The Schools
Challenge

Urban and eco-responsible
challenges for schoolchildren

students have taken part in the project since 2019

in 2022-2023

The Schools Challenge mentoring programme aims at encouraging secondary school students in Seine-Saint-Denis to become more interested in the issues of sustainable development, science and technology. It helps them to take ownership of urban and local issues through project management.

Initiated by J.P. Morgan Chase, with the support and expertise of the Learning Planet Institute, the programme is rooted in the world of business and engineering, and focuses on urban and eco-friendly challenges. For 6 months, with the help of their Learning Planet Institute and J.P. Morgan Chase mentors, the students imagine and prototype their projects for a sustainable city. During 12 workshops, students and mentors give shape to their ideas, becoming increasingly involved and creative.

"The interest of The Schools Challenge, in my opinion, is to accompany these young people in a process of reflection, at an age when they are beginning to become fully aware of the world and of themselves. It is not a top-down transmission; on the contrary, it is a springboard that we are trying to build for them (...) By questioning themselves on the objectives of sustainable development on a planetary scale, the young people position themselves at the same time as active participants in a local life that needs to be thought out and rethought (...) My greatest satisfaction has been to see the students surprise themselves!"

Colin Labouret

Mentor of The Schools Challenge programme & Co-creator of the 2023 edition

The Schools Challenge is present in 7 countries (UK, Italy, Germany, France, Brazil, Singapore, Hong Kong).

In France, the Learning Planet Institute’s Youth pedagogical team offers pedagogical support for this project and has been collaborating with J.P. Morgan for several years.

The MakerLab of the Learning Planet Institute is available to finalise the projects.