Sampark Foundation to invest INR 40 crores to help transform primary education in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Sampark Foundation in collaboration with Jharkhand Education Project Council, Government of Jharkhand flagged off Sampark Smart Shala Program across all government primary schools in Jharkhand today with the signing of MoU. Hon’ble Chief Minister of Jharkhand Shri Raghubar Das and Shri Vineet NayarFounder Chairman, Sampark Foundation and Former CEO, HCL Technologies Ltd. announced the state-wide launch of the Sampark Smart Shala Program.
Sampark Foundation would invest upto INR 40 crores to help reach Sampark Smart Shala Program to 26,000 primary government schools and bring smiles to over 40 Lakh children. The objective of this joint initiative is to ensure that 80% of children are able to do basic Maths operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) and use 500 new words to speak and write in English after a year of implementation. Sampark Smart Shala Program for Maths and English is a first of its kind intervention that uses FOUR new innovations
1. Audio Sound Box to assist the teachers in teaching English and Maths.
2. Audio lessons with music, songs, stories and games.
3. 3D teaching learning aids to make learning fun.
4. Tracking and monitoring learning outcomes through a mobile app.
Shri Raghubar Das, Chief Minister, Jharkhand graced the occasion and said, “We thank Sampark Foundation for investing in Jharkhand and brininging this innovation to our 26,000 primary Schools and 40 lakh children. Sampark Smart Shala is a path breaking initiative which will make our schools interactive, innovative and imaginative. I am sure our young state Jharkhand will see significant improvement in quality of primary education with such a strategic partnership and I wish all our children and teachers the very best.”
Shri Vineet Nayar, Founder Chairman, Sampark Foundation said, “I did my final education in Jamshedpur and was looking for an opportunity to give back to the state which had the biggest impact on my life. I would like to thank Shri Raghubar Das ji and State’s Education Department for believing in this innovative approach and we are happy to invest INR 40cr to bring smiles on the faces of 40 Lakh children in 26,000 government primary schools. Based on the tremendous success in Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand I am confident we will suceed in Jharkhand in partnership with the State Government, teachers and children. Sampark Foundation would not receive any financial support for this change from the Government.”
Under this MOU , Sampark Foundation is focused on 4 goals 1) Train over 60,000 teachers on the Sampark Smart Shala 2) Distribute over 26,000 Sampark Smart Shala Math and 26,000 Sampark Smart Shala English kits 3) Monitor progress of 40 lakh children on a monthly basis through “Sampark Smart Shala App” 4) Create an Education Quality resource group for Math and English at the Block, District and State level to focus on improving learning outcomes of children in primary government schools through Sampark Foundation Master Trainers located in each district alongside the State Government leadership team.