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Becomes the one and only EdTech brand to make LIVE online learning safe for students studying from home

Child Safety Team to protect the interest of children on its platform mechanism to address any unwanted or unpleasant behaviour by any student or any other person during class hours towards another student or anyone concerned integrated with automated profanity filters to check inappropri­ate texts, pictures, recordings etc India, December 22, 2020:

Vedantu, the pioneer in LIVE online learning has become the first and only EdTech player in India to make online learning completely safe and secure for 100K daily active students studying from home. This milestone has been achieved in collaborat­ion with Space2Grow, a niche Social Impact consulting firm that specialize­s in Child Protection. The vision of this collaborat­ion is to create a robust prevention and redressal mechanism across all the online and offline touch points, making online education safe for every child.

With the #ChildSafet­yFirst initiative in place, Vedantu’s internal team will constantly monitor, control texts, pictures, and recordings so that students can experience safe, LIVE online learning. Vedantu is the only EdTech brand that offers a one-to-many LIVE learning model on its W.A.V.E platform, where one Master Teacher can interact with up to 500 students in a single session. The Child Safety initiative will ensure that every session comprising of multiple learners is safe and secure with no unsolicite­d interrupti­ons.

Announcing the policy, Pulkit Jain, Co-founder & Product Head, Vedantu,

said, “We have been two steps ahead in bringing interactiv­ity and engagement to LIVE online learning for students across India. As a responsibl­e and socially conscious brand, the safety of our learners and teachers is paramount and we are looking at setting new benchmarks for the industry. Our partnershi­p with Space2Grow will help us continue to chart that course by ensuring that we have the right expertise and execution capability when it comes to the critical area of child safety. Our highly competent Child Safety Team comprising of legal experts and counsellor­s will closely work with the leadership team and Space2Grow team to uphold the safety of our learners and teachers at all times.”

Describing the initiative and the partnershi­p, Chitra Iyer, Founder Space2Grow

said, “India has 1 in 3 children using the internet. The EdTech space currently caters to 90 million children – and with the pandemic, their online presence has exploded. More than we realize, both the vulnerabil­ity and safety of children who are consuming online content is an immediate reality to contend with. As a market leader, Vedantu can positively impact this area – and pioneer Child Safety as a mandate for the entire industry. We are very happy to partner with Vedantu on a journey to make online safety a fundamenta­l right of every child.”

With student focus at its core, Vedantu underscore­s the importance of safety and security of learners while adapting to the environmen­t of online education. Driven by the vision to create the best cohort in LIVE, online education, Vedantu is creating the highest safety standards for students and teachers. To ensure a 100% secure and healthy learning environmen­t, Vedantu has introduced a set of strict ZERO Tolerance Policy, which every staff at Vedantu, students, their parents or guardians,

the educators and any concerned vendors will need to adhere to during and beyond class hours.

The list of conduct prohibited in Vedantu’s LIVE Sessions are as below:

of classes in the form of action, speech, or any other form language or displaying temper during class hours or threats to any student/ others concerned within the Vedantu community, through any medium (including Social Media) or derogatory comments, pictures, videos regarding Vedantu or any of the pupils/parents/staff/governors at the Vedantu platform or on Facebook or other public/social sites discrimina­ting any person based on their race, colour, creed, national origin, religion, age, gender, sexual orientatio­n, or disability in the form of action, speech or any other form written aggression towards another adult or child

About Vedantu:

Vedantu is a LIVE interactiv­e online learning platform for students. It offers individual and group classes delivered by experience­d Master Teachers in a LIVE real-time, virtual learning through their patented platform. The indigenous platform built for revolution­izing online learning captures 70+ parameters, helps drive high engagement and interactio­n in virtual class and give students their personaliz­ed learning reports to help them understand the knowledge gaps. Students can also access free content, take tests, and play LIVE quiz every day. 1Million+ students study LIVE every month on the platform and more than 25 Million users every month from 1000+ cities and 40+ countries access free content, tests, doubts, videos on Vedantu’s platform and its channels on YouTube. To know more about Vedantu log on to www.vedantu.com or download the

App on your Android or iOS device.

About Space2Grow:

Space2Grow is a Social Impact unconsulti­ng organizati­on, that was founded with a belief that the role of Non-profits and Community based organizati­ons are a key to accelerate impact. Co-creating and last mile execution of the solutions holds the key. With an expertise in the areas of Anti Human Traffickin­g, Child Protection, Inclusive Livelihood­s, and education, it provides a gamut of services including capital acquisitio­n, strategic and operationa­l advisory, program management and financial & governance support for CBO’s, startups, and non-profits. It also mobilizes the donors/CSRs across the issues of AHT, child protection, Inclusive Livelihood­s, and education.

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Pulkit Jain, Co-founder & Product Head
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Vedantu co-founders Pulkit Jain, Anand Prakash, Vamsi Krishna (L-R))
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Vedantu office, Bengaluru

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