“Sampark Foundation felicitates 1000-star teachers in Haryana”
New Delhi : Sampark Foundation, a leading NGO working to improve primary education, learning outcomes, has recognised and awarded 1000 exemplary teachers in government schools throughout Haryana. The teachers were chosen for their great utilization of the Sampark Smart TV and Sampark Smart Shala App to deliver compelling educational experiences to their students, thereby enhancing learning outcomes. Each of the 1000 teachers was honored with an award and a certificate for their unwavering commitment, diligence, and contribution towards improving education standards.
District Education Officers, Block education officers and Cluster Heads distributed these awards to the Star Teachers in Haryana.
Sampark Foundation made the Sampark Smart TV and Sampark Smart Shala application accessible to all schools in the state by providing free-of-cost Sampark TV devices, while the state government provided the TV sets for the program.
On occasion, Vineet Nayar, Founder-Chairman of Sampark Foundation, said, “My heartiest congratulations to all the teachers who have successfully used our resources to make learning an engaging experience for their students. We at Sampark believe in a Teacher First approach and continuously strive to innovate and develop tools that empower teachers and make their teaching job easier. Our resources are designed to enhance the learning zone where the teacher interacts with the children and provides the spark that ignites their imagination and makes them learn well.”
Sampark FLN TV is a frugal innovation device that transforms regular television into an interactive and engaging learning platform. It comes equipped with preloaded lessons delivered by the highly popular virtual teacher and mascot of Sampark Smart Shala, Sampark Didi. This device can function offline, without any internet connection, and convert traditional classrooms into smart classrooms. The device comprises an Android set-up box and a remote for seamless operation.
Sampark FLN TV empowers teachers to create a smart, interactive, and joyful learning environment by utilizing features such as lesson plans, content videos, activity videos, gamified assessments and worksheets. With Sampark FLN TV, attendance rates are expected to increase, and learning outcomes are projected to improve by at least 30%. The device is built on the “Learn, Play, Practice, Earn, and Celebrate” model, which provides a systematic approach to drive positive learning outcomes. It serves as a medium for delivering lessons and a comprehensive database of teaching resources, including lesson videos and question banks. Moreover, the content is integrated with the Maths and English programmes of Sampark Smart Shala, an app developed by Sampark Foundation, which helps make learning engaging and meaningful for students.
Sampark Smartshala is a path-breaking innovative app developed by Sampark Foundation. It provides access to thousands of teaching-learning resources in Hindi, including Sampark Smart Shala animated video lessons, rhymes, stories, interactive and engaging games, classroom activities, worksheets, and quizzes mapped to state textbooks and developed following the states’ syllabus.
About Sampark Foundation: Sampark Foundation was founded by Anupama Nayar and Vineet Nayar (Former Vice Chairman and CEO of HCL Technologies and author of Harvard Business Press bestseller “Employees First, Customer Second”) with a committed investment of INR 700 Cr with the belief that “frugal innovation” and its practical implementation in partnership with the government can drive large-scale improvement in learning outcomes.
Currently, the Sampark Smart Shala program is impacting over one crore children through its implementation in 1 lac primary government schools in 7 states (Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand). Many third-party surveys have shown that in the schools where the Sampark Smart Shala has been implemented, there is a marked increase in the number of children who answered grade-level questions in Math and English. For example, according to Feedback Consulting, a research organisation, in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Haryana, there has been a 34, 39 and 61 percent improvement in the performance of children in 2019-20.