Gujarat government schools students will be provided free online access to educational content aligned with the state board curriculum. It was established by ConnectEd Technologies and Everest Kanto Cylinders (EKC) with the goal of providing high-quality vernacular educational content to government school students in order to improve learning outcomes, particularly during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
More than 7,500 students in classes 9 and 10 from government schools in the Kutch district administration will be given free online access to a web and mobile app platform as part of the programme.
According to the edtech company, it includes high-quality educational content in local languages that is aligned with the Gujarat state board curriculum. It can be viewed online or downloaded to a mobile device for later viewing.
Initially, the initiative will benefit students in grades 9 and 10 from schools in Kutch’s Gandhidham block. The initiative will then be expanded to include students from other grades and regions of Gujarat, according to the statement.
ConnectEd Technologies will work with government schools to educate parents and students about the platform and how to use any device at their disposal to access quality educational content during the course of this initiative.
Furthermore, the edtech platform will provide school teachers with valuable statistics pertaining to content consumption by each student, allowing them to push parents and students to meet the school’s learning targets.
On the occasion of this announcement, Dr BN Prajapati, District Education Officer, Kutch, Gujarat said, “The recent surge in Covid-19 cases led to closure of schools across Gujarat. In such circumstances, government schools and their students are in need of a parallel digital framework through which quality education could be served to the government. school students. It gives me immense pleasure to announce this initiative for all our govt. school students. We are thankful to Everest Kanto Cylinders (EKC), and hope more organisations will come forward to support this initiative and ensure it benefits every student in Gujarat.”
Lavin Mirchandani and Lehar Tawde, Co-founder, ConnectEd Technologies, commented, “Entry of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, coupled with a rapid surge in cases, led to re-closure of government schools across India. This situation emphasises the need for a digital approach that makes quality education accessible to government school students in regional languages.”