Vidyakul launches Sankalp Yatra 2024 to take smartphones and internet to remote areas and educate students
New Delhi : Vidyakul, India’s only edtech platform that is merging profit, purpose, and social impact, has launched its Sankalp Yatra 2024 initiative. As a part of the campaign, Vidyakul will build Digital Study Rooms (home-based e-classroom setup) in 500 villages across remote areas in UP, Bihar and Gujarat. This one Digital Study Room per village will replicate an offline classroom setup and will include physical elements such as table, chair, white board, smartphones with 6 months of internet recharge and free access to Vidyakul’s e-learning program via its App.
Sankalp Yatra is a merit-based scholarship program where students from low-income backgrounds are selected based on a qualifying criteria. Selection is based on a student’s academic inclination and performance, interview processes along with taking into account family dynamics and financial capability. Under this edition, the aim is to support 500 academically promising students from financially marginalized backgrounds across 500 villages. These students do not have access to adequate resources but have academic prowess. Digital Study Rooms will be built in the confines of the homes of these selected students.
Founded in 2019, Vidyakul is an edtech platform which provides affordable, accessible and vernacular education to the state board students of classes 9 to 12, with a ticket size of as low as Rs 200/month. The company operates in UP, Bihar and Gujarat and was started with the mission of empowering students from marginalized economic backgrounds. Sankalp Yatra is Vidyakul’s step towards enabling a more promising tomorrow, for students who are waiting for a single breakthrough in life. After 2 successful editions in 2022 and 2023 of building Digital Study Rooms, this is Sankalp Yatra’s 3rd edition. In 2022-23, 100+ students were positively impacted, including 40% girls. In this edition, Vidyakul aims to extend its impact to 500 students.
Commenting on the launch of Sankalp Yatra 2024, Tarun Saini, Co-founder and CEO of Vidyakul, said, “ Coming from a rural background and experiencing educational challenges first-hand, we wanted to impact the lives of students of Bharat, empower them and provide them with equal opportunities. As part of the Sankalp Yatra campaign, we have witnessed exceptional results, with our students topping the board exams and enrolling in top-tier universities across the country. This is a testament to our belief of opening up possibilities for every student across Bharat and giving them a better future.”
Vidyakul is on a mission to educate the neglected 2 crore state board students of Bharat. It is the first after-school online tuition app to introduce virtual labs and has also launched an AI bot- Drona- which facilitates real-time doubt-solving. In 2022, Vidyakul closed its pre-Series A funding round, securing INR 12 crore in investments from various entities, and continues to successfully merge profitability with social impact at scale. The company has impacted the lives of over 5 million students through its revolutionary ‘Bharat Padhao Sankalp’.