GUWAHATI: In an innovative step, a 9-year-old girl from Shillong, Meghalaya has created an ‘Anti-Bullying App’ which will help children report cases of bullying anonymously and at the same time alert their parents and teachers.
A Class IV student from Nonghymmai, Meaidaibahun Majaw created this App after she herself was subjected to bullying by other students.
It is to be mentioned that Majaw’s father enrolled her into a coding class as she wanted to create her own game. However, seeing herself and her sister getting bullied by others in school, she decided to create an App.
The Anti-Bullying App can be downloaded from Google Play and was created by Meaidaibahun Majaw by her learning on coding on WhiteHat Jr, which is a platform which harnesses the natural creativity of kids (6 to 14 years of age).
Meanwhile a 16-year-old boy, Jishnu Baruah, from Dibrugarh, Assam has created the Light Bag app which allows kids to shed off load from their school bags.
The app provides an estimate of the weight in the student's bag and shows animations to the teachers to convey the student's discomfort depending on the weight of the bag. Based on the weight calculations, teachers can reduce the number of books so that students can carry a lighter bag to school.
