Khan Academy:- A Revolution in Free Education

                                 

Khan Academy. On a first read u think it’s one of the bollywood Khan’s theatre Academy. But reading down further u get to know that you are in for a ride. This is one of the most innovative and the noblest thing being done by a person till date. This person has revolutionised education. Free online study video’s for everyone to learn and grow. Where everyone is in for profit making, Salman is running a non profit organisation for the people around the world.

Salman khan Born to a Bengali mother and Bangladeshi father is a MIT graduate and a MBA from Harvard. The Khan Academy started with Khan remotely tutoring his cousins interactively using Yahoo Doodle images. These sessions got famous with other cousins taking advantage of the same, other friends and cousins started taking advantage, remote tutoring. This is when YouTube came into play. Khan saved a lot of his as well as his cousin’s time, wherein Khan started  to make YouTube video tutorials.  He recorded audio narratives with a Samson C03U USB  Condenser.Video lessons subjects varying  from Finance to Biology and many more pouring in, tutors from various disciplines are giving video lessons for the students around the world to watch and grasp. 

                                             

Khan left his job as a Hedge fund analyst and followed his passion of teaching. Khan's efforts have born fruit with monetary support pouring in from Philanthropic sources of the likes,Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Google announcing $2 million aid and many more coming forward to support this noble cause of free education for all. With such kind of support its growing bigger and better day by day. Way to go Mr. Khan. All the very Best.

Attached below is an example video:- 

References:- 

en.wikipedia.org

www.khanacademy.org