This duo changed scenario of education during pandemic

Amritsar, January 17

City-based educator Neera Sharma and entrepreneur Gariema Sharma were honoured by the Bharat Vikas Parishad city chapter for their contribution in the field of education. In a ceremony held at Jagat Jyoti Senior Secondary School, the two women were hailed for their recent projects to make education accessible to all.

Gariema is one of the directors of the US-based company SnapWorks, which is a cloud-based solution provider specially architected for schools to transform themselves into an active digital community in a simpler and easiest way. She has been working towards changing schools to go digital, especially after the pandemic hit, has influenced 50,000 plus teachers of varied technical experience to adopt this technical tool. The company had initiated online learning way back in 2015, with DAV Public School Lawrence Road, with Neera Sharma as its principal. According to Gariema, many schools in city were already using edutech tools before pandemic as well.

The digital transformation enables students to plan their academic work, keep a track of their progress and for teachers to concise and customise their digital chores in hybrid mode. With online mode of learning now becoming a norm, providing edutech solutions for better, easier adaptability for schools and students about digital classrooms becomes imperative. With this particular application, parents can transact digitally with school, school can support running digital book stores, uniform stores. This application also helps parents to avoid in person visits and stay safe in the uncertain times of Covid-19.