Key Challenges

EMPOWER PRAGATI Ballistic Learning helps Empower Pragati to expand the reach of its skill training initiatives through the use of e-Learning Portal.

Overview Empower Pragati is an India-based private sector social enterprise specializing in livelihood skill development to empower India’s disadvantaged youth. The venture focuses on innovative vocational and skill straining programs that seek to create sustainable livelihoods for the urban and rural poor. Empower Pragati is an Investee company of the National Skills Development Corporation of India.

“Empower Pragati’s vision is to transform the weakest and the most vulnerable segments of our society,viz. girls, minorities, school drop outs, migrants and disabledinto empowered, financially-secure, productive human assets.”  

Prof. P. Lalvani Director & Co-founder, Empower Pragati

. EP's three main goals are: •  Conducting skill development programs for unemployed

youth •  Conducting skill development programs in schools and

colleges •  Conducting skill development programs for vulnerable

youth - women, juveniles, disabled

CHALLENGE As with most skill development entity in India in recent times, Empower Pragati was under pressure to reach out and train large numbers of people. Setting up on ground centers, recruiting trainers and monitoring quality were investment and infrastructure intensive options. Initiating e-learning and taking majority of their training to the net was the only viable scaling solution available. The requirement from Empower Pragati also needed to be turned around within a small time frame. To address these challenges and get the project quickly off the ground, EP was seeking partner with prior expertise in e-learning who could advise, develop and deploy the system. EP reached out to Ballistic Learning to assist on the same.

SOLUTION

Ballistic Learning partnered with EP and advised on various facets of e-Learning, such as: Ø Sharing evidence based e-Learning deployment best practices Ø Assisting EP in discovering and firming up their requirements

Ballistic Learning first showcased Moodle LMS functionality and advantages to assist EP in taking their final decision on LMS. Once Moodle was identified as the LMS best suited for the implementation, BL undertook the following tasks:

Ø Branding and Configuring Moodle to align to firmed up requirements Ø  Training EP staff in Moodle administration Ø Assisting EP staff in populating Moodle with instructional resources and

assessments Ø Sharing rapid e-learning content development knowledge with EP with regard to

effective content authoring tools and their usage Ø Hosting and Support of EP's Moodle LMS

Why EP chose Ballistic Learning

EP was keen to work with a vendor that had a broad range of deployment experience - LMS deployment, training, hosting infrastructure, e-learning pedagogy expertise. They were satisfied with BL portfolio and experience.