The new learning model, “Stumble Lab,” developed by Kaithal’s district administration, has been appreciated by Education Minister Mahipal Dhanda and senior officials of the Education Department. They have further encouraged all districts across the state to adopt and replicate the initiative to improve students’ learning outcomes.
The model was presented in a review meeting of the department on Wednesday at Haryana Civil Secretariat Chandigarh, which was chaired by Minister Dhanda. The meeting was attended by Director Secondary Education Jitender Dahiya, Kaithal Deputy Commissioner Aparajita, State Project Director for the Haryana School Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad (HSSPP) Varsha Khangwal, Joint Director Harpreet Kaur, Dr Mayank Verma, District Education Officers (DEOs) and District Elementary Education Officers (DEEOs) from across Haryana and Stumble Lab team from Kaithal.
As per the officials, the minister asked DEOs and DEEOs to work to implement this project. The “Stumble Lab” initiative, conceptualized by Deputy Commissioner Aparajita, was inaugurated by Minister Dhanda at Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Pundri. He had announced plans to expand it across the state and now the work has been started in this line.
The initiative aims to help students overcome the fear of failure while promoting curiosity, confidence, mental resilience and independent thinking. During the meeting, Minister Dhanda praised DC Aparajita for conceptualising and successfully implementing the project.
Explaining the project, Aparajita said that the project focuses on experiential and activity-based education. Under the initiative, students participate in simple physics experiments, estimation exercises and activities designed to enhance mental ability and creative thinking.
She further informed that a special “curiosity index” would also be used to measure student participation in activities. DC also highlighted that the project has been implemented without any additional financial burden by using existing school resources.
