“Amari Shala, Digital Shala” is a flagship initiative by Udan Foundation aimed at transforming government primary schools by digitizing decades of manual student and school records. In many rural and urban schools across Gujarat, critical data such as enrollment, category, transfers, and All details are still maintained in physical registers—resulting in time-consuming processes, frequent errors, and data loss. This project bridges the digital gap by creating centralized, secure, and easily accessible digital records for every student.
So far, the project has successfully digitized over 12,00,000+ student records across 210+ government schools in the Bhavnagar district. It not only reduces the administrative burden on principals and teachers but also improves transparency, accuracy, and long-term student tracking. By identifying bright or underprivileged students early, it creates a foundation for targeted support like scholarships and rewards. The project also generates local employment by training rural youth as data entry operators and aligns with national priorities like Digital India and SDG 4 – Quality Education.
Student data digitized across hundreds of government schools.
Entire Bhavnagar district schools transformed under the project.
Principals and teachers save 2–3 hours every day in admin tasks.
Centralized and secure digital storage for school records.
Better transparency and accuracy in school data management.
Helps identify bright and underprivileged students for aid.
Enables better planning by school staff and education officers.
Rural youth trained and hired as data entry operators.
Minimized risk of data loss, duplication, or unauthorized access.
Scalable project model that can be extended to other districts.
Supports Digital India and Sustainable Development Goal 4.
Explore the visual impact of our work in rural schools through the Amari Shala Digital Shala initiative.
