Andhra Pradesh has entered into a strategic partnership with Canva to provide free access to Canva for Education across all government schools in the state. The agreement covers students, teachers and education department officials, positioning the southern state as the first in India to enable statewide access to the global visual communication platform, according to official announcements and media reports.
The partnership has been formalised between the School Education Department, Samagra Shiksha and Canva, and is framed as part of a broader effort to transform public education through technology and creativity. Under the initiative, students will be able to use Canva tools to create presentations, projects, infographics, videos, graphics and other visual learning content, with the stated goal of building digital, communication, design-thinking and problem‑solving skills needed in the modern economy.
Authorities plan to implement the rollout in four phases across Andhra Pradesh to manage adoption and capacity building. The phased plan includes statewide onboarding and account provisioning, a Training of Trainers programme to build teacher capacity, classroom adoption with curriculum‑aligned content creation and integration with existing digital learning platforms, followed by full‑scale implementation, monitoring and impact assessment. The initiative is expected to benefit large numbers of students and teachers and is being described as a milestone in the state’s push toward technology‑enabled education and human resource development.
Subject to technical feasibility, Canva is slated for integration with Andhra Pradesh’s flagship Learning Excellence in Andhra Pradesh (LEAP) app, the Google Workspace ecosystem and Chromebooks being deployed in schools. Officials say this is intended to create a more seamless digital learning environment and deepen classroom engagement. The state’s education bodies also plan to develop Telugu and English template libraries aligned with State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) and curriculum objectives, including foundational literacy and numeracy goals, to localise the platform for classroom use.
State representatives have framed the move as part of a strategy to reduce the digital divide by bringing global‑standard learning tools into government classrooms. They have also highlighted privacy safeguards, teacher‑controlled artificial intelligence features and role‑based permissions on the platform as mechanisms to ensure student safety while expanding access to digital tools.
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