The A.P. Social Welfare Ministry had invented a separate wing, termed APSWREIS in 1984 for the educational needs of SC/ST/BC children within its domain. Major motto of Society is to provide School and Intermediate education to girls and boys, through 187 institutions spread across the breadth and length of the state. APSWREIS students are learning Computational Thinking using CSpathshala curriculum.
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is Government of India’s flagshipprogramme for achievement of Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE) in a time bound manner, as mandated by 86th amendment to the Constitution of India making free and compulsory Education to the Children of 6-14 years age group, a Fundamental Right. 53 schools in Sabarkantha district are piloting Computational thinking curriculum.
Proposed by the National Knowledge Commission in 2008, the portal, an initiative of Azim Premji Foundation, is a platform for teachers, teacher educators and others working in education in India
Gurushala is an initiative of Indus Towers Ltd. and Vodafone Idea Foundation and is implemented by Pratham Education Foundation. The idea driving Gurushala dates back to 2012 when a digital education programme was piloted in 151 under-resourced and low-cost schools across India. The programme aimed to positively impact the learning levels of students by equipping schools with digital technology and training upper-primary math and science teachers to integrate technology and innovative group learning pedagogies inside the classroom.
Over the years, the programme worked with schools across diverse geographies, cultures, languages and other socio-economic characteristics. In this process, it generated a rich pool of knowledge and insights about the problems that Indian teachers face inside their classrooms and innovative and scalable solutions to solve those problems. The need to provide teachers with an integrated platform for self-paced capacity development, access to varied resources and connect with peer teachers was realized. The growing penetration of internet and smart-phones in both rural and urban areas offered an opportunity to transform this need into the idea of an online teacher portal.
In 2019, this idea translated into reality with the launch of Gurushala.
TCS is the global leader in IT services, partnering with clients to strengthen and transform their businesses. TCS CSR group engages in several initiatives like Bridge IT: a youth entrepreneurship program – aimed at bridging the digital divide that prevents those in disadvantaged Indian communities from having access to the digital economy, by providing training, seed funding, technology equipment, software and mentoring to youth in rural and underprivileged communities; Youth Employment program, as part of which students from rural colleges gain in-demand, industry-relevant skills, and receive mentoring by IT professionals over a two-year period, helping them bridge the gap between education and a technology career; Adult literacy program; and many more including education and skilling initiatives like goIT that empowers students with the skills they need to be successful in the digital economy and IMF that offers lesson plans and study materials that weave computational thinking into school core curriculum subjects like math, sciences, and social studies.
