideas. GeoForAll will share these opportunities through our website, newsletters and through our amazing network of volunteers. This will help us to reach out to many initiatives working for widening education opportunities for more first-generation students from around the world.
I would like to request colleagues to share ideas for providing education opportunities for more first generation students from around the world.
I am requesting all colleagues to help make education opportunities inclusive to students from all economic backgrounds.
Education + Empowerment = GeoForAll
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I thank all colleagues for their selfless efforts over many years which has helped us to make this possible.
I look forward to work with you to make education opportunities inclusive to students from all economic backgrounds.
Best wishes
Suchith