Edopia

edopia is a community. it is not a preparation for the real world. it is the real world. a place where laughter, choice, passion, conflict and failure is real. this community takes a futuristic, holistic and child-driven approach to learning. edopia was established in 2014, as the first alternate, progressive and democratic learning space in pakistan. it is the brainchild of jaweria sethi, a lums alumna. while still at her university, jaweria noticed the need for a venture that would empower children to become independent learners. despite going to one of the best schools in the city and doing well academically all her life, she felt unfulfilled. she felt that the years she spent in school could have been better organized. the traditional systems of education and schooling do not encourage thinking and self-reflection. they are archaic and inadequate. jaweria felt that schools did not have the institutional fabric to cater to the social, emotional and personal needs of a child, along