Question

Globally, one of the most affected sector for sure is 'Education System'. Currently more than 80% of all students in 173 countries are in a lockdown and try to get education remotely. Although the prior status in education was not promising - only 53% of the students 10 years old can understand the text they read - now we are in a worse situation. News about drop out students, schools getting closed are spreading because the lack of infrastructure for remote education. Obviously non of the countries were prepared for such a lockdown because of a pandemy. What can be done for these stuations? How? With what funds? What should we invest on as a startup point of view? etc. Please write as much ideas as you can to find out multiple solutions.  

Answer 1

This pandemic obviously has changed the entire education system of the world. If we see it from one angle then obviously there are challenges but this can be taken as an opportunity for digital learning.

Now the best idea that a startup can jump into is of online and live teaching. Targeting a remote are can be challenging. But according to me this is an opportunity for even the telecom industry to target the areas where there are no towers so that internet connections are provided. With the changing scenario nowadays almost everyone has access to mobile phones. So the company should invest funds in targeting the entire population. Here are some of the ways-

Making an app which is for school going/college students containing the database of books , online video lectures and question bank.
The company should also contact the prospect teachers who are willing to take live classes from their home.
Provide free membership for a week or so in order to have a strong pool of students on your database.
Do digital marketing through social media about your company and online teaching app.
Invest money on your technology and app which makes it unique from the existing video calling apps.
Have online payment mechanism for the students.
Convert the physical books into digital content.
Provide 24X7 everyday facility for the child to ask questions and get the experts to answer the same.
Also incorporate games and quizzes in your app to have effective learning.
Contact various schools, coaching institutes and colleges for buying your subscription.
Not only academics, you can also involve dance, music, cooking and other vocational courses where the experts can teach the students online.
As a beginner cut down the cost of fee to half so that t is not painful for the consumer as well.

This virtual learning will offer various benefits as learning times are flexible in terms of a virtual classroom.
Lectures can be conducted at any point in time from any part of the world. It provides convenience of place and the only thing that you require is good internet. There are no restrictions in terms of interactions and access to information
Ease of Accessibility of data for the child.