WASHINGTON: The CEO of Tesla an American electric vehicle and clean energy company, Elon Musk has donated $5 million to digital learning non-profit organization Khan Academy.
In a YouTube video post, Khan Academy founder, Salman Khan thanked Elon Musk and Musk Foundation for the donation. He said, “Elon, I hope you really feel good about this. This is going to allow us to accelerate all sorts of content. Our aspirations are all subjects; from kids to early stages of college”.
“This will accelerate our science content, allow us to do more early learning, allow us to make the software and the practice that much more engaging,” Khan said in the video.
“I view this type of investment in what we’re doing as really foundational for us to be able to build a multi-generational institution so that future Elon Musks of the world are also able to tap into their potential and help all of us up-level who we are as a civilization,” he added.
In 2002, the Musk Foundation was founded with a plan to support research in renewable energy, human space exploration, pediatrics and science, engineering.
According to the Foundation website, the resources in the Khan Academy portal have been translated into dozens of languages, and the platform has over 120 million registered users, with around 30 million students using the learning platform every month.
Khan Academy helped many students learn and grow in their domains during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns.
