Category 3: Schools from the Teachers’ Training program

Asia Social Impact Challenge 2025

Transforming Classrooms into Hubs of Social Innovation

SociopreneurID. It empowers teachers and students to co-create real solutions for real problems through project-based learning that integrates entrepreneurship education, social innovation, digital literacy, and financial literacy.

Each participating school forms a project team consisting of trained teachers (as facilitators) and selected students. Guided by the principles introduced in the training program, schools are encouraged to identify relevant challenges in their environment—whether social, environmental, educational, or economic—and propose innovative and practical solutions that can be implemented during the program period.

Through this challenge, teachers will apply what they have learned in the training by mentoring students and managing real-world learning experiences. Students, in turn, develop essential skills such as collaboration, creativity, and community leadership.

Top projects will be recognized and may be invited to showcase their impact at the Global Entrepreneurship Education Meeting (GEEM) 2025, allowing schools to gain national and international visibility.

This category supports the long-term vision of empowering educators as agents of change and schools as ecosystems of innovation for community transformation.

Criteria and Description

Alignment with Training

Clearly integrates learnings from the Teachers’ Training Program (e.g., entrepreneurship education, financial/digital literacy).

Student Empowerment

Actively involves students in problem-solving and encourages leadership or agency.

Local Problem, Local Solution

Focuses on a challenge within the school or community and uses locally available resources to address it.

Innovation & Practicality

Offers a new or adapted idea that is implementable within the school environment and scalable to other contexts.

Impact & Continuity

Shows potential for long-term benefit, continued growth, or expansion even after the challenge ends.

Collaboration & Ethics

Encourages collaboration within the school community and adheres to ethical values such as respect, transparency, and no discrimination or bias.

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