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empowering educators to



          Succeed in                                                                                                                n the ongoing transformation of the education     modules as well as a supportive online community







                                                                                                                                                                                      to share ideas, and best practices with each other.
                                                                                                                                    landscape, technology has become an essential
          Digital Age                                                                                                          Iof online education, creating the need for preparing   TheTeacherApp also includes special features and tools
                                                                                                                                    tool for educators, children, and parents. The
                                                                                                                                                                                      for teachers to develop their skills, gain recognition for
                                                                                                                                    COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption
                                                                                                                                                                                      their contributions and achievements, and uplift their
                                                                                                                                                                                      schools’ quality.
                                                                                                                                 teachers for innovative teaching methods integrated
                                                                                                                                 with technology. Bharti Foundation’s app for teachers,
                                                                                                                                 ‘TheTeacherApp’ is a unique platform designed to     COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed the
                                                                                                                                 empower the educators by providing them with         education landscape, driving educators worldwide to
                                                                                                                                 high quality classroom resources, learning bytes and   join the current technological transformation in the
                                                                                                                                                                                      sector and adapt online teaching tools to re-ignite the
                                                                                                                                                                                      thrill of learning in classrooms. We are witnessing the
          Bharti Foundation’s                                                                                                                                                         power of technology and how it is being consumed by
                                                                                                                                                                                      educators and even parents for supporting children
          unique platform                                                                                                                                                             in better academic orientation. Now when children

          ‘TheTeacherApp’                                                                                                                                                             have returned to schools, the challenge for teachers
                                                                                                                                                                                      is to rekindle the energy in classrooms and increase
          empowers                                                                                                                                                                    participation amongst students while continuing to

          educators to learn                                                                                                                                                          integrate technology in everyday teaching and learning.

          and grow together,                                                                                                                                                          Technology can undoubtedly play a pivotal role
                                                                                                                                                                                      in supporting teachers by providing them access
          making a significant                                                                                                                                                        to innovative activities, best practices and quality
          stride in the                                                                                                                                                               teaching-learning materials. Government is providing
                                                                                                                                                                                      ICT labs, smart classrooms, mobiles and laptops to
          evolving education                                                                                                                                                          students, tablets to teachers, which are excellent

          landscape                                                                                                                                                                   initiatives of technological interventions in everyday
                                                                                                                                                                                      teaching along with development of required skills in
                                                                                                                                                                                      students. In addition, DIKSHA, an initiative of NCERT
                                                                                                                                                                                      (Ministry of Education, Govt. of India), being one the
                                                                                                                                                                                      largest digital infrastructure for knowledge sharing,
                                                                                                                                                                                      hosts a variety of content for learners and teachers
                                                                                                                                                                                      from all classes in 36 Indian languages. States/UTs are
                                                                                                                                                                                      leveraging this platform to build their own solutions and
                                                                                                                                                                                      programs for their schools leading to 5.24 billion+ usage
                                                                                                                                                                                      with 2 lakh+ content contribution on the platform.
                                                                                                                                                                                      Though government has taken the first pioneering step
                                                                                                                                                                                      in this direction and state governments are immersing


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