Smart Villages/LCEDN webinar series For more information, please go to e4sv.org https://e4sv.org/events/webinar-education-and-young-people One of the most powerful benefits of energy access in rural communities in the developing world is the potential impact on education. Whether a simple solar lantern permits an extra hour of homework and study after dark, or whether a more sophisticated community energy and ICT project permits remote education and training to take place. And one of the most important, but often under-represented, groups of community stakeholders are young people. This LCEDN/Smart Villages webinar aims to create a wide-ranging discussion on these issues, with experts presenting their experiences and work on diverse aspects of the energy/youth/education equation. Our presenters this month include Dr Jiska de Groot and the team at the Energy Research Centre at the University of Cape Town, Craig Gibbs from JET Education Services in South Africa, Prof Jo Tacchi and Dr Amalia Sabiescu from Loughborough University, and Rachita Misra and Huda Jaffer from the SELCO Foundation. In addition to presentations on their experiences, the webinar included an opportunity for Q&A with all webinar participants.

1. Energy Access, Education and Young People
SELCO Foundation | April 6, 2018

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Energy Nexus

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Overview | Education + Energy
Objective: Decentralize provision of quality education by providing access to clean and sustainable
energy
• Efficient Technology for Schools, Anganwadis and Hostels
• Basic Needs- Lighting and Fans
• Educational Needs ie AudioVisual Aids— Projectors, TVs, Computers, Tablets
• Infrastructure Needs- Water Pumps, Water Purification, Mixer-grinders
• Innovating upon delivery models
• Light as an incentive- Portable batteries and charging stations in schools - energy as an incentive for
school attendance
• Mobile Computer Labs- Creating a mobile educational infrastructure by using decentralised
renewable energy- creating shared infrastructure and keeping in mind the limited resource of trained
teachers

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Digital Education Program
Education + Energy Access
Combination of the three determines
Desirability, Feasibility and Viability
Incremental Solutions for existing
housing typologies to incorporate
energy efficiency
Sustainable materials with
lowered embodied energy;
layout planning to ensure cross
ventilation and efficient space
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Design of complete habitat to look at
energy infrastructure- sustaining the
activities housed within (eg: lights and TV
for homes, audio visual aids for schools,
health equipments for PHCs)
Appropriate Content Efficient Technology Capacity Building

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Ecosystem
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educational aids
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SELCO Foundation’s core focus and
uniqueness has been to shift away from
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SELCOFoundation | Education + Energy
Ecosystem
From an End User Perspective
Digital Education Progams installed and
run in rural and tribal high schools
Example of building the ecosystem for
educational aids
The program has reached
approximately 1500
schools, across 3 states.

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Education + Innovation
Clean Energy Supply Chain
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• Problem Solving aptitude
• Need Assessment
• Human Centred Design
• Sustainability and Efficiency
• Inclusive thought process
• Problem Solving Aptitude
• Drive and ecosystem that
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• Need Assessment and
social innovation
• Business Acumen
• Patience in Process Building
• Technical Knowledge
• Practical and practitioner
driven training
• Problem Solving Aptitude
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Overview | Education + Innovation
Objective: Create Sustainable, Innovative, Holistic thinkers who can become the
change makers of tomorrow
• Developing models of capacity building ie Knowledge development + Technology,
Entrepreneurship & Innovation + Practical application
• Creating model training centers that work towards solutions to improve the energy
scenario among the rural and urban poor
• Creating an end to end process for skill development
• Building manpower capacity for clean energy technology –Technicians, Service
providers, Sales personnel, Entrepreneurs, Innovators
16 skilling centres
50 + school engagement programs- Invention and Sustainable Education
20 + regular University Engagement Programs

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Inventing Green Program
Education + Innovation

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Concluding Remarks
• Energy is a means to better education, and thus needs to be complemented by
strengthening of other ecosystem factors
• Holistic education solutions should look at technology, appropriate content, feasible
financial model and human capacity building
• The delivery of education can hamper how we build the workforce for the future- and
thus, the method of delivering education and skills can make or break the sustainability
of the value chain in the future