In rural Odisha, this ex-Wold Bank consultant is educating 2,800 children with the help of 101 local women
ThinkZone is a Cuttack-based startup providing low-cost education to underprivileged children in rural Odisha. It has raised $208,000 in funding and is looking to train over 10,000 children by 2020.
- Our operational model includes the offline systems and aids that help instructors to implement a quality and effective education programme.
- Our intensive training, apart from covering the curriculum and using the resources present on the mobile devices, will also cover modules on small business management including financial literacy, marketing and operations management,” says the 31-year-old founder.
- He adds, “We have a pre-service training programme for one week, along with a one-day monthly in-service training programme.
- The funding will be used towards automating teacher training, refining course curriculum and improving performance monitoring by integrating analytics with technology, and forging partnerships to help it scale.