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COVID19 pandemic:
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A Resource List by the World Bank’s EdTech Team

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Contents
Contents and Repositories ............................................................................................................................................................................. 5
National Learning Platforms......................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Other Platforms and Software ..................................................................................................................................................................... 27
I. Assessment ...................................................................................................................................................................................................27
II. File manager.................................................................................................................................................................................................29
III. Learning Management Systems ..................................................................................................................................................................30
IV. Training.........................................................................................................................................................................................................35
V. Video conference system .............................................................................................................................................................................36
Television and Radio .................................................................................................................................................................................... 38

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Remote learning, distance education and online learning during the COVID19 pandemic: A Resource List Prepared by the World Bank’s Edtech Team
Introduction
The selection of resources and platforms that you will find here
has been elaborated in order to facilitate the rapid identification
of helpful technological solutions that could be used to support
remote learning.
The list provided here is not meant to be comprehensive,
however, the selection has been driven by prioritizing resources
and solutions that are free (or freemium), offline friendly or are
available in more than one language (especially beyond, English).
This list offers a glimpse of the kind of solutions that can be
incorporated to support remote learning for different contexts,
levels of connectivity, levels of education or subject.
A growing list of repositories, selection of online libraries and
compilation of educational resources, reading materials, lesson
plans has been compiled here. You can also find here some of the
initiatives adopted by different countries to deliver content and
textbooks to the student (and parents).
If you are looking for resources that can be used in environments
with limited or no Internet access, you can select those
resources that are categorized as "offline" (meaning that after
downloading them you can use it in environments of no
connectivity or does not require connectivity to use, as in the case
of analog television resources). In addition, when some platforms
are categorized in terms of interaction, the distinction between
synchronous and asynchronous might be of help.
"Synchronous learning" (meaning that two or more learners are
connected simultaneously or in real-time using the same platform
or communication channel, for instance, a video conference) and
"asynchronous learning" (meaning that learners access the same
material at different times and locations, for instance, using a
e-learning websites at different points).
Additional resources and platforms have been included
identifying digital learning resources provided by governments.
In the interest of improving the diversity of channels to deliver
educational resources and guidance to students and teachers,
you will find here a selection of examples which provide different
modalities of educational television and interactive radio
instruction. These additional resources are categorized by
country and language as well.
In using these resources, please be aware of privacy and data
protection terms and conditions of the resources, described
here. Where applicable, students must have parents or legal
guardians read these terms with them.
Each of the categories included here will offer different
pedagogical opportunities for educators and students. We hope
that this guide can be helpful in orienting and supporting the
educational crisis as a result of COVID-19.
World Bank EdTech Team
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Contents and Repositories

Connectivity Conditions Target
Name Description Subjects Format Mobile App Language Link
Type of Use Group
Arabic
Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Filipino
Finnish
French
German
Hebrew
Hindi
A freely accessible online library Languages Hungarian
that allows teachers and others to Arts Primarily Indonesian
All https://www.oercom
search and discover open Both (online & STEM Multiple Creative Italian
OER Commons No (Primary to mons.org/advanced-
educational resources (OER) and offline) Social formats Commons Japanese
Graduate) search
other freely available instructional Studies and license Korean
materials. Humanities Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese

An free, open education service. It Languages Multiple Some Rights https://www.curriki.o

Curriki Online Yes English All
provides open educational Arts formats Reserved rg/

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resources primarily in support of K- STEM

12 education. Curricula and Social
instructional materials for teachers, Studies and
professional educators, students, Humanities
lifelong learners, and parents.
English
Arabic
Catalan
Chinese
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
A European Schoolnet (EUN) German
product, this enables schools to find Greek
Languages
educational content from many Hebrew
Arts Primarily From
Learning different countries and providers. It Hindi
STEM Multiple Creative kindergarten http://lreforschools.e
Resource offers access to a network of Online No Hungarian
Social formats Commons to high un.org/web/guest
Exchange learning content repositories and Indonesian
Studies and license school
associated tools that ‘travel well’ Italian
Humanities
and can be used by teachers in Japanese
different countries. Korean
Malay
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Slovak
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Houses peer-reviewed, openly Both (online & Languages Primarily English
OpenStax Textbook Yes All https://cnx.org/
licensed textbooks, which are offline) Arts Creative Afrikaans
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available in free digital formats and STEM Commons Arabic

for a low cost in print. Social license Catalan
Studies and Chinese
Humanities Danish
Dutch
French
German
Greek
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Languages English
Arts Primarily Korean From
Provides free and customizable K- Both (online & STEM Multiple Creative German kindergarten https://www.ck12.or
Ck12 No
12 open educational resources offline) Social formats Commons Chinese to high g/
Studies and license Greek school
Humanities Polish
Bahasa
Indonesia,
български,
Offers practice exercises, Languages
简体 中文,
instructional videos, and a Arts Primarily From
personalized learning dashboard Both (online & STEM Creative čeština, kindergarten https://www.khanaca
Khan Academy Video Yes Deutsche,
that empower learners to study at offline) Social Commons to high demy.org/
their own pace in and outside of Studies and license English, school
the classroom. Humanities Spanish,
French,
ქართული,
Italian,

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日本語,
한국어,
Magyar,
by polsku,
Portuguese,
svenska,
Türkçe
A library of over 60,000 free
Languages
eBooks. Choose among free epub
Arts Works for
and Kindle eBooks, download them
Project Both (online & STEM Multiple which U.S. https://www.gutenbe
or read them online. You will find No English All
Gutenberg offline) Social formats copyright has rg.org/
the world’s great literature here,
Studies and expired.
with focus on older works for which
Humanities
U.S. copyright has expired.
Primarily From
Produces textbooks as OER through Both (online & Multiple Creative English kindergarten https://www.siyavula
Siyavula STEM Yes
a sponsorship model. offline) formats Commons African to high education.com/
license school
Provides video lectures that are
focused on the Pakistani curriculum
and delivered in simple Urdu so Languages
that the students can easily Arts Primarily From
understand them. Their videos Both (online & STEM Multiple Creative Urdu kindergarten
Sabaq No https://sabaq.pk/
cover all topics in Islamabad, the offline) Social formats Commons English to high
Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Studies and license school
and Balochistan education boards. Humanities
All their video lectures are also
available on DVDs.
An interactive visual teaching
resource that provides animated
videos to explain learning material. Both (online & Some Rights https://www.designm
Designmate STEM Video Si English K-12
offline) Reserved ate.com/

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An online portal for submission of

Languages
content for evaluation, curation
Arts
and approval. The content is
Kenya Education Both (online & STEM Multiple Some Rights
intended for basic education (ECDE, Si English All https://kec.ac.ke/
Cloud offline) Social formats Reserved
Primary, Secondary) and tertiary
Studies and
(Teacher Education and Technical
Humanities
and vocational education).
A product of the Commonwealth
Languages
universities and educational
Arts Primarily
Directory of Open institutions that provides OER
STEM Multiple Creative Higher
Educational (open education resources) for Online Yes English http://doer.col.org/
Social formats Commons Education
Resources (DOER) Higher Education, Open Schooling,
Studies and license
Teacher Education, Technical and
Humanities
Vocational Skills Development.
Through an adaptive test, IQ Languages
identifies the academic areas that Arts
Inteligencia the student must reinforce and STEM Multiple Some Rights
Online No Spanish K-12 http://iq.edu.do/
Quisqueya creates their Learning Path. Free Social formats Reserved
access virtual space where one can Studies and
prepare for national tests. Humanities
Repository of selected resource site
that includes free, online and / or
Languages
downloadable tools for middle
Arts
Materials school students. Resources https://www.mined.g
STEM Multiple Some Rights
Education organized by categories that allow Online No Spanish K-12 ob.sv/emergenciacovi
Social formats Reserved
Continuity you to work on creating d19/
Studies and
presentations, forms, images,
Humanities
maps, websites; video and sound
editing and more.
Free science and math simulations
for teaching STEM topics, including Primarily
physics, chemistry, biology, and Multiple Creative https://phet.colorado
PhET Offline STEM Yes Multilingual K-12
free interactive math and science formats Commons .edu/
simulations. license

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The OERu makes higher education

Languages
accessible to everyone. The
Arts Primarily
platform offers university-level
STEM Multiple Creative Higher
OERu courses online for free and submit Online Yes English https://oeru.org/
Social formats Commons Education
assessments. Coordinated by the
Studies and license
OER Foundation offering free online
Humanities
courses for students worldwide.
Languages
Arts Primarily
The Digital Library serves as a
Global Digital STEM Multiple Creative https://www.digitalli
catering platform for teaching and Offline No Multilingual K-12
Library Social formats Commons brary.io/
learning resources globally.
Studies and license
Humanities
The courses provided by ProFuturo Languages
empower the teachers' Arts
development of innovation and ICT STEM Multiple Some Rights Higher https://solution.profu
ProFuturo Online Yes Multilingual
knowledge, their teaching and Social formats Reserved Education turo.education/
pedagogical skills, and their digital Studies and
capabilities. Humanities
Languages
A hub aimed at promoting the use,
Arts Primarily
development and sharing of OERs https://www.oercom
STEM Multiple Creative
ALECSO OER in the Arab region. Contains Online No Arabic All levels mons.org/hubs/ALEC
Social formats Commons
collections of OER curated by SO
Studies and license
ALECSO and partner countries.
Humanities
Languages
Arts
STEM
Massive open online course
Social
platform that provide open access Multiple Some Rights Higher https://www.rwaq.or
ALECSO MOOC Online Studies and Yes Arabic
to courses and technical support for formats Reserved Education g/orgs/alecso
Humanities
teachers and students.

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collection of
stories,
including titles
Languages
Podcast repository is a collection of across six
Arts
stories, including titles across six different
STEM https://stories.audibl
Audible different languages, that will help Offline Podcast Yes languages, Multilingual K-12
Social e.com/discovery
them continue dreaming, learning, that will help
Studies and
and just being kids. them continue
Humanities
dreaming,
learning, and
just being kids.
Repository of educational materials Languages
prepared by the Secretary of Public Arts
Libros de Texto Education in Mexico for students, STEM Some Rights http://librosdetexto.s
Online Textbook No Spanish K-12
Gratuitos teachers, and parents of preschool, Social Reserved ep.gob.mx/
primary and "telesecondary" Studies and
education. Humanities
Languages
Arts
STEM Multiple Some Rights
Offers support with technology and https://scoalapenet.r
Școala pe net Online Social formats No Reserved Romani K-12
advice on running online courses. o/
Studies and
Humanities

2,000 high-quality free reading

passages for grades 3-12, Languages
complemented by aligned interim Arts
assessments, growth-oriented data, STEM Multiple Some Rights
CommonLit English https://www.commo
and expert-led teacher Offline Social formats No Reserved K-12
Spanish nlit.org/
development. Studies and
Humanities

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Languages
Arts Primarily
Guiaea Educa A digital library and network. One
STEM Multiple Creative https://guiaea.educa
Digital can explore open education
Offline Social formats No Commons Portuguese All levels digital.org.br/conteud
resources and join the network of
Studies and license o-online/
educators dedicated to curriculum.
Humanities

Languages
Arts
School closure learning guide, a
STEM Multiple Some Rights English
national nonprofit empowering https://www.greatsc
GreatSchools Offline Social formats No Reserved Spanish K-12
parent to unlock educational hools.org/
Studies and
opportunities for their children.
Humanities

Languages
Provide the best selected open Arts
Some Rights English
educational resources (OERs) to STEM Multiple
TEMOA (Itesm) Offline No Reserved Spanish All levels http://temoa.tec.mx/
teachers building or improving their Social formats
course materials. Studies and
Humanities
Languages
Arts
Online Courses Some Rights English https://cursos.iadb.or
A gateway to open learning for STEM Multiple Higher
(IADB) Online No Reserved Spanish g/es/indes/catalogo-
Latin America and the Caribbean. Social formats Education
de-cursos-bid
Studies and
Humanities
Provides learners information and
free access to resources. Has
content for several subjects in
All Rights English
BrainPOP different formats (including video Multiple https://www.brainpo
Online STEM Yes Reserved Spanish K-12
and audio), in different languages formats p.com/
French
and different grades. It includes
also gamified material.

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Educational program that supports

educators in the development of
Languages
their students' writing and literacy.
Arts
Our methodology is built cyclically Some Rights
Letrus STEM Multiple https://www.letrus.c
from results and detailed analysis, Online No Reserved Portuguese K-12
Social formats om.br/
enhancing the performance of
Studies and
teachers and enabling the role of
Humanities
students in the development of
writing.
Free online STEM courses, in
https://www.stemby
different formats for different
me.com/?utm_sourc
levels. STEMbyME it's a Fundación All Rights
STEMbyME Multiple e=comunicacion&utm
Telefonica program, and the Online STEM No Reserved Spanish All levels
formats _medium=boletines&
content of the courses is provided
utm_campaign=sema
by different educational
na03232020
institutions.
English
Arabic
Catalan
Chinese
Croatian
Czech
Danish
iTunes U offere lectures and Languages Dutch
learning materials from K-12 Arts Finnish https://www.apple.c
education to Higher Education, STEM Multiple All Rights French om/education/apple-
ITunes U Offline Yes All levels
where state or national education Social formats Reserved German distinguished-
departments provide content for Studies and Greek educator/
both students and educators. Humanities Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Malay
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Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Slovak
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese
A digital library for children below
Multiple Freemium https://www.getepic.
Epic 12 years (35,000 books, learning Offline Literacy Yes English K-12
formats version com/
videos, quizzes & more).
Languages
A free, open-source application that Arts
lets you download Wikipedia to STEM Multiple English
Xowa Offline No Free All levels xowa.org
your computer and all of it access Social formats German
entirely offline. Studies and
Humanities
Languages
An e-Learning app by NCERT for
Arts
classes 1 to 12 in multiple English
STEM Multiple http://epathshala.nic.
ePathshala languages. The app houses books, Offline Yes Free Hindi K-12
Social formats in/
videos, audio, etc. aimed at Urdu
Studies and
students, educators and parents.
Humanities

Toolkit for international education https://www.globalreadin

English gnetwork.net/resources/
stakeholders universal design for
The Global Languages Multiple Spanish universal-design-learning-
learning to help all children read: Offline Yes Free K-12
Reading Network Literacy formats French help-all-children-read-
promoting literacy for learners with promoting-literacy-
Arabic
disabilities. learners-disabilities

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A multilingual digital repository to

thousands of richly illustrated,
open-licensed children's stories.
https://storyweaver.o
Story Multiple
Offline Languages Yes Free Arabic K-12 rg.in/stories/10485-
Weaver formats
Literacy astatee-an-atasalaq

Arabic
English
French
Japanese
A project of the ICDL Foundation in Malay
collaboration with the US’s Portuguese http://www.childrens
University of Maryland's Human- Languages Multiple Spanish library.org/icdl/Simpl
Children Library Offline Yes Free K-12
Computer Interaction Lab which Literacy formats Pashto eSearchCategory?lan
offers open access to children Farsi gid=309
books. Polish
Portuguese
Mongolian
Russian
Thai
English
Hindi
Bangla
This app from India, which is aimed Urdu
at elementary school-aged Telugu
https://bolo.withgoo
students, leverages technology like Languages Multiple Marathi
Bolo Offline Yes Free K-12 gle.com/intl/en/#how
Google’s speech recognition and Literacy formats Tamil
-bolo-works
text-to-speech to help kids learn to Spanish
read. Portuguese

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Algonkian
Anishinaabem
owin
Arabic
Cree
English
Farsi
French
German
Hindi
Inuktitut
Languages
Italian
Arts
Education tools and content to Khmer
STEM Multiple
Rumie enable lifelong learning for Offline Yes Free Maasai All levels https://rumie.org/
Social formats
underserved communities. Mandarin
Studies and
Michif
Humanities s
Mohawk
Nepali
Oji-Cree
Pashto
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Swahili
Turkish
Other
A tablet-based tool to provide
academic support and extra lessons Languages
for up to 40 students per box, for Arts
children aged 5 to 18 years (Grade STEM Multiple https://schoolinabox.
School in a Box Offline No Low Cost English All levels
1 to Matric in South Africa), in Social formats co.za/
English, math, science and Studies and
computer coding. Humanities

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Online education platform that

offers content from all high school Languages
disciplines. The free version gives Arts
access to the catalog with more STEM Multiple Freemium https://www.stoodi.c
Stoodi Online No Portuguese Secondary
than 5,000 video lessons from all Social formats version om.br/
disciplines and to the exercise bank Studies and
with more than 30,000 questions Humanities
with step by step guides on video.

SplashLearn is a game-based
learning program, curriculum-
aligned, that adapts to each child’s
skill level and helps them master
Pre-
appropriate skills for Math and Primarily
Languages kindergarten
Reading at their own pace. It covers Multiple Creative English https://www.splashle
SplashLearn Offline STEM Yes through
PreK through Grade 5 for math and formats Commons Spanish arn.com/)
Grade 5
reading, and comes with a separate license
parent and a teacher dashboard
which allows them to track
children’s progress and helps them
identify areas they need to focus on

Highlighted resources: Two repositories highlighted here are OER Commons and Global Digital Library. OER Commons is a large (meta) repository, with
resources relevant from K-12 to adult education, and all contents are available under Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License. The
Global Digital Library offers high quality mother tongue learning resources worldwide that are openly licensed and freely downloadable.

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National Learning Platforms

Selection of national public portal providing digital resources and guidance to support learning, updated information, examples of good practices on distance education and more.
Can content be
downloaded?
Country Language Name Description Platform Link
(to be used
offline)

Argentina's multimedia platform with videos, digital books, games, didactic Web,
https://www.edu
Argentina Spanish Seguimos Educando sequences, teaching guidelines, educational TV, educational radio, printed Yes TV,
c.ar/
guides, etc. Radio

The states of Amazonas and Pará have launched a strategy relying heavily on https://www.yout
Aula Em Casa the use of educational television (the Brazilian Amazon region has a long Web, ube.com/channel
Brazil Portuguese Yes
Amazonas tradition of this, dating back to the 1970s). Their content is also available in TV /UCvn5vfHpe05D-
their YouTube channel, and is complemented with their online platform. _2wQioYbBw

China Education Television CETV4 "Same Class" began its live broadcast on
Chinese February 10 and has invited nearly 100 ‘famous’ schoolteachers to cover the http://www.centv
China Chinese Network Education curriculum content of elementary school, junior and senior high school. It is Yes TV .cn/cetv4/index.h
Television (CETV4) committed to providing high-quality curriculum content to students tml
throughout the country during the epidemic.

https://contenido
The portal offers educational content in most subject areas allowing learners Web,
Colombia Spanish Aprender Digital Yes s.colombiaaprend
to use this to complement their learning and training processes. TV
e.edu.co/

The portal offers educational content in most subject areas allowing learners https://www.enti
Colombia Spanish En TIC confío No Web
to use this to complement their learning and training processes. cconfio.gov.co/

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http://recursos.m
Aprendo en Casa is a Costa Rican platform used to disseminate educational Web,
Costa Rica Spanish Aprendo en Casa (CR) Yes ep.go.cr/2020/ap
resources during COVID-19. TV
rendoencasa/

The government created the "school for life" website, with different type of
http://skolazazivo
Croatia Croatian Skolazazivot resources, such as e-learning guides, video lessons, schedules, classroom No Web
t.hr/
teaching resources and examples from different schools.

https://edu.ceska
televize.cz/?_ga=
Česká Televize is a public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic. It It
2.233120476.370
Czech also delivers educational television broadcasts for students. Its website Web,
Czech Česká televize Yes 240354.15859207
Republic shares the scheduling as well as a very well-organized e-learning resources TV
50-
for students and teachers on its website.
961636035.15856
40212
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MEYS) launched the website
whose name translates to ‘Distance Education’. and supports schools and
Czech https://nadalku.
Czech NaDálku - MŠMT teachers with the same. This website contains links to online educational No Web,
Republic msmt.cz/cs
tools, updated information, examples of good practices regarding distance
education.

This is the common communication platform for staff, parents and students https://www.aula
Denmark Danish Aula No Web
at the country's primary schools and in day- care facilities. .dk/portal/#/login

This website provides a guide to different solutions that Denmark's EdTech

http://edtechdon
Denmark Danish Edtech Donor suppliers have made available to respond to COVID-19, with resources to No Web
or.dk/
support teaching, learning and training.

Through an adaptive test on its platform, the academic areas that the
Inteligencia
Dominican student needs to reinforce can be identified and creates the student’s
Spanish Quisqueya: No Web http://iq.edu.do/
Republic individualized Learning Path accordingly. It also provides free access to
IQ.EDU.DO
virtual space where students can prepare for national tests.

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Educational content and learning guidance developed by the Ministry of http://www.educ

Ecuador Spanish Educa No Web
Ecuador. a.ec/

This platform provided by the Ministry of Education and Technical Education https://stream.m
(MOETE - Egypt) offers direct communication between experienced teachers oe.gov.eg/
Egypt Arabic Edu Stream channel No Web
and students. It facilitates lectures and meetings that are scheduled and
announced. It offers an alternative form of interaction.

Repository of selected resources that includes free, online and downloadable

https://www.min
Materials Education tools for middle school students. Resources organized by categories that
El Salvador Spanish No Web ed.gob.sv/emerge
Continuity allow students to work on creating presentations, forms, images, maps,
nciacovid19/
websites, videos, sound editing, etc.

https://www.edu
cation.gouv.fr/ma
The online portal whose name translates to ‘My class at home’ provides -classe-la-maison-
France French Ma classe à la maison access to educational content and learning opportunities for French No Web mise-en-oeuvre-
students. de-la-continuite-
pedagogique-
289680
NROER is an initiative of the Department of School Education and Literacy
housed within the Ministry of Human Resource Development (which includes
National Repository
Hindi education). The portal provides a host of resources for students and teachers https://nroer.gov.
India of Open Educational No Web
English in multiple languages including books, interactive modules and videos in/
Resources (NROER)
including a host of STEM based games. Content is mapped to the curriculum
for classes 1 – 12 including aligned resources for teachers.
DIKSHA contains e-Learning content for students, teachers and parents
aligned to the curriculum, including video lessons, worksheets, textbooks and
Hindi assessments. Under the guidance of its national board of education (CBSE) https://diksha.go
India DIKSHA Yes Web
English among others, the content has been created by more than 250 teachers who v.in/
teach in multiple languages. QR codes in textbooks encourage students to go
beyond the book. The app is available to use offline.

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Swayam hosts 1900 complete courses including teaching videos, weekly

assignments, exams and credit transfers as well. This is aimed at school (class
Hindi https://swayam.g
India 9 to 12) and higher education level (undergraduate and postgraduate). Yes Web
English Swayam ov.in/
Subjects are aligned to the curriculum and include engineering, humanities,
social sciences, law and management courses including robotics.

TV Edukasi (Education TV, formerly TVE) is an Indonesian television station

TV Edukasi owned by its Ministry of Education and Culture and started in 2004. Currently https://tve.kemdi
Indonesian Web,
Indonesia (Teleisi Pendidikan TV Edukasi has two channels: channel 1 for students and channel 2 for Yes kbud.go.id
English TV
Indonesia) teachers. It is managed by Pustekkom, a semiautonomous body under the
direction of the Ministry of Education.

https://www.istru
A work-in-progress website created by its Ministry of Education and Ministry
zione.it/coronavir
Italy Italian Didattica a distanza of University and Research to support schools that wish to activate forms of No Web
us/didattica-a-
distance learning during the closure period.
distanza.html

This educational portal includes resources for grades 1-12 with the focus on Web, https://darsak.go
Jordan Arabic Darsak Yes
core subjects (Math, English, Science, Arabic). TV, v.jo
Edu TV is an initiative of the Ministry of Education (MoE) of Kenya in
collaboration with Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) to provide educational learning via https://kicd.ac.ke
Web,
Kiswahili free to air TV channels. KICD has been using Edu TV since 2016 to provide /broadcast-
Kenya Edu TV - TV,
English supplementary education aligned to the school curriculum. Lessons will be schedule/tv-time-
Radio
broadcast on the KICD owned channel called “Edu Channel TV”. Schedules table-2020/
will be available on the KICD website. These broadcast TV lessons are also
available on its YouTube channel called Edu TV Kenya.
EBS is the Korean public broadcasting organization that aims to inform,
Korea Educational educate, engage, and enlighten people. Complementing public education in Web,
Korean https://www.ebs.
Korea Broadcasting System Korea, EBS is dedicated to ensuring accessibility and openness in education - TV,
English co.kr/main
(EBS) for all. It supports educational television program broadcasting across the Radio
country.

EduwebTV (previously called TV Pendidikan) is the online learning platform

Malay EduwebTV Web, http://eduwebtv.
Malaysia of its Ministry of Education. It also hosts on-demand content for students Yes
English (TV Pendidikan) TV moe.edu.my/
across Pre-Kindergarten to secondary school as well as digital textbooks.

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TV Okey is a Malaysian free-to-air television channel operated by the public

Web, https://okey.rtm.
Malaysia Malay TV Okey broadcaster, Radio Televisyen Malaysia. It is also being used to air education Yes
TV gov.my/
programs for students during the COVID-19 school closures.

This offers offline as well as online radio (radio on demand) by the

Government of Mexico for adults and children alike. It is the first educational
Web, https://radioeduc
Mexico Spanish Radio Educación and cultural radio station in Mexico. Radio Educación is a decentralized body Yes
Radio acion.edu.mx/
within the Ministry of Culture, whose substantive work consists of promoting
and disseminating educational, cultural and artistic expressions.

https://telesecun
This is the Mexican government’s initiative that integrates different learning Web, daria.sep.gob.mx/
Mexico Spanish Telesecundaria strategies focused on the use of educational television for secondary school Yes TV,
students. It began in 1968 aimed at out-of-school students. Radio https://librosdete
xto.sep.gob.mx/

Web,
This a national one-stop-platform that integrates a large volume of digital
TV, http://www.apre
Mexico Spanish @AprendeMX learning materials, access to resources via television, radio and a variety of Yes
Radio nde.edu.mx/
digital contents. It provides guidance to students, educators, and parents.

This provides public education television organized by the Ministry of

Web, http://econtent.e
Mongolia Mongolian ESIS Edu Education, Culture, Science and Sports of Mongolia. The website also hosts e- Yes
TV du.mn/
content for students for PreK – 12 as well as textbooks.

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Content repository (in Arabic and French), for primary – secondary – and –
baccalaureate: The site is in Arabic. The first menu separates the content by
French https://soutiensc
Morocco TelmidTICE level (primary-secondary-baccalaureate). For all the levels, the content No Web
Arabic o.men.gov.ma/
consists in videos in Arabic and French. There is a filter per subject (and the
videos are titled with the topic).

National television channel 4 named Athaqafia broadcasts educational

Arabic lessons in Morocco. The Athaqafia channel is set to broadcast lessons daily
Web, http://www.snrtli
Morocco French Athaqafia TV according to the regular school curriculum. The lessons are also available on Yes
TV ve.ma/athaqafia
English the digital terrestrial network TNT, Nilesat satellite, SNRT Live website and
via a mobile application.

Arabic Broadcasting and Television National Company (SNRT) has dedicated its
Web, https://arryadia.s
Morocco French Arryadia TV sports channel named Arriyadia TV to also broadcast university lectures for Yes
TV nrt.ma/
English students.

The government has adapted this national education web platform to the
North http://eduino.gov
Macedonian Eduino (Едуино) needs of the education system and created an e-classroom for video lessons - Web
Macedonia .mk/
for Grades 1-9.

https://aprendoe
Students will have access to this on-demand educational resource by radio, Web,
Peru Spanish Aprendo en Casa Yes ncasa.pe/#/
TV, as well as online. TV

http://www.peru
This is a virtual space that offers various audiovisual services and has quality
Web, educa.pe/sistema
Peru Spanish PeruEducaTV resources for students of all levels of Regular Basic Education in order to No
TV digital/perueduca
improve their quality of learning with the support of the teacher or tutor.
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The portal provides educational materials for self-study. Every week, new
Web, https://cifra.scho
Russia Russian CIFRA lessons will appear aligned with the textbook contents. Educational materials Yes
TV ol/
are organized in 6 subjects for students from grades 1 to 11.

iEN
This portal includes resources for students at different grades, teachers and https://ien.edu.sa
Saudi Arabia Arabic National Education - Web
parents. /Home/dashbord
Portal

A portal with multiformat tools and access to different education websites in https://vschool.sa
Saudi Arabia Arabic Virtual School - Web
Saudi Arabia. /

Ministry of Education has organized Ain channel to be the education channel

Arabic Web, http://www.ientv
Saudi Arabia Ain channel for all grades. Students can gain access to their classes through 20 Ein No
English TV .edu.sa/
channels on TV and Ain’s YouTube channel.

https://www.moj
Serbia Serbian Moja škola The national online learning platform from Serbia. - Web
askola.gov.rs/

This is a Spanish platform that offers digital learning resources for children
between 3 to 10 years of age. This has been developed in coordination with Web, https://www.rtve
Spain Spanish EduClan Yes
the Spanish Ministry of Education and major players from the publishing TV .es/educlan/
industry. This content is also available on TV via ‘Apredemos En Casa’.

This is an Open Educational Resources Network organized by the National http://procomun.

Spain Spanish Procomun Yes Web
Institute of Educational Technologies for Teacher Training in Spain (INTEF). educalab.es/es

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The portal aims to channel quality educational resources, tools and

https://aprendoe
Aprendo en Casa applications available to teachers, families and the students themselves. In
Spain Spanish Yes Web ncasa.educacion.
(INTEF) the website interested actors can find links to materials prepared and
es/
launched by the autonomous communities, private entities and other agents.

In the Regional Basque TV channel (EITB3), students (ages 6 to 10) can watch, https://www.eit
from Monday to Friday, the scheduled educational content organized by
Spanish Bitartean, etxetik Web, b.eus/eu/hiru3/
Spain subject and age. Students have also the opportunity to access to these videos Yes
Basque ikasten TV bitartean-
using the app, the YouTube channel and the website. The videos combine
animations with the presence of a teacher broadcasting the lesson. etxetik-ikasten/

EBA, the digital education platform of the Ministry of National Education,

EBA TV Course https://www.eba.
Turkey Turkish contains thousands of contents in different formats to support student - Web
Broadcast gov.tr/
learning.

https://www.unia
“All-Ukrainian School Online” - lessons in 11 subjects for students in grades Web,
Ukraine Russian UNIAN Yes n.net/uroki-
5–11 classes. Classes appear on the schedule plate on a daily base. TV
onlayn

Repository of selected resources that includes free, online and downloadable

Valijas de
tools for middle school students. Resources organized by categories that https://valijas.cei
Uruguay Spanish Herramientas de Yes Web
allow students to work on creating presentations, forms, images, maps, bal.edu.uy/
Ceibal
websites, videos, sound editing, etc.

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This provides a unified electronic portal for all schools in Palestine to

West Bank communicate between the ministry, the school, the teacher, the student, https://www.esch
Arabic e-School portal Yes Web
and Gaza and parents in support of the e-learning initiative. It contains resources ool.edu.ps/
aligned to Grade 1 – 12.

The Rawafed educational portal is set up to achieve the goals of the Ministry http://rawafed.ed
West Bank
Arabic Rawafed of Education and Higher Education, and to support quality teaching and - Web u.ps/portal/elear
and Gaza
learning. ning/

Highlighted resources: Two national platforms worth additionally highlighting are Diksha (India) and Educlan (Spain). In both cases, resources are classified
by age or grade. The navigation is user friendly and encourages exploration. While Diksha website (India) allows the platform to be downloaded as an application
onto a mobile phone, the EduClan website (Spain) offer a wealth of educational videos, games and other materials. Both are good examples of useful resources to
support remote learning.

In addition, many more national platforms and tools categorized by country can be found in this UNESCO compilation:
https://en.unesco.org/covid19/educationresponse/nationalresponses.

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Other Platforms and Software

I. Assessment

Connectivity Main Conditions of Target

Name Description Interaction Platform Language Link
Type functionality Use Group
Provides a downloadable English
application for offline surveys that Both Spanish
Freemium Students https://www.qualtric
Qualtrics allow for survey and assessment Offline Asynchronous Assessment (desktop French
version Educators s.com/education/
administration on a mobile device and mobile) Portuguese
without an internet connection Italian
Permits teachers to create
enhanced computer-based
assessments. Teachers can use
items from the app item bank for Both
Freemium Students https://edulastic.co
Edulastic their online assessments. It Online Synchronous Assessment (desktop English
version Educators m/
produces automatic reports. It can and mobile)
be linked to Microsoft and other
platforms. It has a free version for
teachers and students.
Helps with Early Grade Reading
and Mathematics Assessments,
and interviews with students,
teachers, and principals. Open
English,
source data collection software
French,
optimized for use on mobile Both
Tangerine Freemium Russian, Students http://www.tangerin
devices and in low-resource Offline Asynchronous Assessment (desktop
Central version Arabic Educators ecentral.org
contexts. Facilitates learner and mobile)
(Jordanian)
assessments and interviews;
Khmer
allows for multimedia content
integration. Online editor with
downloadable app for offline data
collection and content sharing.

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Provides a computer-based and

online adaptive learning tool for Desktop - Freemium Students http://www.smartze
Smartzed Online Asynchronous Assessment English
mathematics, science, and Browser version Educators d.net/
reading.

Highlighted resources: Qualtrics and Tangerine Central are highlighted since they offer freemium versions available in several languages. In addition, both
assessment tools include functionalities to work in context of limited internet connectivity.

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II. File manager

Connectivity Main Conditions Target

Name Description Interaction Platform Language Link
Type functionality of Use Group
Bahasa
Indonesia
Dansk
Deutsch
English
Español
Français
Italiano
Nederland
Polski
Both
Português
An app designed for note taking, organizing, (desktop Freemium Students https://everno
Evernote Offline Asynchronous File manager Suomi
task management, and archiving. and version Educators te.com/
Svenska
mobile)
Tiếng Việt
Türkçe
Русский
‫العربية‬
ภาษาไทย
한국어
中文（简体）
中文（繁體）
日本語
Students use built-in annotation tools to
capture what they know in Seesaw’s digital
Both
portfolio. Has student driven digital
(desktop Freemium Students https://web.se
Seesaw portfolios and simple parent communication. Online Synchronous File manager English
and version Educators esaw.me/
Can be used as a primary means for students
mobile)
to create content, interact with teachers, and
interact with classmates.

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III. Learning Management Systems

Connectivity Main Conditions Target

Name Description Interaction Platform Language Link
Type functionality of Use Group
Arabic
Armenian
Cantonese
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Haitian
Hebrew
Canvas Network provides a place and Learning Hungarian
platform where teachers, students, and Both Management Both
Icelandic https://ww
Canvas & Canvas institutions worldwide can connect and Asynchronous System; (desktop Freemium Students
Offline Italian w.canvas.ne
Network chart their own course for personal and and version Educators
Japanese t/
growth, professional development, and Synchronous mobile)
Korean
academic inquiry.
Mandarin
Norwegian
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Ukrainian
Welsh

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Interactive video lessons for your students

you can integrate right into your LMS. Freemium Students
Edpuzzle Online Desktop - https://edpu
Track students' progress with hassle-free Asynchronous Video Creator version English Educators
Browser zzle.com/
analytic.

Arabic
Armenian
Cantonese
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Haitian
Hebrew
Moodle is an open source platform used Hungarian
Both
for blended learning, distance education, Learning Icelandic
(desktop Students https://moo
Moodle flipped classroom and other e-learning Offline Asynchronous Management Free Italian
and Educators dle.org/
projects in schools, universities, System Japanese
mobile)
workplaces and other sectors. Korean
Mandarin
Norwegian
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Ukrainian
Welsh

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English,
Arabic,
Bengali,
Bulgarian,
Burmese,
Chewa,
Learning Farsi,
Kolibri makes high quality education Management French,
technology available in low-resource System; Gujarati, https://learn
Kolibri (Learning Smartphon Freemium Students
communities such as rural schools, refugee Offline Asynchronous Hindi, ingequality.o
Equality) e app version Educators
camps, orphanages, non-formal school Korean, rg/kolibri/
systems, and prison systems. Content Marathi,
Repository Portuguese
Spanish,
Swahili,
Telugu,
Urdu,
Vietnamese
Yoruba
English
It is a learning management system, which
Learning Spanish
Desire2Learn is a cloud-based software used by schools, Desktop - Freemium https://ww
Offline Asynchronous Management German Students
(D2L) higher education, and businesses for Browser version w.d2l.com/
System Portuguese
online and blended classroom learning.

English
Sakai Learning Sakai is a robust open-source learning
Learning Spanish https://ww
Management management system created by higher ed. Desktop – Freemium
Online Synchronous Management German Students w.d2l.com/
System for higher ed. Browser version
System Portuguese

English,
Schoology is a freemium web based LMS
Both Both French,
that hosts eLearning content such as Learning https://ww
Asynchronous (desktop Freemium Japanese, Students
Schoology courses, training, and programs. It allows Offline Management w.schoology
and and version Malay, Educators
instructors to build reports on learners’ System .com/
Synchronous mobile) Portuguese
performance based on course completion.
Spanish

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Planet Learning is designed to be available

to everyone, everywhere, all the time. It is
portable, affordable, scalable and
Learning
Open Learning sustainable. It is hardware agnostic; any https://ww
Offline Asynchronous Management Desktop Free English Students
Exchange device that can open a browser can use it. w.ole.org/
System
It functions off, as well as on, the Internet.
The Raspberry Pi, costing US$35 is often
used as the server.
Arabic
Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Filipino
Finnish
French
Free tool (as long as you have a free Gmail
German
account) developed by Google to support
Hebrew
online classroom experience for teachers
Hindi
and students. It permits online
Both Hungarian
communication to support distance Learning https://class
(desktop Indonesian Students
Google classroom education. Google Classroom Includes Online Synchronous Management Free room.google
and Italian Educators
tools for online assessment development, System .com/
mobile) Japanese
administration, scoring, and feedback.
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese

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Gaming technology to deliver quality

education to children, including those in
conflict contexts. Can't Wait to Learn is
Both https://ww
fast, effective and low-cost - and utilizes Learning
Can’t wait to (desktop Arabic w.warchildh
custom gaming technology to deliver Offline Asynchronous Management Free Students
Learn and English olland.org/p
quality education. The evidence-based System
mobile) rojects/cwtl/
program was developed by War Child and
partners through years of testing and
research.
A platform from India that can be used Learning
entirely offline. Can be used for content Management Both
https://ww
creation and delivery, record keeping, System; (desktop English Students
Ustad Mobile Offline Asynchronous Free w.ustadmob
attendance tracking etc. Can be used on and Arabic Educators
ile.com/lms/
multiple platforms and is entirely open Content mobile)
source. Repository
Sunbird is an open source, configurable,
extendable, modular learning
infrastructure architected for scale and
designed to support multiple teaching and
Both
learning solutions supporting multiple
Learning (desktop https://ww
languages particularly for millions of English Students
Sunbird Offline Asynchronous Management and Free w.sunbird.or
learners in the K-12 space. It could serve Hindi Educators
System mobile) g/
the needs of under resourced
environments and contexts. It is the open
source infrastructure developed by EkStep
Foundation in India and is licensed under
MIT licence.

Highlighted resources: The two Learning Management Systems (LMS) highlighted here are Moodle and Kolibri (from Learning Equality). Both platforms are
broadly used within the education landscape and both LMS can be used in low resources environment. They include features that facilitate the access to contents
in contexts with very limited connectivity.

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IV. Training

Connectivity Main Conditions Target

Name Description Interaction Platform Language Link
Type functionality of Use Group
A program that develops a love of
We love reading in children by training adults All Rights English https://welov
Offline Asynchronous Training Web based Adults
reading to read aloud to them in a public Reserved Arabic ereading.org/
space on a routine basis.
Learner-centered, skills-based learning Both (desktop Freemium https://www.
Cell-Ed Offline Synchronous Training English Students
platform. and mobile) version cell-ed.com/

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V. Video conference system

Connectivity Main Conditions Target

Name Description Interaction Platform Language Link
Type functionality of Use Group
English
Google Hangouts is a unified communications Mandarin
service that enables text, voice, or video Both Hindi
Video https://han
Google chats, either one-on-one or in a group. (desktop Spanish Students
Online Synchronous conference Free gouts.googl
Hangouts Hangouts is built into Gmail, YouTube, and and French Educators
system e.com/
Google Voice, plus there's Hangouts apps for mobile) Arabic
iOS, Android, and the web. Russian
Portuguese
Open source web conferencing system.
Video https://bigb
BigBlueButton supports real-time sharing of Desktop - Freemium Students
BigBlueButton Online Synchronous conference English luebutton.o
audio, video, slides (with whiteboard Browser version Educators
system rg/
controls), cha
Jitsi is a set of open-source projects that Online Synchronous Video Both Freemium English Students https://jitsi.
allows users to build and deploy secure conference (desktop version org/
Jitsi
videoconferencing solutions. system and
mobile)
English
Arabic
Bahasa
Indonesia
AWS is offering free use of all Amazon Chime
Both Dutch
Pro features for online meetings and video https://aws
Video (desktop Freemium Español Students
conferencing from March 4, 2020 to June 30, Online .amazon.co
Amazon Chime Synchronous conference and version French Educators
2020 for all customers that start using m/chime
system mobile) Italiano
Amazon Chime for the first time during this
Portuguese
period from their AWS account.
Tiếng Việt
Türkçe
Ρусский
ไทย

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日本語
한국어
中文 (简体)
中文 (繁體)

Highlighted resources: The two video conference systems highlighted here are Google Hangouts and Jitsi. Google Hangouts works in different environments,
is available in several language (is free if you have an account with the company) and can be used for up to 10 people for free with no time limit while education
institutions can use it for free for up to 250 people during the COVID-19 school closures. Jitsi is free open-source video conferencing for web. Both solutions work
on browser and mobile.

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Television and Radio

*Please note that some of the radio and or TV platforms listed here were earlier included in the section of national platforms (e.g. national public service broadcaster).
Those platforms in red were also included in the category of National Platforms
Mobile
Name Country Description Grades Format Language Link
App
English
Spanish
Portuguese
German
Dutch
French
Arabic
Japanese
Chinese
Sesame Street is an educational children's television series that combines
Hindi https://www.sesa
live action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by
Bangla meworkshop.org/
Sesame Workshop. The program is known for its engaging child friendly
150 TV, Radio, Dari, Pashto
Sesame Street programs communicated using Muppets characters, and includes short Ages 3 - 5 Yes
countries Online (Afghanistan) https://www.sesa
films, with humor and cultural references relevant to the country. The
Afrikaans, mestreet.org/carin
series first premiered in 1969. Now, contextual versions of Sesame Street
English, Zulu, g
are developed land aired locally in countries across the world.
Xhosa, Swazi,
Ndebele,
Sesotho,
Northern
Sotho,
Tsonga,
Tswana and
Venda (South
Africa)

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Kiswahili
English
Ubongo leverages the power of entertainment, the reach of mass media,
33 African PreK-9 TV, Radio, Kinyarwanda https://www.ubon
Ubongo and the connectivity of mobile devices, to deliver effective, localized Yes
countries Ages 3 - 14 Online Thai go.org/shows/
learning to African families at low cost and at scale.
French
Hausa

This is the state initiative of the State of Amazonas e Pará to support

https://www.youtu
remote learning through TV (the Brazilian Amazon region has a long
Aula Em Casa be.com/channel/U
Brazil tradition of this, going back to the 1970s). The content is also available on 6-12 TV, Online No Portuguese
Amazonas Cvn5vfHpe05D-
its YouTube channel, and complemented with its online platform hosted
_2wQioYbBw
on the ministry of education website.

China Education Television’s CETV4 "Same Class" began its live broadcast
Chinese Network on February 10, 2020 and has invited nearly 100 ‘famous’ schoolteachers http://www.centv.
TV, cn/cetv4/index.ht
Education China to teach the curriculum content across all levels of school education. It has PreK-12 - Chinese
Online
Television (CETV4) committed to provide high-quality curriculum content to students ml
throughout the country during the pandemic.

Česká Televize is a public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic. It

Czech also delivers educational television broadcasts for students. Its website https://edu.ceskate
Česká Televize K-12 TV, Online Yes Czech
Republic shares the scheduling as well as a very well-organized e-learning resources levize.cz/
for students and teachers on its website.

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Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has launched this

group to run 32 educational TV channels on 24x7 basis. CIET, NCERT 6 - 12
disseminates curriculum based educational TV programs for students and Higher English https://swayampra
Swayam Prabha India TV, Online Yes
teachers. These channels are available for viewing across the country Education Urdu bha.gov.in/
using DD free dish set top boxes and antennas. The channel schedule and Teachers
other details are available on its website.

TV Edukasi (Education TV, formerly TVE) is an Indonesian television station

TV Edukasi owned by Ministry of Education and Culture (MoEC). and began in 2004. https://tve.kemdik
K-12 TV, Radio, Indonesian bud.go.id
(Teleisi Pendidikan Indonesia Currently TV Edukasi has two channels: channel 1 for students and Yes
Teachers Online English
Indonesia) channel 2 for teachers. It is managed by Pustekkom, a semi-autonomous
body under the direction of its MOEC.

Edu TV is an initiative of the Ministry of Education (MoE) of Kenya in

collaboration with Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and
Kenya Broadcating Corporation (KBC) to provide educational learning via https://kicd.ac.ke/
free to air TV channels. KICD has been using Edu TV since 2016 to provide TV, Radio, Kiswahili broadcast-
EduTV Kenya 1-8 No
supplementary education aligned to the school curriculum. Lessons will be Online English schedule/tv-time-
broadcast on the KICD owned channel called “Edu Channel TV”. Schedules table-2020/
will be available on the KICD website. These broadcast TV lessons are also
available on its YouTube channel called Edu TV Kenya.

EBS is the Korean public broadcasting organization that aims to inform,

Korea Educational educate, engage, and enlighten people. Complementing public education
TV, Radio, Korean https://www.ebs.c
Broadcasting Korea in Korea, EBS is dedicated to ensuring accessibility and openness in K-12 Yes
Online English o.kr/main
System (EBS) education for all. It supports educational television program broadcasting
across the country.

Cloud-based online television (also on open and cable television).

TV, Online https://www.tavakl
Tavaklase Latvia Multimedia content and lessons of 20 min. organized by subject and 1-12 No Latvian
ase.lv/
grade.

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EduwebTV K-12 Malay http://eduwebtv.m

Malaysia This is the national education television organized by Ministry of TV, Online -
(TV Pendidikan) Teachers English oe.edu.my/
Education of Malaysia.

TV Okey is a Malaysian free-to-air television channel operated by the https://okey.rtm.g

TV Okey Malaysia 1-12 TV, Online Yes Malay
public broadcaster, Radio Televisyen Malaysia. It is also being used to air ov.my/
education programs for students during the COVID-19 school closures.

This is the Mexican government’s initiative that integrates different

learning strategies focused on the use of educational television for https://telesecund
Telesecundaria Mexico 6-12 TV, Online No Spanish
secondary school students. It began in 1968 aimed at out-of-school aria.sep.gob.mx/
students.

This is the public education television platform by the Ministry of http://econtent.ed

ESIS Edu Mongolia K-12 TV, Online Yes Mongolian
Education, Culture, Science and Sports of Mongolia. u.mn/

National television channel 4 named Athaqafia broadcasts educational French

lessons in Morocco. The Athaqafia channel is set to broadcast lessons PreK-9 Hausa
TV, Radio, http://www.snrtliv
Athaqafia TV Morocco daily according to the regular school curriculum. The lessons are also Ages 3 - 14 Yes French
Online e.ma/athaqafia
available on the digital terrestrial network TNT, Nilesat satellite, SNRT Live - Arabic
website and via a mobile application. English

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Broadcasting and Television National Company (SNRT) has dedicated its French
Higher TV, Radio, https://arryadia.snr
Arryadia TV Morocco sports channel named Arriyadia TV to also broadcast university lectures Yes Arabic
Education Online t.ma/
for students. English

Platform that provides daily educational videos. Contents are classified by English https://taleemghar
Taleem Ghar Pakistan K - 12 TV, Online yes
grades and subjects and are also downloadable (includes also an App) Urdu .punjab.gov.pk/

The portal provides educational materials for self-study. Every week, new
https://cifra.school
CIFRA Russia lessons will appear aligned with the textbook contents. Educational 1-11 TV, Online - Russian
/
materials are organized in 6 subjects for students from grades 1 to 11.

Ministry of Education has organized Ain channel to be the education

Saudi Arabic http://www.ientv.e
Ain channel channel for all grades. Students can gain access to their classes through 20 K - 12 TV, Online Yes
Arabia English du.sa/
Ein channels on TV and Ain’s YouTube channel.

This is a Spanish platform that offers digital learning resources for children
between 3 to 10 years of age. This has been developed in coordination PreK - 5
https://www.rtve.e
EduClan Spain with the Spanish Ministry of Education and major players from the Ages 3 - 10 TV, Online Yes Spanish
s/educlan/
publishing industry. This content is also available on TV via ‘Apredemos En years
Casa’.

In the Regional Basque TV channel (EITB3), students (ages 6 to 10) can

watch, from Monday to Friday, the scheduled educational content
https://www.eitb.e
Bitartean, etxetik organized by subject and age. Students have also the opportunity to Spanish
Spain Ages 6-10 TV, Online Yes us/eu/hiru3/bitarte
ikasten access to these videos using the app, the YouTube channel and the Basque
an-etxetik-ikasten/
website. The videos combine animations with the presence of a teacher
broadcasting the lesson.

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“All-Ukrainian School Online” - lessons in 11 subjects for students in https://www.unian

UNIAN Ukraine 5-11 TV, Online - Russian
grades 5–11 classes. Classes appear on the schedule plate on a daily base. .net/uroki-onlayn

Fairfax Network in Virginia creates free programming for educators to use https://www.fcps.e
in the classroom. The programs are also offered free to public television du/news-features-
United stations and cable systems that serve school systems across the US. and-events/fairfax-
FAIRFAX COUNTY K-12 TV, Online No English
States Program content covers a variety of topics across curriculum areas and network/fairfax-
grade levels, as well as exemplary instructional strategies to assist network-
teachers with their practice. programming

KQED is broadcasting a California state standards-aligned educational

television programming. This was developed to help schools and districts https://www.kqed.
United
KQED bridge the digital divide and provide equitable access to learning for all PreK-12 TV, Online - English org/education/ath
Stated
students at home, regardless of access to internet or computers. This runs omelearning
on all weekdays.

South Carolina ETV (SCETV) is the state's public educational broadcasting

United network. SCETV provides national and local educational programs to TV, Radio, https://www.scetv.
SCETV K-12 - English
States students at home (and classrooms during regular school days) via the Online org/television
internet through Knowitall.org, LearningWhy, and PBS Learning Media.

This is New York’s education TV program that provides lessons on the

WCNY’s TV United TV, Radio, https://www.wcny.
themes of ELA, math, science, health and physical education, history, and K-12 No English
Classroom States Online org/tvclassroom/
social studies.

TV,
United Washington DC Teachers' Union s partnering with Fox5, its sister station, https://www.wtulo
K-High Online,
WTU States FoxPlus WDCA-TV to air 30 min. lessons on television for students during No English cal6.net/distance_l
School Radio
school closures. earning

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This radio outlet, established in 2012 to broadcast grade 12- lessons, has
been upgraded early this year with improved equipment and technology.
Voice of Education West Bank Arabic https://www.faceb
The radio stopped its regular broadcast and has been quick to broadcast 1-12 Radio No
Radio and Gaza English ook.com/FMedu/
lessons targeting all school levels for 12 hours each day, by capitalizing on
the competences of skilled teachers.

The Rawafed educational portal is set up to achieve the goals of the

http://rawafed.edu
West Bank Ministry of Education and Higher Education, and to support quality Arabic
Rawafed TV 1-12 TV, Online Yes .ps/portal/elearnin
and Gaza teaching and learning. Rawafed TV broadcasts educational lessons for English
g/
students to support remote learning.

Highlighted resources: Two television portals worth additionally highlighting are Swayam Prabha (India) and Sesame Street (150 countries). Swayam Prabha
is a group of 32 channels devoted to telecasting of educational programs on 24x7 basis using satellite. Sesame Street is a multilingual platform available via
television, radio, online and via mobile phones that provides high quality content made contextually relevant different countries.

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