E-Shiksha

Bringing digital learning to Ekal's 100,000 primary schools

E-Shiksha ("e-education") is an innovative initiative to incorporate tablets and digital learning in Ekal's 100,000+ single-teacher primary schools.

Tablets bring high-quality, personalized learning to every student, no matter where they live.

Watch: How E-Shiksha is transforming primary education

Our Impact

E-Shiksha is active in 1,170 Ekal schools across India.

1,170

Ekal schools have access to digital literacy
36,000

Students are learning with tablets
100,000

Ekal schools will use E-Shiksha by 2025
$15,000

Funds E-Shiksha in 30 schools

Data as of January 2021

Operational

The Power of Education Technology

E-Shiksha enables underserved students in India's remotest villages to access quality education.

Fun, educational curriculum

Interactive lessons engage students in hands-on learning

Offline delivery

Tablets can be used without Internet access, reaching students in the remotest villages

Bridging the digital divide

Students learn how to use tablets, gaining digital literacy

The Curriculum

E-Shiksha compliments Ekal's existing curriculum, providing interactive audio-visual material and digital learning.

From counting games to animated stories, tablets make learning fun, bringing the best of education technology to millions of rural students.

Tablets are loaded with many fun and engaging features, including educational videos, poems and short stories, English and Hindi language practice, math games, and more.

Meet Kumari Niki Rana

E-Shiksha Student

"Through E-Shiksha, I have learned so many new things, like stories and poems. I love imagining the stories on the tablet and learning along with my friends."

Meet Kumari Julie Rana

Ekal Teacher, Dewari

"Whatever we used to teach on the blackboard is now seen by students on tablets. Students are more interested in lessons, and they're learning faster."

Support our work to innovate rural education today

Your financial support helps us provide quality education to under-resourced students in India's remotest villages.

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