New
Delhi, 19 September 2013: Datawind,
a well-known name for revolutionizing digital educational technology with their
low cost Ubislate range of PC Tablets has signed a strategic partnership with TES
India (http://www.tesindia.com), world’s largest and
105 years old online community by the teachers for the teachers.
With
this strategic partnership Datawind would be able to offer a huge library of 5,
00,000 (5 lakh) ready-to-use teaching material to its end users. Datawind is
targeting teachers’ community via this strategic partnership. Teachers and
institutions can choose to teach their students absolutely free of cost by
using this library. They can also teach their students an international
syllabus, which can help them keep in sync with global standards.
An
application created for the purpose will have learning materials available for
several courses like Bachelor of Arts, B.Com, B. Ed, general awareness, entire
CBSE content, educational presentations, discussion on social topics and many
more. One can even learn and teachSanskrit online by use of
this application!
There
is content available for special need of special children which will help
teachers to understand different cases.
The
most amazing feature is that teachers can find employment for themselves and on
the other hand students will be able to locate a great career guide for
themselves too as it has Jobs services on the portal that is not chargeable.
This
platform will enable teachers to share teaching & learning material so that
they can learn from each other hence contribute to a better learning and
creating great recourses for the country.
Suneet
Singh Tuli, CEO &
President, Datawind said: “We aim to bring a PC Tablet for every
student in India, but the hardware itself is not enough to serve the purpose of
empowerment. This partnership will allow Datawind users to access high quality,
interactive and engaging educational content for free. Also this partnership
will strengthen teacher’s community so that they can deliver quality education
which is a need of the hour by Young India.”
“We
are delighted to be working with Datawind. We are committed to driving
excellence in the education sector, and this partnership will help teachers to
access the very best classroom resources – lesson plans, assessments,
worksheets, presentations and more”, assertedSachin Kapoor, General
Manager, TES India.
“There
is a selection of the most popular lesson plans covering math, English,
geography, history, science, physical and health education and expressive arts.
You can download as many of these lesson plans as you like for free - all you
have to do is join TES India. Registration is free and takes less than a
minute,” added Mr. Kapoor.