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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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