To support the existing Magic Bus girls adolescent project access to digital learning experience through tablets

Project Need

Magic Bus works with over 350,000 adolescents per year as a part of the adolescent programme to train them on life skills using sports as a medium of learning. According to the Magic Bus Covid-19 Impact Survey, 55% parents reported no income during the lockdown period. Additionally, 83% of children between 12 to 18 years of age within our surveyed communities do not have access to online education.

Challenges to Learning Continuity

•      32 crore students are affected by school closure due to the COVID -19.

•      With most educational institutes switching to digital modes of learning, socio-economic context in India dictates the degree and the ease of accessibility to education for its various strata:

•    16.5% are able to operate a computer*

•      20.1% are able to use internet*

•      27% of school kids have no access to online classes**

•      In the present scenario 41% will not be able to cover cost of educating their children***

Sources: *NSSO 2017-18, **NCERT Survey 2020, ***Magic Bus Survey 2020

This support will help bridge the learning gap faced by disadvantaged communities. These tabs will be loaded with online education software to provide an interactive learning experience The tabs will help convert existing Community Learning Centers (CLCs) into Smart Learning Centers (SLCs).

About Smart CLCs

Setup

•      The CLC will be community based brining eLearning to the doorsteps of the beneficiaries.

•      These will be established in locations with pre-existing Magic Bus programs to offer a holistic approach.

•       Secure space in the community to set up the center through community engagement and ownership.

1. To provide an interactive learning experience to the students