Virtual Classroom: An Integral Part of Education in Future?

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the world to review its current modes of operation across all vectors.  Education is heavily impacted by the present situation. Over 1.5 billion students are now at home as schools are closed across countries. As per UNESCO, more than 60 million teachers are no longer in the classroom.  Education institutions across the world are experimenting […]

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Teaching English Online To Government School Students

RightToRead, an edtech program, is an effort to demonstrate that technology that supports reading and comprehension can play a major role in enhancing English proficiency of students in government schools. The initiative aims to enable English literacy in India (and globally) with the help of multi-sensory reading and comprehension AI software– ReadToMe® (research indicates, language is learnt best when learners […]

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The Maharashtra Miracle: Just A Step Away from Total Transformation

In 2014, a silent revolution began in Maharashtra. An initiative that would change the face of English reading and comprehension in government schools in the state, commenced when EnglishHelper & Schoolnet launched an English literacy initiative – RightToRead – in 125 government schools in Aurangabad, Beed, and Jalna districts of Maharashtra. Under the RightToRead program, a multi-sensory reading and comprehension […]

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The Current Crisis, Technology & the Future

Humans can express an infinite set of ideas using a limited set of language symbols. Language Acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the ability to perceive, communicate and comprehend in a language. Children learn their First Language in stages, beginning with babbling and gradually achieve complete linguistic comprehensibility. Second-Language Acquisition is a different process from learning the first […]

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Building Bridges Across Borders: Honduras | RightToRead

RightToRead is an edtech initiative that aims to enable English literacy with the help of multi-sensory reading and comprehension AI software ReadToMe®. Features like a dictionary, word translation, and pictures help with developing vocabulary. This process of learning improves fluency of reading and comprehension. The user interface has been designed for teacher friendliness. The software’s features such as reading speed […]

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An Evidence-Based EdTech Reading And Comprehension Program- RightToRead

English Literacy Initiative | Evidence-based Edtech | Reading Comprehension Program The world of Randomised Controlled Trials has been demystified, thanks to the Nobel Prize-winning work of Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer. RCTs, as they are more commonly referred to, are experiments designed to isolate the impact of an intervention (or in a clinical setting, a treatment) that can […]

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English Literacy| Every Girl’s Right to Read

Janaki Devi Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya (JDSKV) situated in Mayur Vihar, Delhi is an all-girls school with a strength of over 2000 girls. These girls come from culturally diverse backgrounds and most of them are a part of the disempowered section of society, with little or no initiation into the language of English. Hindi is the medium of communication at home […]

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Tech For Good | Technology and Education

A lot has changed within the last decade. Smartphones and cheap internet connections have become ubiquitous and a basic need; far from the time they were seen as luxury goods. Don’t have a smartphone with a 4G internet connection? Good luck trying to navigate modern life: getting a cab or accessing basic government services will all suddenly be out of […]

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Technology & English – A World View | Reading and Comprehension

English is used as the medium of instruction both in school and higher education. It is the language of business. English is often the common language between bi/multilingual speakers. Globally, the use of technology for learning a language is dominated by English. EnglishHelper launched RightToRead in 2013 in India, taking AI technology-enabled English reading and comprehension solution to government schools […]

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English Literacy In Schools With ReadToMe®

The RightToRead program is aimed at achieving English literacy in schools around India and world. EnglishHelper aims to make a significant contribution by successfully integrating technology in the education system in India English for improving English literacy.  The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) piloted the use of ReadToMe®, the English reading and comprehension solution in 20 schools in SDMC in […]

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