VOPA (www.vopa.in) believes that sustainable social change can be achieved by either agitating, educating, igniting, organizing and uplifting communities.
VOPA focuses on school education and recognizing the persistent challenges in providing quality education to all children in India. The organization aims to bridge the gap by providing meaningful and joyful learning experiences, particularly to students from rural and disadvantaged backgrounds. Their flagship product, the V-School, a Platform designed for all Education System stakeholders: Students, Teachers, Parents, Principals, and District Education Officers and has been instrumental in providing quality contextual education to numerous children across Maharashtra, many of whom come from socio-economically marginalized families, with 80% of students coming from families with annual income below 1L, enabling access to curricular content injected with BLOOM's pedagogy in Multimodal Formats: Text coupled with Read Aloud, Pictures, G.I.Fs, Videos, along with large scale automation in Assessments and AI-Features.
VOPA's approach is central to collaboration with the government. The organization believes in leveraging public-private partnerships to address social challenges at scale. Through official MOUs with education departments in eight districts in Maharashtra, VOPA has empowered over 2500 government school teachers to turn into Digital Content Creators. These teachers contribute regularly to educational resources available on the V-School app, decentralizing knowledge co-creation, creating a model for public-private partnership in enhancing the school education landscape.
- 100,000 teachers across Maharashtra have used V-School to support classroom teaching.
- 18 Lakh Total Downloads, 60,000 Monthly Active Users
- ~30% increase in FLN and LO outcomes recorded vis-a-vis baseline.
- 8 Lakh Assessment Hours Saved through Digital Stack
- 80,000 Students Assessed for LO and 1,00,000 Students Assessed for FLN every month
- Winner of the International 21st Century Learning Award category at Bett Asia.
Enhancing Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes through Gamification in Online Education
The gamification and content expansion project has led to significant improvements in engagement and educational outcomes.
- Enhanced student engagement, up by 120% just in the last quarter and better study habits through gamification
- Improved learning outcomes, with parents and teachers actively involved in their children's education
- Expanded access to educational resources for students in underserved areas
- Increased reach and content coverage across various districts in Maharashtra, promoting equitable education for all
Vowels of the People Association (VOPA's) V-School app offers free multilingual courses and teaching tools for underprivileged schools in Maharashtra. To enhance student engagement, we introduced gamification features like rewards, AI-generated assessments, personalized challenges, and nudges. With support from Koita Foundation, VOPA is expanding V-School's content and improving its reach across multiple districts, ensuring equitable access to quality education for all students, regardless of their location or socioeconomic background.
- VOPA's V-School app faced low student engagement and motivation, with students lacking incentives to stay committed to their studies.
- Koita Foundation helped VOPA introduce gamification features such as rewards, AI-generated assessments, personalized challenges, and custom nudges to motivate students.
- This approach significantly improved student participation and fostered better study habits, leading to a more active learning experience.
- Parents struggled to create a conducive study environment, and teachers lacked insight into students' progress in asynchronous learning, limiting the V-School app's effectiveness in class.
- Koita Foundation introduced reports and notifications to engage both parents and teachers, fostering their active involvement in students' learning.
- This strengthened support from home and school boosted engagement, improved study habits, and enhanced the overall effectiveness of the V-School app
- VOPA's field teams faced challenges in extending their reach and delivering content effectively to various districts and all students across Maharashtra.
- Koita Foundation collaborated with VOPA to enhance the app's content library, develop Urdu materials, and broaden its reach across additional districts, providing courses in student's preferred languages.
- This expansion has bridged educational gaps, ensuring equal access to quality education for students across diverse regions.