www.shiksha.com
Specialised sites such as Shiksha promise to help school and college students
find the right courses and institutions
E-learning, online educations, e-books, online tutorials and more education is
no longer restricted to books and classrooms.
Internationally, online education searches are common. Here in India, Info Edge
has launched Shiksha
www.shiksha.com
an education portal that claims to be a comprehensive one-stop resource for
information on education. Shiksha.com will provide a platform to students in
the 15-24 age group to research courses and colleges online. At the same time
it will enable educational institutes to reach out to their target audience.
What’s in it?
Shiksha.com has over 70,000 listings on institutes, courses, events,
admissions, results and scholarships.
It lists information on graduate, post graduate programmes and vocational
courses from colleges in India and in countries like Singapore, US, UK,
Australia etc. Users can find details on professional, overseas, test
preparations, executive short term courses.
The site allows users to interact with other Shiksha.com users, college and
alumni groups. It hosts an Ask and Answer section for users to get their queries
answered by expert counsellors and others.
Giving directions
Shiksha.com, has also partnered with Kum Kum Tandon, a renowned career
counsellor and will also have a dedicated section on her books on education.
The portal will also enable educational institutions to upload videos,
presentations and documents to communicate with students online.
Keeping with the fact that an offline presence is always useful, Info Edge
already has a task force across eight cities.
E-ducation rocks
The site believes that E-learning in its current form is limited to the top
layer of the pyramid. There is need for it to percolate to the lowest layer.
Use of innovative technology, always works when it comes to promoting online
education. A case in point being Edurite’s Mobile PC solution for education. It
is affordable, can be moved around from one place to another and fulfills the
required needs.
With search tools like Shiksha, students can find education options and even
get in touch with school and college alumni (even form a group). This way, a
student doesn’t have to run from pillar to post or learn about what courses are
on offer.
www.Extramarks.com
Students who don’t like the idea of taking private tuitions outside their home
and switch to a better alternative it’s online and doesn’t put a dent in the
pocket
Most students need an additional helping hand at their studies after school.
Unfortunately, parents are not often able to help with their books and kids are
just compelled to take private tuitions. However, private tuitions always
entail high costs, commuting and are very rarely flexible. That’s why more and
more students are going online for that extra help.
Help at hand
www.Extramarks.com
is a website that provides educational support to school students from classes
six to 12. Currently, it covers only the CBSE and NCERT curriculum and will
soon going incorporate the ICSE syllabus as well. It also plans to incorporate
state board syllabi of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharasthra and
Rajasthan late this year. Extramarks takes a 360-degree approach to support
education. Not only can a student come to the website and find related matter
to use as reference, he or she can also take mock tests before important
examinations to prepare better. The site also has started live online tutoring
where a child signs up and schedules classes with the teachers who help them
with their studies. This real time virtual classroom actually helps students in
getting professional assistance without having to go anywhere. The teachers are
chosen very carefully by their head of academics who comes with over 15 years
of experience in education and has
been the principal of a very reputed school in Delhi. All the teachers are
available at the extramarks office from 3 pm to 11 pm between which they take
classes.
Easy job
All a student has to do with go online, register, schedule a class according to
his needs, pay for it and it’s done. Students can alter class timings according
to their convenience as well. Extramarks holds multiple classes on similar
topics so if a child cannot attend a 4 pm session, he or she can attend the
class at 9 pm.
Managing costs
Education has become quite an expensive affair these days and the company
wanted to provide a cost effective way of helping children to study without
incurring formidable costs.
Generate content
The website also encourages user generated content, so students can upload
information on their blogs and other categories on the website. For instance,
Extramarks has a resource center that provides information on schools and
colleges, which can be uploaded by the users as well.Currently there are about
300,000 users registered with extramarks.com with approximately 100,000 active
students at any given point of time. Ironically, most of these portals cater to
international students in the US and UK. Extramarks.com is one of the few sites
that focus on Indian students.
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