I was more than impressed by Prerna Jhunjhunwala‘s commitment to making education accessible to the masses. Prerna is the Founder of Little Paddington – a highly acclaimed preschool in Singapore and Creative Galileo – a new-age Ed-Tech start-up transforming early learning globally for children from three to ten years. Creative Galileo aims to accelerate a child’s development of early literacy through narrative videos, gamification, and personalised learning journeys.
Some of the topics that Prerna discussed:
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Most of Prerna’s childhood was spent in third-tier cities and small villages
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She was in the factory every day as a 10 to 12-year-old and the workers would ask her to teach their children English and Math
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How and why educating others became so important to her
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Realizing at a young age that access to education was a privilege
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Starting Little Paddington Preschool when she was 24
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The reason for founding Creative Galileo
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Understanding the importance of the teacher for 3 to 10-year-olds
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Licensing the most popular characters in India and how those characters keep the students engaged
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The six learning domains
Other titles we considered for this episode:
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It Was Foolish Courage
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I Enjoy the Execution Bit of It
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When You See the Things You Imagined Happen
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Screen Time Is Inevitable Today
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