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Salman Khan's Khan Academy comes to India, offers free online lessons to kids
Sahil Mohan Gupta | Follow @DigitallyBones | New Delhi, December 3, 2015 | UPDATED 13:56 IST
On Thursday, non-profit online learning platform Khan Academy launched a Hindi portal for India. Brainchild of MIT graduate Salman Khan -- not to be confused with the Bollywood actor -- the launch of the Hindi portal of Khan Academy comes after Khan met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Silicon Valley, California, back in September this year.
"We're really excited -- we are a not-for-profit organisation with mission of bringing free education to the world," said Salman Khan. "A part of the world which could use this kind of resource and where my roots are from, is India," said Khan who was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana in the US.
Khan Academy is an online learning platform which offers free resources for both educators and students. Based in Mountain View, Khan Academy combines educational videos with world class software.
The Hindi portal, which is being launched in India, isn't a complete educational resource for school children. At the time of launch, it will have resources for grades 5-8, which is basically middle school. It also has around about 2,000 videos for mathematics lessons.
For India, Khan Academy has also hired Sandeep Bapna as the country manager, which is first for the NGO.
Khan views the platform as a resource, which can supercharge the education of a student who is studying at a well-resourced educational institute, as well as fill in the gaps.
"If a student has access to a great school, Khan Academy can supercharge it. It should help a well-resourced school and if you don't have that, the Khan Academy can have even a bigger impact. But I don't see it as replacing the actual schools... we want to empower teachers and fill in the gaps," said Khan.
Khan Academy is already seeing a lot of organic traction in India. The NGO is anticipating a 3X growth in India, despite not having a particular focus on the market. In 2012, it had around 2.1 million users, and by the end of 2015 it estimates more than 8 million users in India. Globally, it estimates to cross 20 million users by the end of the month.
Khan Academy is working on aligning the curriculum with that of India. It already says that for mathematics, the NCERT curriculum in India is quite similar to the one in the United States.
The content too, the NGO claims is of a higher quality than of any free resource especially for a vernacular language found in India.
"The content that is available has been developed for a particular market, which is sterile. Khan Academy allows internalisation of the content and there are elements of gamification," said Ashish Dhawan, founder and chairman of the Central Square Foundation.
"If you try to find free resources, particularly in Hindi, and of a high quality, it is non-existent. That really makes Khan Academy different," he added.
It will also announce a partnership with the Tata Trust for some investment in its India operations. The entry into India comes with a realisation that it will not shake things up immediately considering the obstacles with regard to connectivity, power and language at play, claims the NGO. But over time, it plans on partnering with the telecom operators and other stake holders in India. "We look it as a long term play. The trend is that data is being used more and more, and so this is the right time," said Sandeep Bapna, its India country head.
With time Khan Academy hopes to piggy back on the exploding mobile market in India. "While the penetration of mobile is at around 15 per cent, it is exploding in India. It is about investing in the future," said Sandeep Bapna. Khan who is in India for the launch said that he will be meeting the education minister and also some entrepreneurs who could invest into the platform.
Read more at: Salman Khan's Khan Academy comes to India, offers free online lessons to kids : News, News - India Today
Salman Khan's Khan Academy comes to India, offers free online lessons to kids
Sahil Mohan Gupta | Follow @DigitallyBones | New Delhi, December 3, 2015 | UPDATED 13:56 IST
On Thursday, non-profit online learning platform Khan Academy launched a Hindi portal for India. Brainchild of MIT graduate Salman Khan -- not to be confused with the Bollywood actor -- the launch of the Hindi portal of Khan Academy comes after Khan met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Silicon Valley, California, back in September this year.
"We're really excited -- we are a not-for-profit organisation with mission of bringing free education to the world," said Salman Khan. "A part of the world which could use this kind of resource and where my roots are from, is India," said Khan who was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana in the US.
Khan Academy is an online learning platform which offers free resources for both educators and students. Based in Mountain View, Khan Academy combines educational videos with world class software.
The Hindi portal, which is being launched in India, isn't a complete educational resource for school children. At the time of launch, it will have resources for grades 5-8, which is basically middle school. It also has around about 2,000 videos for mathematics lessons.
For India, Khan Academy has also hired Sandeep Bapna as the country manager, which is first for the NGO.
Khan views the platform as a resource, which can supercharge the education of a student who is studying at a well-resourced educational institute, as well as fill in the gaps.
"If a student has access to a great school, Khan Academy can supercharge it. It should help a well-resourced school and if you don't have that, the Khan Academy can have even a bigger impact. But I don't see it as replacing the actual schools... we want to empower teachers and fill in the gaps," said Khan.
Khan Academy is already seeing a lot of organic traction in India. The NGO is anticipating a 3X growth in India, despite not having a particular focus on the market. In 2012, it had around 2.1 million users, and by the end of 2015 it estimates more than 8 million users in India. Globally, it estimates to cross 20 million users by the end of the month.
Khan Academy is working on aligning the curriculum with that of India. It already says that for mathematics, the NCERT curriculum in India is quite similar to the one in the United States.
The content too, the NGO claims is of a higher quality than of any free resource especially for a vernacular language found in India.
"The content that is available has been developed for a particular market, which is sterile. Khan Academy allows internalisation of the content and there are elements of gamification," said Ashish Dhawan, founder and chairman of the Central Square Foundation.
"If you try to find free resources, particularly in Hindi, and of a high quality, it is non-existent. That really makes Khan Academy different," he added.
It will also announce a partnership with the Tata Trust for some investment in its India operations. The entry into India comes with a realisation that it will not shake things up immediately considering the obstacles with regard to connectivity, power and language at play, claims the NGO. But over time, it plans on partnering with the telecom operators and other stake holders in India. "We look it as a long term play. The trend is that data is being used more and more, and so this is the right time," said Sandeep Bapna, its India country head.
With time Khan Academy hopes to piggy back on the exploding mobile market in India. "While the penetration of mobile is at around 15 per cent, it is exploding in India. It is about investing in the future," said Sandeep Bapna. Khan who is in India for the launch said that he will be meeting the education minister and also some entrepreneurs who could invest into the platform.
Read more at: Salman Khan's Khan Academy comes to India, offers free online lessons to kids : News, News - India Today
. We need such brave optimists who want to share knowledge and improve ppls life. They are always 
.
They are even.behind small Indian firms, leave alone GoI.
