Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Sunday signed memorandums of understanding with six NGOs to provide free, tech-based teaching services in government schools. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy was present at the signing ceremony.

The partnerships aim to equip government schools with advanced education technology. Participating NGOs include Nandan Nilekani’s EkStep Foundation, Prajwala Foundation led by Dr. Sunitha Krishnan, Alakh Pandey’s Physics Wala, Khan Academy, Shoaib Dar’s Pi Jam Foundation, and Safina Hussain’s Educate Girls.

Officials said the state took the step in line with the Chief Minister’s push to raise academic standards by drawing on national and international expertise.

EkStep, already active in 540 schools, will now expand to 5,000 primary schools across all 33 districts. The foundation will provide Telugu, English, and Maths instruction for Classes 3 to 5 through its AI-based platform.

Physics Wala will deliver NEET, JEE, and CLAT coaching for Intermediate students, in addition to early-stage training for school-level competitive exams.
Khan Academy will offer STEM training via video lessons for Classes 6 to 10, aligned with the state syllabus.
Prajwala Foundation will implement child safety and protection programs across Classes 6 to 12.
Pi Jam Foundation will train students from Classes 1 to 10 in coding and computational thinking.
Educate Girls will oversee the enrolment of over 16,000 out-of-school girls to improve female literacy.

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The event was attended by senior officials, including Government Advisor K Kesava Rao, Education Secretary Yogitharana, School Education Director Narasimha Reddy, and other,s alongside heads of the partnering NGOs.