Vidhya App will help students to be Atamnirbhar: Dr. Shiv Singh Rawat
The 21st century is an era of knowledge and New Age Learning. National Education Policy (NEP- 2020) focuses on structural reforms in quality school education to the children of India and girls in particular.
NEW DELHI. Dr. Shiv Singh Rawat, IIT Delhi Alumni and Superintending Engineer, Department of Irrigation and Water Resources, Gurugram said that education is the soul of the society as it passes from one generation to another.
“Education is one thing no one can take away from you. It is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. The quality of education today decides the tomorrow of the nation. The 21st century is an era of knowledge and New Age Learning. National Education Policy (NEP- 2020) focuses on structural reforms in quality school education to the children of India and girls in particular, ” said Dr. Rawat while addressing education officers of district Palwal in a webinar titled “Vidhya Education by a mobile app to provide quality education to students free of cost”.
Dr. Rawat further said that VidhyaApp developed by IIT Delhi Alumni, was a digital media to provide quality education free of cost to fulfill the hopes and aspirations of the youth of new India for a bright future even during times of Corona pandemic. It’s a small step in the direction of making Atam Nirbhar Bharat of tomorrow.
Dr. Rawat elaborated that the literacy rate in Haryana state is 76% and the female literacy rate is 66%. There are some areas of the state where the literacy rate is very low. The literacy rate in districts of Palwal and Mewat is 69% and 54% respectively. If we look at the female literacy rate it is 50% and 37% respectively. There is a huge gap and it is a matter of concern for modern India.
Keeping in view these facts we have taken a lead with IIT Delhi Alumni to provide free quality education by Vidhya app to students of government schools. This platform is available for teachers, principals and students to keep online learning even during these difficult times of Covid19.
The initiative which has been started from Palwal district today will be launched in Haryana and then throughout India. Our aim is to make the children of poor sections in the country self-reliant.
Gaurav Goyal, founder of VidhyaApp explained to education officers that the App has quality content of all educational boards in the form of videos. The Apppp can also help for preparation for competitive exams like UPSC, banking, CAT, GRE, GMAT, SSC; and IIT, JEE, NEET, NTSE etc.
English speaking courses are also available to improve the learning of students. Mentoring and guidance videos have been specifically prepared to motivate students. Gaurav asked all to download the App from the play store and then teachers and students can register on the App. After registering, they will be able to get videos of all chapters of any topic of any class. After watching the videos, children will also have to give a test. Students will be assessed on the basis of marks. Efforts are being made to provide incentives to topper students to motivate them.
Gaurav further elaborated that Vidya App has an agreement with NEEV- an IIT Delhi Alumni initiative on education and KBC welfare society Palwal to cooperate and coordinate in implementing the Vidhya App and other social activities and to make the mission successful. So far 100 schools in Palwal and Mewat have joined the Vidhya App. 90 people took part in the webinar.
Dr. Upadesh Verma, founder of NEEV also explained the activities of the organization and VidhyaApp. Advocate Vedram Rawat and Hukam Singh of KBC society Palwal were also present in the webinar. Ashok Baghel, District Education Officer of Palwal, and Yashpal Garg, BEO also expressed their views and made some suggestions. Finally, Ashok Baghel thanked Dr. Shiv Singh Rawat SE, Gaurav Goyal, the founder of Vidya App, KBC society, and NEEV for this noble cause of helping the education department to provide free quality education to students. He assured to extend full cooperation.
