BYJU’S Education For All And Isha Vidhya Join Forces To Bring Digital Learning to Children in Rural Tamil Nadu And Andhra Pradesh

With the aim to empower and provide children across geographies with equal learning opportunities, the BYJU’S ‘Education for All’ initiative has collaborated with  Coimbatore-based NGO Isha Vidhya to provide digital learning tools  to underprivileged children in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Through this partnership, children with no or fewer means of learning will get access to BYJU’S high-quality and tech-driven learning programs.

This effort further enables BYJU’S mission of providing a conducive learning environment to students and helping children from disadvantaged backgrounds in reaching and enhancing  their full potential. This initiative is a significant step in BYJU’S vision of  building an India where high-quality school education is accessible and affordable to all, and especially children in rural areas.  BYJU’S strongly believes that every child,  irrespective of their socio-economic background, location, or proficiency levels, must get an equal opportunity to learn. 

Isha Vidhya, has 10 rural schools in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh that serve over 8,500  children in these two states, ranging from  kindergarten to class 12.  The team at Isha Vidhya also carries out  critical interventions in 34 rural Government schools in the districts of Tirupur, Coimbatore, Salem, and Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu, impacting 10,000 students and 72 teachers. Over 60% of the students in these schools  are first-generation learners, and are supported by scholarships.

Speaking about the initiative, Mansi Kasliwal, VP- Social Initiatives, BYJU’S, said, “At BYJU’S, we are dedicated in our efforts to bridge the gap between education and access. We are relentlessly working towards breaking the barriers to education  by leveraging the power of technology. This enables us to not only make high-quality education accessible to children from underserved communities, but also make it at par with students from urban and privileged backgrounds.   The Isha Vidhya Foundation shares this vision with us by blending modern teaching methods to educate children from rural areas. This partnership is one of many more to come, and we wish to continue working with like-minded and renowned partners on this journey to make digital learning accessible and inclusive.” 

Talking about the collaboration, Prabhu Loganathan, Senior Fundraising Coordinator, Isha Education, said,  “The objective of Isha Vidhya schools is centred around providing quality education to  children from underprivileged backgrounds. We believe in providing students with relevant exposure and equipping them with essential skills. Our teachers receive extensive and on-going training to inculcate the right environment and holistic experience for students. We are very happy to collaborate with BYJU’S ‘Education For All’ initiative as we believe in coming together and aligning our efforts  to collectively benefit millions of students and build a brighter future together.”

Launched in 2020, BYJU’S ‘Education for All’ is a social impact initiative that aims at democratising education, and ensuring that every child has an opportunity to learn. This initiative is committed to empowering children in the most remote geographies and underserved communities through digital learning. With a mission to empower 10 million underprivileged children by 2025 and bring a positive systemic change to the education ecosystem, BYJU’S Education for All has already impacted 3.4 million children through 120+ NGOs across 26 states.

BYJU’S Education For All

With an aim to make digital learning accessible to millions of children from underserved communities, BYJU’S, the world’s leading edtech company, launched its social impact initiative - Education for All in late 2020. The program aims at democratising education by ensuring that children across all economic backgrounds get equal access to quality learning opportunities. The “Education for All” initiative serves to enable students from underserved and economically deprived communities with a better chance at upward social and economic mobility. This initiative aims at bridging the educational and digital divide by making quality learning accessible to the children in need. With over 100+ partners like American India Foundation, United Way, Right to Live, Magic Bus, SOS, Save the Children, CRY and more across 26 states in India, the program has created a positive impact and reached over 35 lakh students in the last 1 year across the country. BYJU’S has also partnered with NITI Aayog to provide free access to its tech-driven learning programs for children from 112 “aspirational districts” of the country. The company aims to accelerate its impact in reaching children who have no access to learning both on its own and through partnerships. For more information: https://byjus.com/educationforall/