HP and NSDC collaborate to support learning and early childhood skill development with free content

HP and NSDC collaborate to support learning and early childhood skill development with free content

HP India and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) have announced a collaboration to provide scientifically designed worksheets and content to support home learning and early childhood skill development for students across India. As part of this partnership, NSDC will host content from HP’s Print Learn Center on its digital skilling platform - eSkill India and make it available for millions of potential users, free of cost. Print Learn Center (HP-PLC) is an initiative by HP which provides printable learning modules, created by education and skilling experts.

HP’s Print Learn Center content will be made available in English and seven Indian languages (Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Hindi, Gujarati, and Marathi). The HP-PLC content is designed to promote universal learning and will supplement regular school curriculum. It will enable the development of modern skills in like problem solving, analytical ability, computing and leadership abilities among young students. Through this collaboration, HP and NSDC aim to ensure holistic skill development for children from an early age.

 Announcing the collaboration, Dr. Manish Kumar, MD & CEO, NSDC said, “Wider adoption of technology-based skill delivery will enhance learning outcome and experience of the students.  The HP-PLC content and its delivery through eSkill India platform are designed to grab the attention of young children and provide them interactive and simplified learning environment.”

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Ketan Patel – Managing Director, HP India Market said, “Following the pandemic, students across the country had to adopt e-learning as a primary mode of learning. The absence of regular teaching methods put increased pressure on parents and educators to inculcate early learning concepts. The Print Learn Center is an effort by HP to help overcome this gap, and through our collaboration with NSDC, we hope to provide this content to millions of students and educators across India and play a part developing essential skills for our country’s future generations.”

eSkill India is a digital skilling initiative from NSDC that aggregates e-learning resources through various Indian and global knowledge partnerships to enable provision of best-in-class content for the India youth. Currently, over 28,000 minutes of digital courses and content is available across various sectors in multiple languages.  The platform is aimed at providing learners with the technology and skills needed to prosper in a rapidly transforming digital world. 

The HP Print Learn Center modules bring innovation into learning via structured modules that aid home learning and encourage development in areas such as physical health and motor development, language & cognitive skills, STEM skills, critical thinking, social and emotional development, sensory and perceptual development, development of creative and aesthetic appreciation, among others.

The content can be accessed via the NSDC’s eSkill India or HP’s Print Learn Center via a free subscription. Registered users will get access to 100 learning worksheets every month. The content will be available for multiple categories of learners.

 

HP introduces Print Learn Center with free learning worksheets to support learning from home

 HP introduces Print Learn Center with

HP India today announced the launch of its Print Learn Center to support home learning for millions of students across India. The Print Learn Center is a repository of scientifically designed printable learning modules, created by child education experts, with the aim of providing a holistic learning experience to children between the ages of 3-12. It makes available learning content that is free to download and print, via a specially designed website http://www.printlearncenter.com/.

 HP has developed these content modules in  consultation with expert educator Dr. Swati Popat Vats, President, Early Childhood Association. To reach out to as many students as possible, HP is providing the content in 8 languages - English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil Telegu, Kannada and Gujarati.  Designed to inspire creativity, the content comprises fun activities that are arranged by age group and can be downloaded and printed at home with ease. To make learning interesting for them, the content has been created in various formats such as worksheets, coloring pages, puzzles and other learning pintables.

 The ongoing global situation has greatly disrupted learning, especially for young children. The impact has been severe for students whose schools have not been to transition to e-learning fully due to paucity of infrastructure or resources. This also assumes importance in a region like India, where parents value the benefits of experiential learning. According to HP’s New Asia Learning Experience study, more than 60% parents find digital learning instrumental in boosting the retention of the students and, find that the reading duration of their kids is improved by experiential learning.

 The Print Learn Center modules bring innovation into learning via a structured 30-day learning schedule that can supplement the education received by the child via their school. The purpose-built modules aid home learning and encourage development in areas such as physical health and motor development, language & cognitive skills, STEM skills, critical thinking, social and emotional development, sensory and perceptual development, development of creative and aesthetic appreciation, among others.

 “Millions of students across India are being forced to learn from home due to social distancing restrictions. In the absence of traditional learning environments, parents are struggling to find safe ways of continuing their children’s learning and development”, said Prashant Jain, Chief Marketing Officer - HP India. “Print Learn Center is HP’s effort to support parents & students by providing compelling, engaging, and inclusive content, designed by educational experts. The content will be refreshed every 30 days to ensure students have newer, more exciting modules to look forward to” he added.

 At the end of the 30-day schedule parents can expect improvement in skills like expression, creativity, numeracy, general awareness, social skills, critical thinking, self-awareness, self-management, coloring, drawing, writing and many more.

 All material on the Print Learn Center is available free of charge, with unlimited downloads for registered subscribers. In addition to the website, the material can also be accessed by subscribers via various other means including email or over WhatsApp. Users can download the content and subscribe to it from the in Paytm Mini App as well

-          Visiting the Website – www.printlearncenter.com

-          WhatsApp – +918800330330

-          Email – subscribe@printlearncenter.com