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ICT Enabled Education

1 Project ‘Utkarsh’- Baran District

State Rajasthan

Beneficiary School Principals, Teachers and Students

What is it?

Project Utkarsh started as one of implementation of “QuizAcademy - Quiz Based Learning System” in
mass education system and have evolved as a solution to multi-faceted development challenges in the
field of school education. As per the direction of Chief Minister, State Government has approved to
implement Project Utkarsh in all Districts of Rajasthan by Moinee Foundation and Education
Department under the guidance of District Magistrate through CSR support. Currently the project is
being implemented in 1400+ ICT enabled Govt. Schools of 8 Districts of Rajasthan covering 316
Schools of Udaipur District, 127 Schools of Jhalawar District, 110 Schools of Sawai Madhopur District,
103 Schools of Jodhpur District, 220 Schools of Ajmer District, 125 Schools of Pali District, 105 Schools
of Baran District and 100 Schools of Jaipur District.

Its unique approach to convert ICT Lab of Govt. Schools to smart-class by QuizAcademy platform is
being leveraged by over 1.50 lakh students of class 9th & 10th. Outside of Rajasthan, Project Utkarsh
is implemented in Udham Singh Nagar District of Uttarakhand State (since Jan - 2015) and Khed block
of Pune district of Maharashtra (since June - 2017).

What are the Benefits

• 105 ICT Schools of Baran District included in the program.
• All 105 Schools are enrolled on virtual smart-class setup and monitored remotely through a

custom District Dashboard.
• More than 70% Schools activated their ICT labs, initiated Smart-Class activities.
• 10000+ Students were direct beneficiary through their school’s ICT labs.
• 8000+ Students created their email IDs for smart class and regularly used.
• 4500+ Students participated in online/offline formal assessment.
• Enrolment in Project Utkarsh enabled schools increased by 18.89% in year 2017
• Existing ICT infrastructure of worth Rs 5 crore put to use for e-Learning.
• 500+ Systems used for regular practice and learning.
• 500+ Teachers were trained for capacity building.
• 80%+ Participation of Rural and Tribal area schools.

Critical Success Factors

• Low cost technology
• Government support
• Online doubt clearance
• Remote Monitoring and ICT Infrastructure Improvement

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