OpenCity.in, on April 1st 2023, organised a datajam at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore to analyse data of various sectors-education, civic participation, and mobility-for all the 28 Bengaluru Assembly constituencies. The event brought together participants from diverse backgrounds, including urban designers, policy wonks, GIS experts, developers, data scientists, and more. This article highlights the team's findings in education. Problem statement How many students are there per constituency population? Are there enough staff and facilities in the schools to serve these students? Background We started out by asking basic questions on what constitutes education and the basic infrastructure needed…
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Anshu is an urban designer and an architect, currently working as an assistant professor at Dayananda Sagar College of Architecture, Bangalore, for 1.5 years. She holds a Master of Urban Design degree from the University of Colorado Denver. In her 7 years of industry experience, she has worked on station area planning, urban development, and campus planning projects in various cities in India and the US. She is passionate about healthy and equitable living, and more recently telling stories through data and numbers.