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Growing Up in a City Where Everyone Goes Into Engineering
Most children in Hyderabad, India, are expected to follow a STEM career path. But a startup called LearnEd encourages them to explore all their options.
A few months before public exams in India, as most tenth graders spent extra hours bent over their books, students at St. Michael’s School in Hyderabad sat listening to Arun Kumar, a medal-winning archer, in fascination. Out on the field with him, the ninth and tenth graders took turns shooting arrows at a board, and learned that a career in sports isn’t an impossible goal.
“I think the best way for a student to understand a profession is through a professional himself. It’s very important that the youth is aware of different opportunities, and is able to make an informed career choice,” says Luvieen Alva, the director of LearnEd, an educational startup based in Hyderabad, one of India’s largest cities.