Children engaged in participatory learning at the digital community school in Banjaron Ki Basti in Ajmer district’s Kishangarh tehsil. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement An innovative concept of digital community schools, introduced by Tilonia-based Barefoot College International, is benefiting over 50 children from poor and underprivileged families in Ajmer district’s Kishangarh tehsil. The new model has helped develop a hub for exploratory learning through solar power-run “edu-box”. Children in Kishangarh’s far-flung Banjaron Ki Basti locality were deprived of education at the primary level because of the government school’s distance and their parents’ inability to afford the cost of schooling. The social enterprise, which has been working with the rural communities, has stepped in with a model suitable for children. With the initiation of a process for technology integration within the community, the school, started in August this year, has established an informal learning space with the in-house designed “edu-box” that stores the study material. A solar-powered projector turns the classroom into a digital learning centre and motivates children to complete their tasks quickly. The projector …