Under the auspices of the Ministry of Education's Samagra Shiksha Assam (SSA) programme, the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is working to transform Assam's education landscape by assisting government bodies and startups in identifying and addressing education sector challenges.

On September 8, the Institute organised the Transforming Education in Schools Meet as a recent step towards this collective goal.

As the Chief Guest, Dr Ranoj Pegu, Minister of Education, Govt. of Assam, was present, as were Dr Om Prakash, Mission Director, SSA, and Prof Parameswar K Iyer, Officiating Director, IIT Guwahati.

Pegu virtually inaugurated the 69 Tinkering Labs sanctioned last year and said, "I thank the Director and faculties of IIT Guwahati for their support and execution of various educational schemes to transform the Education system of Assam. IIT Guwahati as the big brother is handholding other educational institutes of the region for successful implementation of various RAA activities and the Arohan scheme. Teachers and parents should encourage students to ask more questions and actively participate in the tinkering process."

The event aimed to showcase the innovative products created by students from state-run schools as part of the Tinkering Lab programme, a Samagra Shiksha Assam initiative.

This event drew 230 students from ten government and fifteen private schools from across Assam.