Agami and Grameenphone today announced the launching of Khan Academy Bangla – the Bangla version of the acclaimed online education platform Khan Academy. The free Khan Academy Bangla website can be accessed at bn.khanacademy.org.

Khan Academy (www.khanacademy.org) is a non-profiteducational organization created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan to provide "a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere". It provides free online materials and resources to support personalized education for learners of all ages. The Khan Academy platform contains practice exercises, instructional videos, dashboard analytics and teacher tools which empower learners in and outside of the classroom to study at their own pace. With the launching of Khan Academy Bangla, learners and educators across Bangladesh can now access these contents and tools, all in Bangla.

Khan Academy Bangla was made possible through collaboration between Agami, Grameenphone Ltd. and Khan Academy. As part of this collaboration, 2 million words and over 600 videos were translated and localized in the last 8 months. The localization work is ongoing and more content and additional subjects will be added in Khan Academy Bangla in coming months. In addition, a school level pilot study is planned to evaluate and further enhance the Khan Academy Bangla website.

The launch event of Khan Academy Bangla was graced by the presence of the Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid MP as Chief Guest.

Speaking on the initiative, Rajeev Sethi, CEO of Grameenphone, said, “Grameenphone is proud to be a part of this noble initiative. Now, young Bangla-speaking students and educators will find high quality educational material right at their fingertips from anywhere, any time. Our Internet for All campaign aims to take the benefits of internet to every household in the country. There is no better way of benefitting an individual, a society, and a nation than making quality education easily accessible to them.”

Speaking on the initiative, Prof. Mosihuzzaman, President of Agami Education Foundation said “The launching of Khan Academy Bangla is a significant step towards fulfilling Agami’s vision that all children in Bangladesh will have equal opportunity for a quality education. Our work will continue to ensure that this free online education resource can be utilized by students, parents and teachers across the country.”