Armenia-based free academic program TUMO Center for Creative Technologies mentioned it’s trying to increase into the Philippines.
“We are just at the start of discussion… to build those relationships and networks, to understand what the narrative is for the country, where the need is, and if we can, hopefully, find the right partners to launch our first center in Manila,” mentioned Chris Shahinian, TUMO’s director of growth.
TUMO is a free academic program based in 2011 that empowers youngsters to take cost of their studying. It lately developed a brand new strategy to selling studying amongst younger individuals by utilizing their curiosity within the digital world to make hyperlinks to creativity, studying, and training.
The program is constructed on a hyper-personalized strategy to studying the place college students choose the abilities that almost all curiosity them after which create studying paths based mostly on these expertise.
Students get a diploma by the use of a web based portfolio the place all their work created throughout this system is displayed.
This hyper-personalization, Mr. Shahinian mentioned in a March 28 Zoom name, “allows each student or teenager to have a personal learning path that is adapted to their pace of development and interest over time.”
Engagement is the underlying vital issue that will increase studying accuracies, he instructed BusinessWorld.
The program teaches college students further expertise equivalent to collaboration, problem-solving, and artistic considering, that are important for achievement on the earth.
“Kids hate to study but love to learn. Choice is super important. You need to give them enough choice for them to find their path and what they’re passionate about,” Mr. Shahiniam mentioned.
TUMO mentioned it has expanded to 4 areas in Armenia and eight worldwide areas, together with Paris, Beirut, Moscow, Tirana, Berlin, Kyiv, and Lyon.
There are additionally plans to open facilities in Seoul, Tokyo, and Syndey.
TUMO’s story began off very Armenia-centric, Mr. Shahinian mentioned. There is a must create a program for Armenia’s youth “to make sure they have access to technical literacy and creative thinking outside of the traditional education system,” he mentioned. As TUMO expanded globally, it discovered that this deficiency in Armenia was additionally current in lots of different components of the world.
“We aren’t saying that we can better the traditional educational system. We are complementary to it,” Mr. Shahinian mentioned.
TUMO covers over 20 focus areas, together with animation, pc programming, robotics, writing, and sustainable cities. — Patricia B. Mirasol
