Datawind, a manufacturer of low cost Ubislate range of PC tablets for the education sector, has signed partnership with TES India, the online community of teachers, to provide free educational resources to students.
Under this partnership, Datawind will offer its huge library of 5, 00,000 ready-to-use teaching material to its end users. Users can access the high quality, interactive and engaging educational content for free. It will also strengthen the teacher’s community as they can deliver quality education to their target group.
Teachers and institutions can choose to teach their students absolutely free of cost by using this library. They can also teach their students an international syllabus, which can help them keep in sync with global standards.
Learning materials are available for courses like Bachelor of Arts, B.Com, B. Ed and more. Students can also get help on general awareness, entire CBSE content, educational presentations, discussion on social topics and many more. Languages like Sanskrit can also be taught.
Datawind also provides content for special children.
While the app helps teachers find employment for themselves, it helps students locate great career guide for themselves. Teachers can share teaching and learning materials so that they can learn from each other, Datawind said.
The partnership with Datawind will help teachers access the very best classroom resources – lesson plans, assessments, worksheets, presentations and more, said Sachin Kapoor, general manager, TES India.
Datawind’s Aakash/UbiSlate tablets have received worldwide attention. On November 28th, 2012, Datawind’s Aakash tablet computer was launched at the United Nations by the Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon.
Aakash tablets are available for a price as low as Rs. 3000.
Datawind claims that its technologies solve the bandwidth limitations of cellular networks by accelerating content delivery by factors of 10x to 30x – resulting in a superior mobile Web experience at a lower cost.
The company is executing a vision to empower the next 3 billion people with computing and Internet access.
