Kolkata: Be it physical and mental health, loss of livelihood, loss of active social life. Covid-19 has wreaked havoc with people’s lives in...
Kolkata: Be it physical and mental health, loss of livelihood, loss of active social life. Covid-19 has wreaked havoc with people’s lives in more ways than one. Malls and business establishments have shut down, rendering lakhs unemployed. Schools and classrooms are empty with teachers spending their waking hours prepping for and giving online classes.
This shift to the online mode of teaching has prompted many to launch e-learning platforms to reach out to schools and students and continue the learning process uninterrupted. One such platform is Gyaankosh. Launched by Vandana Paul, Urmila Shaw and Ranit Dutta, it is said to be the most affordable and easily accessible e-learning platform today in the city.
“We present ourselves as a premier
institution in imparting e-Education to the students of class I to class X. We
act as a facilitator to schools in imparting its channel of education to the
students. We customize the content in accordance with the curriculum as per the
needs and requirements of the school,” says Vandana Paul.
Digital education is the way forward
especially in these times. There is a lot of information at the click of a
button but Paul wanted to channelize and streamline these in a simplified way.
Gyaankosh is an easy, accessible and affordable platform that aims to reach
out to those who are struggling to continue the learning process. Gyaankosh has
a team of passionate educators behind it and its mission is to reach out to one
and all.
“We came up with this platform as we
wanted to find a way out or rather a way ahead in this pandemic to respond to
the hurdles that the students and the teachers are facing now. With the entire
teaching and learning process going online, we are here to provide a simple
solution for the children so that their study doesn’t suffer. During the
lockdown period we have seen how difficult it was for the students and the
teachers to conduct classes online due to the constant disruption of the
internet service. The fluctuations in the net service and the huge net
consumption during these online classes have been really difficult for many
people. But with Gyaankosh, the student can access the lessons uploaded by the
teachers anytime, as per her/his convenience and watch the lesson videos as
many times as she/he wants. We developed Gyaankosh as a tool for learning for
the students and a tool for teaching for the teachers.
Gyaankosh is a website-based platform, a
digital library of video lessons which contains video lessons on various topics
of different subjects. It aims to reach out to all strata of society. It offers
easy video lessons which will help students to master each concept easily. Students
can access their daily video lessons in a simplified way from their smart
gadgets. The website can be accessed from computers, laptops, mobile phones as
well as tablets, with the minimum consumption of the net data.
“We don’t see ourselves as just a
competition to the other online platforms already available in the market, but
we would like to introduce ourselves as an alternative. We strongly believe
that education is a basic fundamental right of all children. And the tools that
empower them with education, be it school, books or an e-learning platform
should be made accessible to all. That’s where we want to come in. We want to
provide this wonderful tool of e-learning to every student everywhere; from
metropolitan citifies to the remotest of villages. We want to grow as a simple
platform in which the students, teachers, as well as the parents will have
faith in,” adds Paul.
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