Schoolnet partners with GUVI to expand the reach of coding skills to students subscribing on their flagship product Geneo
~The partnership will enable students to learn coding through gamification~
National, 31st October 2022: Schoolnet India Ltd, a unique, innovative, and leading EdTtech company and GUVI Geek Networks. Ltd., the vernacular EdTech joined hands to impart coding skills to all students registering on G eneo.
GUVI, an IIT-M & IIM-A incubated EdTech Startup, is India’s first vernacular platform that has touched the lives of over 17 Lakh learners. HackerKID is GUVI’s specially curated gamified coding platform for kids that adopts unique pedagogies to deliver essential knowledge in cutting-edge technologies to kids from Class 6 and above. HackerKID offers challenging levels of games wrapped up with different levels of programming concepts. The Schoolnet-GUVI collaboration will open up doors of advanced technology & programming education for perusal to all the Schoolnet learners.
On the other hand, Noida-based Schoolnet India, who has impacted over 100K schools with its unique digital cl assroom solutions with seamless after-school learning for students, sees this collaboration as a pronounced step towards a better tech future. Schoolnet believes in harnessing technology and leveraging it to democratize edu cation, presenting lifelong learning opportunities for all. The partnership with GUVI is another effort taken by Sc hoolnet in presenting quality digital learning within everyone’s reach. This collaboration would add to their end eavours in offering the right technology to schools and teachers.
With this collaboration both GUVI & Schoolnet expect students to be future-ready with advanced programming knowledge and keep them abreast with cutting-edge technology upgrades.
Commenting on the partnership, Mr RCM Reddy, MD and CEO, Schoolnet says, “We believe every child learns di fferently and thus personalisation is very important in every step of the learning journey. Thus Geneo follows a unique subject-wise pedagogical approach to help students learn better. With this partnership students will also get a chance to learn coding through gamification and engage better.
The MOU between Schoolnet and GUVI was signed in the presence of Mr Arun Prakash M, the CEO & Founder of GUVI, Mr Balamurugan S P, the Co-Founder of GUVI, and Mr Praveen Kumar, the Growth Unit Head at GUVI. They were accompanied by Schoolnet’s Chief Digital Officer, Mr Shourie Chatterji.
Mr Arun Prakash M, Founder & CEO, GUVI, expressed his views and said, “With this partnership and the integrat ion of HackerKID with Geneo, we aspire to furnish the best of coding and advanced technology skills to the maximum number of students out there. With this collaboration, we aim to redefine India’s future from a technology perspective with brighter and progressive education.”
Adding to these thoughts, the Growth Unit Head at GUVI, Mr Praveen Kumar, said, “This partnership will bring out something BIG! Programming is a great to have skill, and this endeavour will touch the lives of one and all with a primary reach to kids, the future torch-bearers. We foresee a brand: HackerKID, that every parent will look forward to for their child!”
Complementing these thoughts, the Chief Digital Officer at Schoolnet, Mr Shourie Chatterji, said, “As we forsee, coding will be a must-know skill for students across geographies and with this partnership every student on Ge neo will learn coding staying aligned to the school curriculum.”
About Schoolnet
Schoolnet India Limited (www.schoolnetindia.com) provides a wide range of services for ensuring lifelong lea rning and skills of school students and youth in alignment with UN SDG 4. As a market leader in EdTech and vo cational skilling services since 1997, it has a presence in 400 districts of India and has developed innovative digital and digitally-enabled solutions for teaching and learning.
Through multi-stakeholder partnerships with governments, the private sector, institutions, and international agencies, Schoolnet impacts 25 million students & teachers across 1,00,000 schools.
About Guvi
IIT Madras Incubated Edtech company GUVI imparts advanced technology education & programming skills to aspiring individuals in their preferred native languages. GUVI’s HackerKID platform is a new-fangled platform that makes learning fun-filled via a gamified environment. GUVI strives in bridging the gap between young cur ious minds and advanced technology developments.
