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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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