Dream a Dream hosted the fifth edition of Change the Script (CTS) on the 8th and 9th of February at The School of Ancient Wisdom, Bengaluru. Aiming at building a supportive community to prepare young to thrive, this international conference united organisations and individuals who are passionately working to reimagine learning in the 21st century. Over the years, this residential conference has not only created a platform for effective educational innovators to share their work and build insights, but has continued to deepen their understanding of the issues faced by the young people in the larger ecosystem.

CTS 2019 took last year’s learnings and outcomes a bit deeper by stressing on the urgency of why it is important to prepare young people from developing countries, such as India to thrive. The event was designed with young people leading the sessions, with Day 1 focusing on the problem, with speakers exploring the 100-year-gap between children in developing countries and developed countries in education levels; nuancing child adversity, leading to a failure to thrive and determining causes of what keeps our young people from thriving in the rapidly, changing world. Day 2 attempted to answer the problems posed the previous day, with a government leader explaining how innovative models like the Happiness Curriculum, along with a large focus on better school infrastructure could be solutions. Other innovations like the Arc of Transformation and a scale to assess life skills in young people, were also explored as a means of helping young people thrive. Through these various discussions, keynotes, stories from our young people, interactive learning platforms and experiential activities, the conference brought a diverse set of stakeholders to unite and share their experiences and learnings, taking the discussion one step further from them just articulating the problems at hand.

Click on the link to capture the spirit of the two eventful days of the Change the Script 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnidJdt_Q3o