Girl child at the school 

 Challenge : I live in a developing , democratic country which is one of the fastest growing and 

 exciting economies in the world . While , my country has made significant progress in many 

 areas of health , education , nutrition , sanitation etc , there are still many problems of 

 inequality , poverty , unemployment that continue to exist , although the numbers are coming 

 down . One area that continues to pose a challenge is school drop outs of girl child by the time 

 she reaches middle school ( age of puberty ) especially in very poor families . Girl child 

 education is one of most important social need in today ’s world . Only an educated girl can 

 fend for herself , provide for herself which gives her the freedom to grow and exploit her full 

 potential . I want to use design thinking approach to find a solution for this problem 

 Stakeholders : The parents , the child herself , teachers , neighbourhood , society at large , 

 availability of NGOs , role models 

 Stakeholder map 

 Selection : Two tools that I would use in my research 

 1 . Journey mapping 

 2 . Visualization 

 a ) Short summary of the tool : 

 Journey mapping : Journey mapping covers the entire journey and the touch points the girl 

 child undertakes from preparing for school to return back home and some of the various 

 touch points . This will be a useful tool to identify possible problem areas that can be 

 addressed to solve the issue of school drop - outs . 

 Visualization : visualization techniques are one form of design thinking tool that helps to 

 identify and articulate the challenges face and make them vivid . Also the possible options are 

 also made vivid 

 Application and Insights 

 Journey mapping will help me identify the possible touch points that would be a moment of 

 insights . For instance 

 The key touch points of insights would be 

  School uniform and books – very poor families may not be able to afford 

  Availability of other girl child to accompany- taboo to send the girl out after she 

 reaches a certain age alone to school in conservative villages 

  Availability of other girls in the class 

  Access to private washrooms for girls – many a times this is a big issue 

  Availability of lady teachers – some village schools may have all male teachers 

 Visualization would help me to vividly depict the challenges and opportunities present . 

 Depicting of the school infrastructure would unearth potential problem areas . Similarly , 

 visualization of girl child continuing in school and going on to make a better life for her will 

 encourage school participation . Visualization also will help to depict student - teacher 

 interaction , availability of safe space in school , social support availability , role models , 

 sufficient play area etc . 

 Approach : Journey mapping and visualization will be the two tools I would use to 

 understand the challenges of girl child drop - outs from school , ideate possible options and 

 look at an available range of options for the stakeholders to choose themselves . I would n’t 

 make any changes to the tool selection next time around too as I am satisfied with the results . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Girl child at the school 

 Challenge : I live in a developing , democratic country which is one of the fastest growing and 

 exciting economies in the world . While , my country has made significant progress in many 

 areas of health , education , nutrition , sanitation etc , there are still many problems of 

 inequality , poverty , unemployment that continue to exist , although the numbers are coming 

 down . One area that continues to pose a challenge is school drop outs of girl child by the time 

 she reaches middle school ( age of puberty ) especially in very poor families . Girl child 

 education is one of most important social need in today ’s world . Only an educated girl can 

 fend for herself , provide for herself which gives her the freedom to grow and exploit her full 

 potential . I want to use design thinking approach to find a solution for this problem 

 Stakeholders : The parents , the child herself , teachers , neighbourhood , society at large , 

 availability of NGOs , role models 

 Stakeholder map 

 Selection : Two tools that I would use in my research 

 1 . Journey mapping 

 2 . Visualization 

 a ) Short summary of the tool : 

 Journey mapping : Journey mapping covers the entire journey and the touch points the girl 

 child undertakes from preparing for school to return back home and some of the various 

 touch points . This will be a useful tool to identify possible problem areas that can be 

 addressed to solve the issue of school drop - outs . 

 Visualization : visualization techniques are one form of design thinking tool that helps to 

 identify and articulate the challenges face and make them vivid . Also the possible options are 

 also made vivid 

 Application and Insights 

 Journey mapping will help me identify the possible touch points that would be a moment of 

 insights . For instance 

 The key touch points of insights would be 

  School uniform and books – very poor families may not be able to afford 

  Availability of other girl child to accompany- taboo to send the girl out after she 

 reaches a certain age alone to school in conservative villages 

  Availability of other girls in the class 

  Access to private washrooms for girls – many a times this is a big issue 

  Availability of lady teachers – some village schools may have all male teachers 

 Visualization would help me to vividly depict the challenges and opportunities present . 

 Depicting of the school infrastructure would unearth potential problem areas . Similarly , 

 visualization of girl child continuing in school and going on to make a better life for her will 

 encourage school participation . Visualization also will help to depict student - teacher 

 interaction , availability of safe space in school , social support availability , role models , 

 sufficient play area etc . 

 Approach : Journey mapping and visualization will be the two tools I would use to 

 understand the challenges of girl child drop - outs from school , ideate possible options and 

 look at an available range of options for the stakeholders to choose themselves . I would n’t 

 make any changes to the tool selection next time around too as I am satisfied with the results .
### Output: 