Lucknow, October 31, 2023: The Uttar Pradesh Basic Education and Secondary Education Departments have signed a non-financial MoU with EMBIBE to accelerate the achievement of Nipun Bharat goals for UP. EMBIBE has been chosen for its vast interactive content library and Artificial Intelligence led personalisation to ensure the achievement of better classroom teaching, student learning as well as learning outcomes enhancement in Science, Math and Social Science across over 55,000 schools.
The Uttar Pradesh Government is making substantial investments to install 40,000 Smart Classrooms in Upper Primary schools, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Labs at 880 blocks within Block Resource Centers (BRCs), and distributing 2,09,863 tablets to each primary school (2 per school). This comprehensive investment, as well as this MoU, reflect the Uttar Pradesh Government’s dedication to fostering high-quality education and empowering students and educators with the necessary resources to thrive in an increasingly digital world. These initiatives are set to transform the educational landscape in the state, making education more accessible and engaging for the young minds of Uttar Pradesh.
The MoU has been signed between the two entities signifying the commitment to providing students in Uttar Pradesh with the very best in digital content that aligns with the National Education Policy (NEP) guidelines. EMBIBE’s engaging, AI-led classroom content powered by proprietary technology that allows for detailed tracking of lesson effectiveness will be used to power smart classrooms across the state. Students and teachers will also benefit from self learning apps which include state of the art technology that even works on low bandwidth – Augmented Reality for the masses accessible without investments in expensive infrastructure. Beautiful content including virtual experiments designed to foster the pedagogy of “learning by doing” is poised to make education more interactive and effective. Embibe’s strong investment in the measurement of engagement and its unique Knowledge Graph will lead to tracking and remediation of student learning outcomes at scale for the first time. All the content is aligned to the syllabus and curricular goals of UP and accessible in Hindi.
Commenting on the partnership, Ms Aditi Avasthi, Founder & CEO, EMBIBE, said, “Building an edtech platform and content capable enough to help realise the scale of the UP Government’s vision of Nipun Bharat has been a personal lifelong dream and possible only through 11 years of unwavering commitment. We are grateful for the opportunity and committed to the success of this partnership. We will ensure the innovation and adaptation needed to achieve last-mile impact. We are also very excited to collaborate with the dedicated and able teams at the Department of Basic Education and the Department of Madhyamik Shiksha who have worked tirelessly on the ground thus far.”
As the world’s foremost AI-led edtech platform, EMBIBE has delivered learning outcomes to millions of students across India to be their best. This partnership with the Govt. of Uttar Pradesh now takes Embibe’s footprint to 104,464 schools across 25 states across India, covering 596,250 teachers and 17,097,362 students. The company is leaving no stone unturned towards achieving its mission of ensuring a “no regrets future for every child” and increasing the supply of quality teachers by democratising access to the highest quality digital education.
