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The Hindu
The Hindu
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V.S. Palaniappan

EXPLAINED: High school student from u s teaches rural children in coimbatore to develop apps | Rare Historical Photos

A casual conversation with his uncle prompted 17-year-old Kavin Saravanan, a high school student at Adrian Wilcox High School in California, U.S., to offer free coding classes to students in rural areas around Coimbatore and enable them develop apps

When the pandemic began in 2020, Kavin felt the first-hand challenges that distance learning posed to some students.

Since he was part of the teen council at his local library in Santa Clara, Kavin started offering free virtual mobile app development sessions to young children in his neighborhood. While talking to his uncle in India, Kavin came to know that students in rural Tamil Nadu had limited access to technological education.

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