‘Wise App’ - Beating the slow internet speeds in J&K

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‘Wise App’ - Beating the slow internet speeds in J&K

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Mubeen Masudi and Bilal Abidi, the two friends from IIT Bombay have developed a smartphone application called Wise App. This application allows the students and teachers of Jammu and Kashmir to access the internet easily and bridge the gap of online teaching. A video interface, that is 2G friendly, Wise App makes it possible to take online classes as scheduled.

Ramesh 'Nishank' Pokhriyal, the Education Minister of India emphasized the user-friendliness of the app which comes free of cost and without any advertisements.

It has been a month since Wise App has been launched, and it is currently being used by over 3000 teachers, of which most of them are in the slow internet state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Android application reached a wider audience when it was featured on '74 years, 74 series' - a campaign of the Indian Government.

C S Paul, the Vice Principal of Unity College, Lucknow said that since the classes are held online, it became difficult to send and schedule notifications across different groups, especially for senior classes. He added that because 90% of the students did not have access to laptops, there was a pressing need for an application that could be accessed via mobile phones.

Mister Paul talks of the features that set Wise App apart from all others. The app tracks attendance and gives a clear list of the number of students attending the class along with the duration.

In this fast-paced world of digitalization, technology becomes an empowering weapon for both the teachers and the students. Masudi and Abidi's idea behind the development of Wise App is to "democratize education" and beating the slow internet speed in J&K.

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