As part of the partnership, a dedicated working group will be set up that will—among other things—actively monitor and evaluate implementation of the programmes, according to a statement released on Friday. The so-called aspirational districts are in the country’s most developmentally challenged regions across sectors such as health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, infrastructure, financial inclusion, and skill development.
“Technology has played a key role in helping ensure continuity and a lot of classrooms have moved to an ‘online’ format,” NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said. “In many ways, this has catalysed development of innovations in the education space, and it is imperative for us to reimagine education and keep pace with these innovations.”
AgenciesNITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant
Effective use of technology in education can aid transformation, and with Byju’s joining in, the students in these aspirational districts will gain opportunity to access quality education, he added.
The collaboration will feature two main components:
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- Byju’s Career Plus programme, which will identify and provide high-quality coaching to 3,000 students of Classes 11 and 12 who aspire to appear for NEET and JEE.
- A voluntary programme will allow children of school-going age (Classes 6-12) to opt for scholastic content from Byju’s Learning App for three years, under the edtech’s social impact initiative, Education for All.
“Through our Education for All programme, we have been empowering and impacting millions of children across the country, and by partnering with NITI Aayog, our efforts are being strengthened further,” Byju’s founder Byju Raveendran said. “We are confident that with this partnership, kids from underserved communities and locations will be empowered with tech-enabled learning and bring in positive systemic changes in the education ecosystem.”
For the Career Plus programme, students will be selected through a pre-designed test and provided teaching and content material, along with mentoring support and guidance. This initiative will combine classroom and online learning.
Apart from dedicated centres for implementing support, students will also have access to digital infrastructure in the form of devices (tablets/smartphones).
With inputs from PTI.
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