Changing the perception of quality education in India
It is said that when you do something different, change the status quo, and touch lives, the world will listen to you. Along with a spotlight, you are also under a microscope. You now have the responsibility of continuing to work for the betterment and bring change.
We realised that even though India produced talented engineers and medical professionals, its primary system of education was not enough for most students. This is why students had turned to coaching classes. However, due to large batch sizes and the same classroom methodology, coaching classes turned out to be an expensive but mediocre and unsatisfactory solution. Entrance exams and board exams are extremely competitive. Students needed a well made, thoughtful product that actually solved their problems.
Once we analysed where students were suffering the most, we had a fair idea of what they needed:
- A solution that personalised their learning and education at a cost that did not burn a hole through their parents’ pockets.
- A solution that tailored itself to suit their individual needs, learning styles, and speed instead of a tutor that used a one-size-fits-all approach for hundreds of children at a time.
- A solution to get their doubts solved instantly at any time of the day, skipping the wait for a specific professor.
Based on this, and many more seemingly minute but extremely important insights, we created Toppr.
Toppr started as a dream to bring a revolution in India’s education industry in the minds of our co-founders. Today, it has touched over 4.7 million students. These students have attempted close to 247 million questions as a part of practice tests and mock exams. They have also asked close to 2.6 million doubts on our Doubts on Chat app and gotten most of them solved in under 90 seconds.
As I said before, when we made such a lasting impact in such a short span of time, people were more than ready to listen to our story and our plans for the future. This is when we were contacted by the journalists at CNBC. They wanted to interview Zishaan Hayath, our CEO and Co-founder, as part of their “Awaaz Entrepreneur” program.
Here’s what he had to say:
The Statesman saw our work and wanted to highlight the use of technology to give students a holistic learning approach. Zishaan authored an article, helping parents and students embrace e-learning.
Our in-house chatbot called Doubts on Chat is powered by Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. This inspired an article that was published in BW Education.
Afternoon DC saw the potential that technology holds when it comes to helping students face high-stress situations. We authored an article on “The need for tech led learning to de-stress students”.
With the advent of technology in the education industry, teachers are experiencing a sizeable shift in their roles. The Times of India explored their journey as they adapted to their new roles and harnessed the power of technology. The Times interviewed two of our in-house teachers-turned-virtual-tutors to find out more about how their methodologies and strategies had changed.
As we continue to grow our student base, we see a change in the mindset amongst parents. They have begun to accept e-learning as a quality form of education and urging their children to embrace it.
