165,818,518 lessons delivered. Not a single penny charged. This is education redefined. This is the revolution that Khan Academy has brought about. "Providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere" is the mission statement of KhanAcademy.org
What is Khan Academy?
The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit organization which strives to provide high quality education in multiple streams of study without charging for it. The website is a repository of lessons from areas of Math, Science, Finance & Economics, Humanities, etc.
Khan Academy is the brain child of Salman Khan who is a graduate from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He quit his job as a hedge analyst to begin Khan Academy in 2006. In April 2012, Salman Khan was listed among the Time 100 Most Influential People for 2012. “Salman Khan is a true education pioneer. He started by posting a math lesson, but his impact on education might truly be incalculable”, writes Bill Gates in TIME magazine.
Salman Khan at TED.
The web site presently has over 3200 tutorial videos and has delivered over 165 million lessons.
Khan Academy is backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation and by Google. They also receive donations which help the site invest further in enriching the learning experience. Bill Gates once said about Khan Academy, " I'd say we've moved about 160 IQ points from the Hedge Funds category to the teaching-many-people-in-a-leveraged-way-category"
The People who make it all happen
From Left to Right: Salman Khan [Sal], Jason, Ben, Bilal, and Shantanu.
The rest of the team can be seen here: The Team
But, How do they make ends meet?
There isn't a single ad anywhere on the website. This philanthropic effort is run solely by donations and sponsorship. The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, Google, O'Sullivan are the biggest donors. The website has reported that they receive many generous contributions of over 10000 USD. The organization invests the entire sum in making the experience of the learners better. The site is extremely user friendly and is a treasure trove of knowledge and information that would whet the appetite of everyone from a high school student to an adult returning to studies after a decades gap.
Epilogue
There a lot many lessons to be learnt from the initiative that is Khan Academy. The lessons are far ranging too. The sheer will power that Sal would have needed to quit a high paying job to start Khan Academy. The level of commitment that the team shows by putting so much content on the site and by designing the site keeping the focus on the end user. Doing all this without charging a penny.
A not-for-profit it may be and yet it is a highly sustainable enterprise that has earned the people running it tons of good will. With generous contributions from the society and with the intent of making knowledge accessible to the millions across the globe, Khan Academy is pioneering a paradigm shift in the education systems across the globe.
What is Khan Academy?
The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit organization which strives to provide high quality education in multiple streams of study without charging for it. The website is a repository of lessons from areas of Math, Science, Finance & Economics, Humanities, etc.
Khan Academy is the brain child of Salman Khan who is a graduate from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He quit his job as a hedge analyst to begin Khan Academy in 2006. In April 2012, Salman Khan was listed among the Time 100 Most Influential People for 2012. “Salman Khan is a true education pioneer. He started by posting a math lesson, but his impact on education might truly be incalculable”, writes Bill Gates in TIME magazine.
Salman Khan at TED.
The web site presently has over 3200 tutorial videos and has delivered over 165 million lessons.
Khan Academy is backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation and by Google. They also receive donations which help the site invest further in enriching the learning experience. Bill Gates once said about Khan Academy, " I'd say we've moved about 160 IQ points from the Hedge Funds category to the teaching-many-people-in-a-leveraged-way-category"
The People who make it all happen
From Left to Right: Salman Khan [Sal], Jason, Ben, Bilal, and Shantanu.
The rest of the team can be seen here: The Team
But, How do they make ends meet?
There isn't a single ad anywhere on the website. This philanthropic effort is run solely by donations and sponsorship. The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, Google, O'Sullivan are the biggest donors. The website has reported that they receive many generous contributions of over 10000 USD. The organization invests the entire sum in making the experience of the learners better. The site is extremely user friendly and is a treasure trove of knowledge and information that would whet the appetite of everyone from a high school student to an adult returning to studies after a decades gap.
Epilogue
There a lot many lessons to be learnt from the initiative that is Khan Academy. The lessons are far ranging too. The sheer will power that Sal would have needed to quit a high paying job to start Khan Academy. The level of commitment that the team shows by putting so much content on the site and by designing the site keeping the focus on the end user. Doing all this without charging a penny.
A not-for-profit it may be and yet it is a highly sustainable enterprise that has earned the people running it tons of good will. With generous contributions from the society and with the intent of making knowledge accessible to the millions across the globe, Khan Academy is pioneering a paradigm shift in the education systems across the globe.
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dr mandi
Dear Sir,
DeleteI am deeply sorry for not updating/posting on my blog as regularly as is expected of me.
I shall not only make up the numbers but also ensure good quality content on my blog at the earliest.
Thank you for taking out time and going through my existing blogs.
Again, Apologies for not being regular.