Digital Learning

Our Mission
Our mission is to improve global education through technology. Pehla Apps, created by MAQ Software, seeks to reach the 250 million underserved schoolchildren in India. According to the ASER 2018 report, although over 95% of children in India are enrolled in school, many students face significant learning gaps. Only a quarter of Indian schoolchildren ages 8-9 can read and do math at grade level.
With low-cost internet access and advances in hardware and software, learning apps provide an opportunity to improve learning outcomes worldwide. For example, Google showcased the power of new technology by using advances in natural language processing (NLP) for speech recognition in its free Read Along with Google application. Read Along with Google improves literacy skills in Hindi, Bangla, Urdu, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, and English and has been downloaded more than five million times from Google Play.
Our main goal was to make education engaging. Pehla Apps, based on the award-winning software developed through the Global Learning XPRIZE, is a suite of free learning apps localized to the Indian subcontinent. We optimized the open-source learning apps for global implementation. As Android advances text-to-speech technology, we will continue to adapt Pehla Apps to operate on new versions of Android-based software and hardware.
By supplementing existing digital tools, Pehla Apps enables Indian school systems and non-profits to dramatically improve learning outcomes.
About the Global Learning XPRIZE
In 2014, Elon Musk funded the $15 million Global Learning XPRIZE, which challenged participants to develop education technology for the quarter billion children around the globe who cannot read, write, or do math. Out of the initial pool of nearly 200 applicants, XPRIZE selected five finalists (Kitkit School, onebillion, Chimple, CCI, RoboTutor) to receive $1 million each. In 2019, the XPRIZE foundation announced two co-winners: Kitkit School and onebillion.
In field testing, the apps generated remarkable learning outcomes. For example, students who used Kitkit School showed an average reading test improvement of 30–45% and an average math test improvement of 14–37%. Students who did not use the app showed little-to-no change in their test scores.
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Our apps are based on award-winning software that produces powerful, proven learning results.
पहला स्कूल – Pehla School
पहला स्कूल – Pehla School is a free learning app designed for ages 3-10. Based on Global Learning XPRIZE co-winner Kitkit School, पहला स्कूल – Pehla School engages children through over 2,400 learning activities, including interactive games, videos, books, music, and art.
पहला स्कूल – Pehla School offers hundreds of fun lessons that teach children reading, writing, and math skills. Lessons progress as your child learns, teaching new skills while reinforcing previous material. पहला स्कूल – Pehla School is free; there are no ads or subscriptions.
पहला स्कूल – Pehla School helps kids:
Learn on their own: Kids learn reading and math skills through 2,400 fun activities.
Personalize instruction: Kids can choose from a variety of reading and math lessons. The app offers 280 literacy sessions, 260 math sessions, 130 multi-level books, and 120 videos.
Read without distractions: पहला स्कूल – Pehla School works offline without ads, allowing children to focus on their current lesson.
Discover many topics: The app covers a variety of engaging topics, including animals, science, friendship, and role models.
Showcase creativity: The app offers virtual musical instruments, a blackboard to practice writing, and drawing and coloring tools to create unique artwork.

Pehla School
Pehla School is a free learning app. Designed for ages 3-10, Pehla School engages children with over 2,400 learning activities. Activities include interactive games, videos, books, music, and art.
Pehla School is based on Kitkit School*, a $15 million Global Learning XPRIZE co-winner. Kitkit School increased students’ reading scores 30 to 45% and math scores 14 to 37%. Kids love using Kitkit School. 81% of students who downloaded the app were actively using it a year later. To learn more about the original Kitkit School application, visit http://www.kitkitschool.com.
Pehla School contains hundreds of fun lessons that teach children reading, writing, and math skills. Lessons progress as your child learns, teaching new skills while reinforcing previous exercises. Pehla School is free. There are no ads or subscriptions.
Pehla School helps kids:
Learn on their own: Kids learn reading and math skills through 2,400 fun activities.
Personalize instruction: Kids can choose from a variety of reading and math lessons. The app includes 280 literacy sessions, 260 math sessions, 130 multi-level books, and 120 videos.
Read without distractions: Pehla School works offline without ads, allowing children to focus on the current lesson.
Discover many topics: The app covers a variety of engaging topics, including animals, science, friendship, and role models.
Showcase creativity: The app includes virtual instruments, a blackboard to practice writing, and drawing and coloring tools to create unique artwork.

Pehla School – پہلا سکول
Pehla School – پہلا سکول is a free learning app. Designed for ages 3-10, Pehla School – پہلا سکول engages children with over 2,400 learning activities. Activities include interactive games, videos, books, music, and art.
Pehla School – پہلا سکول is based on Kitkit School*, a $15 million Global Learning XPRIZE co-winner. Kitkit School increased students’ reading scores 30 to 45% and math scores 14 to 37%. Kids love using Kitkit School. 81% of students who downloaded the app were actively using it a year later. To learn more about the original Kitkit School application, visit http://www.kitkitschool.com.
Pehla School – پہلا سکول contains hundreds of fun lessons that teach children reading, writing, and math skills. Lessons progress as your child learns, teaching new skills while reinforcing previous exercises. Pehla School – پہلا سکول is free. There are no ads or subscriptions.
Pehla School – پہلا سکول helps kids:
Learn on their own: Kids learn reading and math skills through 2,400 fun activities.
Personalize instruction: Kids can choose from a variety of reading and math lessons. The app includes 280 literacy sessions, 260 math sessions, 130 multi-level books, and 120 videos.
Read without distractions: Pehla School – پہلا سکول works offline without ads, allowing children to focus on the current lesson.
Discover many topics: The app covers a variety of engaging topics, including animals, science, friendship, and role models.
Showcase creativity: The app includes virtual instruments, a blackboard to practice writing, and drawing and coloring tools to create unique artwork.

পহেলা স্কুল – Pehla School
পহেলা স্কুল – Pehla School is a free learning app. Designed for ages 3-10, পহেলা স্কুল – Pehla School engages children with over 2,400 learning activities. Activities include interactive games, videos, books, music, and art.
পহেলা স্কুল – Pehla School is based on Kitkit School*, a $15 million Global Learning XPRIZE co-winner. Kitkit School increased students’ reading scores 30 to 45% and math scores 14 to 37%. Kids love using Kitkit School. 81% of students who downloaded the app were actively using it a year later. To learn more about the original Kitkit School application, visit http://www.kitkitschool.com.
পহেলা স্কুল – Pehla School contains hundreds of fun lessons that teach children reading, writing, and math skills. Lessons progress as your child learns, teaching new skills while reinforcing previous exercises. পহেলা স্কুল – Pehla School is free. There are no ads or subscriptions.
পহেলা স্কুল – Pehla School helps kids:
Learn on their own: Kids learn reading and math skills through 2,400 fun activities.
Personalize instruction: Kids can choose from a variety of reading and math lessons. The app includes 280 literacy sessions, 260 math sessions, 130 multi-level books, and 120 videos.
Read without distractions: পহেলা স্কুল – Pehla School works offline without ads, allowing children to focus on the current lesson.
Discover many topics: The app covers a variety of engaging topics, including animals, science, friendship, and role models.
Showcase creativity: The app includes virtual instruments, a blackboard to practice writing, and drawing and coloring tools to create unique artwork.

पहला क्लास – Pehla Class
पहला क्लास – Pehla Class is a free app. Designed for ages 3-10, पहला क्लास – Pehla Class engages kids with hundreds of learning activities, interactive games, and stories.
Anna, पहला क्लास – Pehla Class’s digital teacher, teach kids reading, writing, and math skills. Kids learn by working through an ordered set of learning units, and weekly diagnostic tests address any gaps in learning. Best of all, पहला क्लास – Pehla Class is free! There are no ads or subscriptions.
पहला क्लास – Pehla Class helps kids:
Learn on their own: Kids learn reading, writing, and math skills through community mode and the Play Zone. Community mode enables kids to practice any learning unit they desire with other members of the community. The Play Zone encourages kids to continue learning through games.
Personalize instruction: Kids can choose from a variety of reading, writing, and math lessons. The app includes hundreds of learning activities in these subjects, over 370 stories, and a video library designed to put learning in context.
Read without distractions: पहला क्लास – Pehla Class works offline, without ads, allowing kids to focus on the current lesson.
Embrace creativity: पहला क्लास – Pehla Class includes a collection of audio stories, a library, a doodle pad, a video maker, and several games.

Pehla Class
Pehla Class is a free learning app designed for ages 3-10. Based on Global Learning XPRIZE co-winner onecourse, Pehla Class engages kids with hundreds of learning activities, interactive games, and stories.
Anna, Pehla Class’s digital teacher, teaches kids reading, writing, and math skills. Kids learn by working through an ordered set of learning units, with weekly diagnostic tests to address any learning gaps. Best of all, Pehla Class is free, with no ads or subscriptions.
Pehla Class helps kids:
Learn on their own: Kids learn reading, writing, and math skills through community mode and the Play Zone. Community mode enables kids to practice any learning unit they desire with other members of the community. The Play Zone encourages kids to continue learning through games.
Personalize instruction: Kids can choose from a variety of reading, writing, and math lessons. The app offers hundreds of learning activities in these subjects, over 370 stories, and a video library designed to put learning in context.
Read without distractions: Pehla Class works offline, without ads, allowing kids to focus on their current lesson.
Embrace creativity: Pehla Class offers a collection of audio stories, a library, a doodle pad, a video maker, and several games.

सिम्पल क्लास – Simple Class
सिम्पल क्लास – Simple Class is a free learning app. Designed for ages 3-10, सिम्पल क्लास – Simple Class engages students with 80 different learning activities, including interactive games, stories, and puzzles.
Lessons are designed as games that teach children reading and writing, math, science, puzzles, and coding while keeping learning fun. Level completion and bonus badges gamify each step of the learning process, ensuring that feelings of achievement accompany advances in learning. सिम्पल क्लास – Simple Class is free—there are no ads or subscriptions
सिम्पल क्लास – Simple Class helps kids:
Learn on their own: Kids learn using 80 fun different activities in a variety of subject areas.
Stay interested: Kids learn through games, tying early learning to achievement and not work.
Personalize instructions: Kids choose from a variety of lessons in reading and writing, math, science, puzzles, and coding. The app includes 13 alphabet sessions, 5 writing sessions, 19 sentences sessions, 20 numbers sessions, 15 stories, and 8 map activities.
Read without distractions: सिम्पल क्लास – Simple Class works offline, without ads, allowing children to focus on the current lesson.
Explore the world around them: The app’s stories cover a variety of engaging topics, including everyday life, animals, friendship, and sports.

Simple Class
Simple Class is a free learning app designed for ages 3-10. Based on Global Learning XPRIZE finalist Chimple, Simple Class engages students with 80 varied learning activities, including interactive games, stories, and puzzles.
Lessons in Simple Class are designed as games that teach children reading and writing, math, science, puzzles, and coding while keeping learning fun. Leveling and bonus badges encourage feelings of achievement as students advance in their learning. Simple Class is free; there are no ads or subscriptions.
Simple Class helps kids:
Learn on their own: Kids learn using 80 fun different activities in a variety of subject areas.
Stay interested: Kids learn through games, tying early learning to achievement (instead of work).
Personalize instructions: Kids choose from a variety of lessons in reading and writing, math, science, puzzles, and coding. The app includes 13 alphabet sessions, 5 writing sessions, 19 sentences sessions, 20 numbers sessions, 15 stories, and 8 map activities.
Read without distractions: Simple Class works offline, without ads, allowing children to focus on their current lesson.
Explore the world around them: The app’s stories cover a variety of engaging topics, including everyday life, animals, friendship, and sports.

सीसीआई – CCI
सीसीआई – CCI is a free, comprehensive learning app for children ages 3-10. Based on Global Learning XPRIZE finalist CCI, सीसीआई – CCI offers thousands of activities including lessons, books, and games for kids to explore.
Fun lessons teach children reading, writing, and math. सीसीआई – CCI is free with no ads or subscription fees. Go to http://cciny.net for more information.
CCI helps kids:
Engage: Learning activities are rich, flexible, and interactive.
Learn on their own: Kids learn reading, writing, and math through thousands of fun activities.
Stay interested: Lessons progress as children learn, creating new challenges and encouraging active interest.
Personalize instruction: Kids can choose their own favorite lessons and games.
Read without distractions: सीसीआई – CCI works offline, without ads, allowing kids to focus on their current lesson.


पहला स्कूल – Pehla School

Pehla School

Pehla School – پہلا سکول

পহেলা স্কুল – Pehla School

पहला क्लास – Pehla Class

Pehla Class

सिम्पल क्लास – Simple Class

Simple Class

सीसीआई – CCI