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LEAD School is now the largest online school in India, offering home learning to over 13,800 students in Karnataka

·         Currently availed by 600+ partner schools across India with 2.5 Lakh students

·         30 lakh video views since April 2, 2020

Bengaluru, April 17, 2020: With the nationwide lockdown extended till May 3, 2020, and schools remaining shut across the country, LEAD School is aiding over 13,800 students in Karnataka and 2.5 lakh school students to continue their learning online and ensuring there is no disruption in their academic year. The move comes amid the coronavirus outbreak and the 15^th April directive from the Government of India asking educational institutions to maintain academic schedules through online learning platforms.

Currently, over 13,800 students have benefitted through this program across 38 schools in Karnataka alone.

Even before the government imposed the 21-day national lockdown, LEAD School — one of the fastest-growing technology-enabled academic systems in India — launched its unique School@Home programme on 16^th March itself when only a few state governments had started announcing lockdowns. Bringing the school right into living rooms, LEAD School then started the new academic year on 2^nd April and, till date, online classes under the programme have generated approximately 30 lakh video views. The initiative has made remote or distance learning accessible to students in over 600 English-medium schools, leading to a paradigm shift in India’s school education system.

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the LEAD School@Home programme is based entirely on the core syllabus conceived by central and state education boards, and taught in schools. The students will study the regular curriculum as they would in schools, and not supplementary courses that other education platforms are offering.

There are 250 million students that go to schools in India, and many of them yet do not have access to online school. LEAD School@Home is now open to any child across India. Parents can register their child using https://leadschool.in/lead-school-at-home.html.

LEAD School is a technology-first, multi-modal learning platform which has been continuously innovating. And because of its technology-enabled new ways of learning; today the partner schools, parents as well as students have reaped its benefits as it is a lot easier for them to adapt to this new normal of learning.

LEAD School is collaborating with school owners, administrators and teachers to offer the many benefits under School@Home, which, apart from starting the academic year on time, also includes live online classes from Day 1 and digital content and workbooks for students. Students do not require any extra device to start learning. LEAD School is also helping its partner-schools adopt the right technology to improve their processes, make education more student-centric, empower teachers, and ensure quality performance among both students and teachers.

LEAD School Co-founder and CEO Sumeet Mehta said, “The disruption of education in pre-schools and K-12 schools due to the pandemic and the lockdown has created uncertainty in the minds of school owners, teachers, students and parents. There is apprehension among students that they may lose a year if schools do not reopen on time. To assuage their concerns, we lost no time in making the LEAD School@Home programme accessible to all English-medium schools across the country. This is in keeping with our mission to impart education in both good and bad times, and our firm belief that learning is a continuous and a lifelong process. School@Home has been designed in a way that students in both ‘urban India’ and ‘rural Bharat’ find easy to comprehend and learn in the comfort of their homes. I am confident that this integrated learning system will benefit all stakeholders — and none more than the students who need it right now.”

Till date, LEAD School has catered to over 3 lakh students in 800+ affordable private schools across cities and Tier 2, 3 and 4 towns. The LEAD School@Home programme is already available to students affiliated to all CBSE and State boards in the country. The LEAD School Parent App provides students with homework and assessments, while keeping parents informed of their children’s academic progress.

For information on live classes, homework and assessments log on to http://bit.ly/LEADappforparent.

For schools wanting to join the LEAD School@Home program, call 8682833333.

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• The extended course aims to “Bridge the Gap” and provide the best test preparation for students irrespective of their geographical location
• Live streamed through the Internet to a classroom equipped with audio-visual equipment, Aakash Prime Class is a two-way interactive medium
• Aakash Prime Class will have medical and engineering courses for students from Class XI-XII and those who have passed Class XII.

Bengaluru, 17^th April 2020: Heralding a revolution in the digital learning sector, Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL), the national leader in test preparation services, has launched a one-of-its kind Extended Classroom Course called the Aakash Prime Class, that will be delivered through New Age Satellite Technology to students who wish to become Doctors and IITians across the country.

Live streamed through the Internet to a classroom equipped with audio-visual equipment, this is a two-way interactive medium that will enable students preparing for JEE and NEET to study in a classroom sitting in their respective town/city interacting with the Faculty@Aakash based in Delhi live on screen.

Today, the knowledge domain of students is restricted to bare school curriculum. They are unable to and at times disinterested in higher-order insights and exposure. Aakash Prime Class Courses are designed to fill this void by providing higher-order subject-matter exposure to students; delivered by National-level faculty over New Age Satellite Mode.

The program aims to impart an integrated learning, spanning “Boards” & “Competition” preparation. A better learning experience coupled with continuous testing & analysis will help and nudge the students achieve visible improvement in academics and co-curricular performance.

Mr. Aakash Chaudhry, Director and CEO of AESL, “AESL is known for innovative applications and products that have revolutionized the way information technology is used to deliver new age learning to next generation learners. The Indian education system suffers from a three-pronged problem of Quality, Access and Cost. The challenge is to provide the best possible quality of teaching centred on the best faculty to students across the country at very low costs. Aakash Prime Class is a solution to all this and will enable students to continue with their education from home regardless of their geographical location. Our sessions will be interactive, allowing students to clear doubts, ask questions and be able to address their queries and concerns. We hope that students and educators will take advantage of this unique initiative.”

The Aakash Prime Class courses will be delivered through the national network of AESL. The centres are VSAT-enabled and with the heldp of state-of-the-art studios & telecommunication facilities, they will channelize audio, video and data-enabled high-quality, faculty lectures to students.

Advantages of Aakash Prime Class

• Best National Level Faculty Set: Our Faculty is among the best in the country and have produced stellar results year-after-year
• Best Study Material: AESL’s study material is acknowledged as the best among peers & is highly sought-after by discerning aspirants
• Pre Learning Module: Web Based Text and Multimedia lessons to set the pace for upcoming topics along with PLA (Pre learning assessment)
• Review and Recall Quiz: In-Class exercises to assess your learning of in-class teaching. Enables Learning-Gap Analysis and Corrective action by student & Faculty
• Assignments: Post Class Assignments for recall, revision as well as higher order preparation
• Doubt cell: A dedicated team to resolve the doubts of students will be provided
• Planner: To inform and make visible class schedule, tests, and assignments
• Video Archives: All sessions conducted are recorded and are available in the students’ id which can be used for later review. Parents can also have a look at all the sessions
• Regular PTMs: Online review sessions to jointly review the wards performance and plan accelerative or corrective steps
• Academic Help Desk: Automatic Intelligent call routing to available faculty or voice mailbox. Query record and query tracking
• E-Mail/SMS Alerts: E-mail/SMS alerts on events, changes, scores, assignment completion/

Incompletion, to parents and faculty

About Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL)

Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL) provides comprehensive test preparatory services for students preparing for Medical and Engineering Entrance Examinations, School/Board Exams and Competitive Exams such as NTSE, KVPY, and Olympiads.  AESL believes that the “Aakash” brand is associated with quality coaching and a proven student selection track record in various Medical and Engineering Entrance Examinations, Scholarship exams & Olympiads. 

With over 32 years of operational experience in the test preparatory industry, the company has a large number of selections in Medical & Engineering Entrance Exams and several Foundation level Scholarship exams/Olympiads, a pan India network of 200+ Aakash Centers (including franchisee), and a student count of more than 250,000.

www.aakash.ac.in

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