• Dr. Giselle Ann Dsouza
• Chandarprabha Sharma

As the world searched for solutions with the COVID-19 pandemic bringing life to an unforeseen halt, the educational fraternity instantaneously switched to the online mode of instruction. Schools catering to the elite successfully made a smooth transition from ‘brick to click classrooms’. Contrastingly, the needs of the underprivileged students for an equal access to education in a virtual world went unnoticed, creating a digital divide. It was at this juncture, that a group of determined academicians and social activists rallied together for a worthy cause. They undertook the noble mission of evolving and implementing ‘PhoneShaala’- a resilient pedagogy to break barriers and build bridges, extending education to the marginalized learners who have no access to a smartphone or sophisticated technological resources and portals. The endeavour was based on the rationale ‘Education for all through a toll free call’. This research paper provides a peek into the execution of Project PhoneShaala which led to the creation of a rich repository of 526 audio lessons which could be conveniently accessed by 573 disadvantaged learners from 3 States across the country. It evaluates the effectiveness of the venture in terms of the stakeholders’ perceptions of 3 dimensions, namely, Audio Lesson Efficacy, Goal Attainment and Domain-Based Learning. Results indicated that the variance of Goal Attainment and Domain Based Learning was the highest, suggesting that a combination of these two variables made a significant contribution to enhancing the effectiveness of the resilient pedagogy PhoneShaala. This highlights the immense worth of this project, the reach of which can be extended in the near future to take literacy from the status of dream to reality in a developing Nation like India even beyond the ongoing COVID pandemic.

PhoneShaala, EduCreators, EduModerators, Audio Lesson Efficacy, Goal Attainment and Domain-Based Learning.

"Project PhoneShaala: Where Education is Just a Call Away", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no.c54-c58, August-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208206.pdf

"Project PhoneShaala: Where Education is Just a Call Away", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no. ppc54-c58, August-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208206.pdf