India September 19’ 2024: Physics Wallah (PW), India’s leading EdTech platform, in its mission to democratise education across Bharat, has joined hands with Earth Care Foundation (ECF) under their flagship program, Project Udaan 2.0, with an aim to provide quality education to the poor and underprivileged students. This partnership is in-line with Physics Wallah’s (PW) aim to make education widely accessible for students across the country and Earth Care Foundation’s aim of bringing knowledge to the doorsteps of the disadvantaged youth at almost zero cost.
Dr. Ajit Kumar IAS (Retd.), Founder Chairman of Earth Care Foundation established the foundation in 2005 with a vision of establishing a sustainable society and lifestyle by empowering the poor and underprivileged sections of the society with knowledge, skills and resources. This partnership will empower students approved by ECF residing in villages and small towns who lack access to quality online education. Eligible students competing in recruitment and entrance examinations like NEET, JEE, Banking, Defence and SSC will be given access to the high-quality content and courses offered by Physics Wallah (PW). Along with the PW courses, the program also offers courses in English proficiency, PDP & Soft skills course & career counselling course through Know Thy Choice and Fastinfo. A meagre registration fee is charged from the students to ensure their willingness to learn and also to make them feel more invested in completing these courses.
Majority of these students are the primary bread earners of their families and hence prefer self-paced learning. Hence, Flexi-Time and Flexi-Location mode of online teaching and learning, which allows these students to complete the online course at their convenience from the comfort of their homes. The success of this way of teaching is further substantiated through the pilot run that witnessed a high completion rate of around 85-90%. For every 10 students, a mentor is assigned who connects with them each week to track progress and handhold them through their academic journey.
Conveying his thoughts on this partnership, Alakh Pandey, Founder & CEO of Physics Wallah (PW) said, “Helping students from across the country regardless of their social or economical status, is the sole reason why we began this company. We are delighted to have partnered with ECF as our visions are aligned. In future, we aspire to partner with multiple NGOs to empower 10 lakh underprivileged students in the next 5 years, so that we can give them equal opportunities and access to top quality education.”
Sharing his thoughts Dr. Ajit Kumar IAS (Retd.), Founder Chairman of ECF said, “We are excited to expand Udaan 2.0 this financial year after the success of Udaan 1.0; which empowered students belonging to families of migrant labourers, dwelling in the slums of Delhi. Having Physics Wallah (PW) as our knowledge and technology partner will enable us to use their robust digital distribution network to reach students whose education is constrained due to socio-economic reasons. We aim to level the playing field when it comes to compete in recruitment and competitive exams by giving them access to quality online education.”
ECF has partnered with CSC (Common Service Centre) Academy, an undertaking of the Ministry of IT & Electronics, where students can register themselves for Udaan 2.0 by visiting their nearest CSC in the village (more than 5.5 lakh centres are there in the country). They are also required to submit their mark sheet and income certificate as part of the registration process. Know Thy Choice (KTC) is the technology and delivery partner for the project.