eVidyaloka Trust
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Mission Statement
Connecting passionate volunteers with children in remote villages of India, to provide quality education. In partnership with the Government and local communities Leveraging technology to empower the learning ecosystem
About This Cause
eVidyaloka trust is registered non-profit trust, based out of Bangalore. Our vision is - To create a knowledgeable & empowered rural India through quality education. We strive to achieve with a mission of - connecting passionate volunteers to provide quality education for rural children, using technology and in partnership with local communities and Government towards a replicable, scalable and sustainable solution. The Problem: The quality of education of children studying in the Government schools in rural villages is a grave area of concern. According to the survey by ASER, where 73% of grade 5 students, don’t know division and 54% of grade 5 students, can’t read a standard 2 text. This is primarily due to an acute short of quality teachers. Today there is a national shortage of 1.2 Million teachers. The Solution: eVidyaloka addresses this gap by connecting high quality teaching volunteers from across the world, with the remote & rural Villages across India; using Digital Classroom technology. The online classes are two way, live & interactive are conducted within the government schools framework of functioning. The Model: eVidyaloka focuses on delivering core subjects – Maths, Science & English- to rural children through a remote delivery model, in the local medium of instruction that both complements and supplements existing school curriculum, by bringing together three levers - People, Technology & Process. We involve the local communities to own the digital classrooms, connect and empower educated native-speaking volunteers, across the cities in India and the world, to teach and mentor the children of rural villages of India. Teachers can be located anywhere across the globe and would require access to a computer system, webcam, headset and broadband connection. eVidyaloka team does the orchestration of schedules between the Centre and the Teaching volunteers, depending on the children availability (Demand) and the teacher availability (Supply), through the proprietary technology platform – Jupiter. Classes are delivered via Skype or similar web conferencing technologies. Centre Locations: Presently, 850+ teachers are reaching out to 9500+ children in 140+ Villages across 9 states – Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Telangana, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh. Journey so far: 7,50,000 Child Learning Hours delivered by 850+ online teachers from 180+ cities from over 15+ countries Impact Created: Exam Scores - Over 70% of students now score over 50% in examinations. Retention of children >75% in Jharkhand and >93% in other States. Empowering Rural India – eVidyaloka, through partners, employs Rural Indians as Centre Assistants (80% of our full time staff are hired