Billabong High International’s Meraki Program is Bridging Boundaries For its Students with Global Experts

February 16, 2023; Mumbai: In an effort to increase help to college students of their preparation to check abroad, Billabong High International School (BHIS) organised the third session below the ‘Meraki’ sequence on February 3, 2023, at Prabodhan Thackeray Hall, Borivali. ‘Meraki’, launched in August 2022, is a sequence of thought-provoking classes that are performed by famend leaders from world establishments to enlighten and encourage college students to pursue their passions.

The unique session on ‘Liberal Education in A Global Changing Economy’ by Dr. Barry Craig, President of Huron University, provided college students key insights and techniques to check overseas.

In addition, Huron University introduced a scholar help and engagement framework comprising University Preparation Programming, a Scholarships Programme, and entry to an Innovators Academy. The University Preparation Programme covers a sequence of varied classes comparable to an introduction to the college, the admissions course of, tutorial planning, lectures, panel discussions, and profession design workshops.

The Scholarship Programme will reward the arduous work of the scholars and supply them with elevated entry to increased schooling. Huron’s Innovator’s Academy will assist put together college students for the calls for of upper schooling and nurtures their creativity via a disciplined and confirmed design considering course of.

Commenting on the session and the scholar help and engagement framework, Mr. Rahul Deshpande, CEO, of K12 Schools, Lighthouse Learning, mentioned, “We are delighted to accomplice with Huron University to offer larger publicity and alternatives to Billabongers in search of abroad schooling. Huron University’s strong scholar help and engagement program will assist our college students plan their increased schooling journeys successfully. I congratulate our tutorial group on efficiently internet hosting Meraki 2022-23 bringing a spread of world specialists to share their ideas and knowledge with our college students during the last three classes of Meraki hosted at Billabong High International Schools. Through Meraki, our college students have had the prospect to study from specialists on the forefront of innovation and join with a worldwide group whose experience and inputs will show useful as our college students advance of their careers of alternative.”

Dr. Barry Craig, President, Huron University, mentioned, “I’m excited to be right here and handle these enthusiastic Billabongers. Through such classes, we’re bringing skilled classes and engagement to the lives of those college students. The Scholarship Programme is designed to reward the arduous work of the scholars and supply them with larger entry to increased schooling. Huron’s Innovator’s Academy, however, will assist put together college students for the calls for of upper schooling and nurture their creativity via a disciplined and confirmed design considering course of,” including, “The college students can avail the hands-on summer time camp via three totally different supply choices in Canada, hybrid or just about.”

At the inaugural session of Meraki, the college hosted Dr. Eleni Mangina and Dr. Jeremy Simpson, specialists from the University of Dublin who addressed college students on the Billabong High International School Malad Campus on ‘How is Artificial Intelligence Helping Humanity?’.

The second Meraki session was held in November 2022 at Billabong High International School Juhu which hosted Ms. Meaghan Blight, President, Wesleyan University, United States, and Abhishek Gupta, Founder, and CEO, High School Mom’s, Asia’s largest mum or dad scholar and educator group.