MyVillageSchool: Bringing 3D Learning to Telugu Students

Hyderabad: Over five lakh students from the Telugu states will soon benefit from 2D and 3D conceptual learning. Students of Classes 8, 9 and 10 can use a smartphone to understand topics ranging from digestion, respiratory system, economics, trigonometry, to the legislature, judiciary, gravity and  robotics.

Making teaching as well as comprehension easier is MyVillageSchool, a non-profit organisation that has integrated technology with education. Thanks to their technology, students can watch whatever they're learning unfold in 2D and 3D by just scanning a QR code.

"We have customised the lessons and topics according to the syllabi and have distributed text books with QR Codes free in several schools. Our attempt last year for 25,000 students proved successful and we hope to reach 5 lakh students this year," said Laxmi Prasanna, president of the organisation.

When the Covid-19 pandemic left students, especially in rural areas, with little reach for, the organisation decided to bring classrooms to their homes.

Deccan Chronicle spoke to a few students who benefited of the programme. M. Varshita said she secured a GPA of 9.2 and credited digital learning for it. Shanmita, who found statistics tough, was able to score 8.2 GPA in mathematics this year.

while Akshita and Jeevita said scientific experiments and formulae became easier to understand. "Topics like reproduction, hereditary diseases and climate change not only brought me clarity academically, it also impacted me personally and reduced my stress and study time by a great deal," said Dhanalakshmi.

"Our focus is on Classes 8-10 because they are almost like the career-defining, formative phases where students begin to get a brief understanding or idea about what they want to do in life or pursue for their higher studies," explained Tejas Dhanraj, vice-president of MyVillageSchool.

He added that the condition of several schools, especially in rural parts, were pathetic, and initiatives like digital learning could help many students. "Some of them do not have labs, many things are just drawn on a board, which stunts the grasping power of a student. This is why 3-D learning is the need of the hour," he said.

The attempt covers all subjects except languages which demand a different kind of learning, and are available in Telugu and English. "Translation to Hindi is in the works, we hope to soon to other states and languages," Laxmi Prasanna said. MyVillageSchool has generated 1,000 hours of content and the target is 10,000 hours worth of content.