5 ed-tech platforms enabling effective preparation for students with live classes

The landscape of formal education in India is based on a relatively archaic model. The system is largely exam-driven, theoretical and practical, but the new generation of learners has more intense demands from education. Nevertheless, ed-tech platforms have simplified the problem of quality education and have provided accessibility to study at any location, anytime.

Live streaming of classes online is fast emerging as a potential monetization tool for education technology. Live classes have proven to be more effective in driving student activity, with 3X higher engagement compared to recorded videos and lectures, eventually helping aspirants score better. The need for quality education is massive and under-penetrated.

Here are 5 ed-tech platforms enabling effective preparation for students with live classes

Adda247

Adda247 is focused on helping every student access quality education and training to become capable of cracking the most intensive competitive examinations. They offer live classes to the students to get hands-on learning on concepts and give them an experience of a real-time classroom. The mobile app has been focusing on the growth and proper training of the brightest minds in the country. The Adda247 store has a compilation of the updated syllabus of all the government and public sector examinations. It prepares students for multiple Banking, SSC and CTET exams such as SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, IBPS RRB, RBI Assistant, SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, TET, DSSSB, etc.

Gradeup

Gradeup, through its website and app, helps more than 1.3 crore registered students across 2500 cities in the country to prepare actively for various exams and score better. It has been leveraging the latest technologies to fill the gaps in the current education system. Their online live classes have been a game changer. They offer a virtual classroom learning experience, which includes interactive live classes, mind maps, mock tests with live analysis as well as 1-to-1 mentorship. These have proven to be more effective in driving student activity, with 4X higher engagement compared to recorded videos and lectures. This becomes a formidable model when it is combined with structured planning and methodology to offer a day-wise study plan.

Toppr

Toppr caters to the individual learning styles of candidates and provides the widest K12 syllabus coverage with 1 million course combinations. It currently has over 8 million students on its platform and helps them prepare for various school, board, and competitive exams. Toppr offers free live classes for all students. Any student can download the app and attend these live classes to either learn about new concepts live or to clear their doubts and watch teachers answer them in real time. Toppr uploads a time table of their classes well in advance so that students can attend easily.

Vedantu

Vedantu enables students to learn live with some of India's best-curated teachers. Vedantu has over 500 teachers who have taught more than 1 Million hours to over 40,000 students spread across 1000 cities from more than 30 countries. Vedantu’s online tutoring platform enables live interactive learning between a teacher and a student. It offers individual and group classes. On Vedantu, a teacher is able to give personalized teaching using two-way audio, video and whiteboarding tools where both teacher and student are able to see, hear, write and interact in real-time.

Byju’s

The Learning App is the popular brand name for Think and Learn Private Ltd., a Bangalore-based educational technology (ed-tech) and online tutoring firm founded in 2011 by Byju Raveendran at Bengaluru (India). In March 2019, it was the world's most valued ed-tech company at $5.4 billion (Rs 37,000 crore). Their flagship product is a mobile app named BYJU'S-The Learning App launched in August 2015. It serves visual and personalized educational content mainly to school students from classes 4 to 12 (primary to higher secondary level education). Besides, the company trains students for competitive examinations in India such as IIT-JEE, NEET, CAT, IAS as well as for international examinations such as GRE and GMAT.