EKA

EKA is a teacher-first platform hosted on Whatsapp, designed to empower educators to lead problem-solving in classrooms through computational thinking, dialogue, and spaces for learner reflection. At its core, the platform is part of a larger goal to enable learners and educators to navigate through a dynamic world, equipped with future thinking, critical thinking, social awareness, and digital agency, and a supportive ecosystem needed to thrive in life. 

Built from years of on-ground experience, EKA is less an instructor and more a companion which strengthens educator agency and confidence. It was piloted in government schools across 6 states in India in 2025. With a holistic capacity-building approach, the platform has been accessed by 18,000+ educators reaching out to 60,000+ learners (Grades 6-10) within a three-month period in Odisha, Gujarat, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana. 

EKA’s content focuses on the fundamentals of the Ideathon-Hackathon (IH) process, and the changing world of work by creating awareness about emerging careers, equipping educators to shift from being mere participants in activities to facilitators who tinker, problem solve, and lead meaningful learning experiences. 

The Context

Educators often don’t have access to the right resources and process understanding to enable learners in sharpening their critical and computational thinking skills. While Ideathons-Hackathons helped educators in recognising the value of these experiences in building critical thinking skills in learners, sustaining the same environment and experiences in schools requires time, clarity, and consistent support. 

EKA met educators midway and took their realities into account — heavy administrative load, and limited space and time — by organizing the IH journey into clear stages for learners and educators, alongside practical prompts that guided planning, facilitation, and follow-through at each step. 

Onboarding began with a clear orientation that established expectations from educators and defined their role in guiding learners through the ideathon journey. The focus was on helping learners observe their surroundings, identify challenges, and think about problems differently. 

Over time, learners drafted problem statements, engaged in structured research to support their statements, gathered information, and refined their ideas into solutions that responded to real-life problems. 

The process was sustained through a coordinated effort between learners, educators, EKA, Quest mentors, and mentor associates. Educators were equipped with tools, methods, and frameworks to plan and conduct an IH with students. EKA’s AI-enabled Ask a Query feature also allowed educators to receive timely guidance when questions arose, while tools to share learning artifacts and access mentor support sustained their engagement throughout the process.

Educator Quote, School, State

Learner Quote, School, State

Mentor Quote, School, State

By providing consistent, timely guidance through Whatsapp, EKA is supporting the creation of learning environments where problem-solving is practiced and sustained over time. It has fostered a positive perception of learner identity and created spaces for reflection, constructive conversations, and innovative learning experiences.