Sampark Foundation

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Sampark Foundation
Sampark logo.png
FoundersVineet and Anupama Nayar
Location
  • New Delhi, India
Websitesamparkfoundation.org

Sampark Foundation is an Indian non-governmental organization that focuses on primary education.[1]

History[]

Sampark Foundation was founded in 2005 by Vineet and Anupama Nayar,[2] Vineet serves as the organization's founder chairman.[3] The NGO was developed with the goal of making eighty percent of Indian children capable of basic math and the knowledge of at least five hundred English words with a year of instruction.[3] It is based in New Delhi, India and is funded by a $100 million endowment that has an expiry date of 2025,[3] when ownership of the organization's programs will transfer to government stakeholders and all funds of the trust are intended to be spent.[4]

Programs[]

In 2016 the foundation began distributing the Sampark Didi, an audio device that comes pre-loaded with lessons based upon children's stories. The devices focus on education in both English and Math, both of which are taught with a mixture of English and Hindi. As of 2021 the Sampark Organization has facilitated education for ten million students across 84,000 schools,[2] after training 500,000 teachers to use the aids.[5] Content is set for 120 days of two hours lessons in order to account for rural children who only attend school for part of the year and often only for lunch. Devices are also mandated to be used only at schools and not in the home to encourage in-person attendance.[6] Sampark Foundation has launched an app—Baithak—with a free learning and development platform in Hindi.[7] The platform will provide education to about children across India, and is across states which have partnered with Sampark Foundation - Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand.[7] This platform followed rapid development and testing process over just 5 weeks and was anchored by the core team at Sampark Innovation Lab.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Sampark Foundation pledges Rs 10 crore to ensure online classes for government school children". The Economic Times. 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  2. ^ a b "This Startup Is Using Simple Tech To Teach Children In Remote Villages". HuffPost India. 23 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Verma, Prachi (16 January 2017). "Sampark Smart Shala program rolled out in government primary schools in Jharkhand" – via The Economic Times.
  4. ^ "Vineet Nayar sets 2025 for Sampark Foundation 'shutdown'". 12 July 2016 – via The Economic Times.
  5. ^ ""My Mother told me, You are selling your soul" - Outlook Business". www.outlookbusiness.com.
  6. ^ "Sound principles". www.fortuneindia.com.
  7. ^ a b Kurup, Rajesh. "Sampark Foundation rolls out Baithak to 'bring school to children'". @businessline. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  8. ^ "6 states merge with Sampark foundation to create platform for Hindi govt school childern [sic]". India Today. May 2, 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
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