Worldreader, Jio tie-up to bring children’s books for 15 crore JioPhone users

Global non-profit education organisation Worldreader on Tuesday said it has entered into a strategic partnership with Reliance Jio to make accessible children’s books to 15 crore JioPhone users.

According to the 2019 Annual Status of Education Report on Early Years, nearly 80 per cent of Indian households have no reading materials at all. “Through Worldreader’s BookSmart application on Jio phones, the partnership brings free children’s books to more than 150 million beneficiaries from under-resourced households across India, most of whom are first-time internet users,” Worldreader said in a statement.

BookSmart will be accessible to JioPhone users through JioPhone’s app store inside the education category. BookSmart gives parents, caregivers, and pre- and primary-grade students access to a library of curated and age-appropriate books through the app.