Wednesday, November 6

Tag: Digital learning

Samsung Sets up “Smart Class” in 373 Navodaya Schools
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Samsung Sets up “Smart Class” in 373 Navodaya Schools

Samsung India said today it has set up "smart class" in 373 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in different parts of the country since 2013, allowing more than two lakh students access to easy and digitally interactive learning opportunities. In this period, over 7,400 teachers have been trained on how to use interactive technology to teach, the Korean electronics major said in a statement here. The company has launched the "Samsung Smart Class" programme in collaboration with Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, a system of alternate schools under the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development. Every such smart class is equipped with an interactive Samsung Smartboard, Samsung laptops/tablet, a printer, Wi-Fi connectivity and power backup. Samsung Smart Class supplements regular lessons in ...
Skills Alpha a Digital Learning Platform Raises $450K Angel Funding
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Skills Alpha a Digital Learning Platform Raises $450K Angel Funding

Mumbai-based Skills Alpha is one of the newest start-ups in the entrepreneurial ecosystem which helps the corporate employees to learn and develop their skills has raised $450K in Angel funding round from Mr. Ganesh Natarajan. Ganesh Natarajan an IT veteran and  former CEO of Zensar Technologies has a stake of 60-65% in the company. The company which was founded in 2016 and run by Jaideep Kewalramani CEO of Skills Alpha, offers a dashboard where employees can see where they stand in their career and what they need to do if they want to climb up the skills levels. Skills Alpha provides three-dimensional skills through bite-sized content and curated learning path. Jaideep Kewalramani ,CEO,Skills Alpha said, "The whole premise of Skills Alpha is how we start by infusing aspiration an...