Tell us something about the model that meritnation follows?
meritnation aims at inculcating a 360 degree, year long, concept building approach towards studies, using live interactive classes and video tutorials to make the student understand a topic thoroughly.
We have a freemium model where students get to sample free NCERT and popular textbook solutions and get their doubts resolved by our panel of subject matter experts through our hugely popular Ask & Answer forum. We have over 16 lakh questions and 40 lakh answers in the forum. Demo video tutorials, live classes, tests, reports etc are also made accessible for the students to sample the website. To gain complete access to all the resources, however, one has to go for an annual paid subscription. The content is available for students studying in the CBSE, ICSE/ISC, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu Boards.
What is the process that goes behind uploading each lesson on the site?
Several specialized teams come together to make available the content that you see on the website. The content team breaks down chapters into concepts after referring to a vast repository of study material and then maps them into separate grade-subject combinations to age and class appropriate curriculum. New textbooks and chapters are also defined in the database and then tests, practice questions etc are added. Each chapter goes through a thorough quality check before being synced to the live database and provided to the students.
Meritnation is not just about online tutorials but it’s also about a lot of fun and interaction with fellow students. Do these things impact learning?
At Meritnation, we believe in completely debunking the myth that learning has to be a serious, one-sided affair. Learning is a pretty complex process, and when you analyse the process of learning, concentration stands out as a major criteria for a better understanding of the concept, and remembering it long enough to apply it in daily life. If a topic is explained through an interesting video, the learner is less likely to lose focus and is more likely to remember the concept because of the application of the concept shown in the video.
meritnation does not want learners to worry about or waste time trying to collate study material, reference books, revision notes etc. They can easily find all of these on the website and can connect with not only experts for academic doubts or queries, but can also chat with their friends on our social pages. Our school pages help connect students across school and allow them to create study groups, download and upload important class work, notes, test papers etc with each other.
When students study together and discuss a topic with their friends, they tend to remember the concept better, and we at meritnation have successfully introduced various social learning elements to make the learning process fun and engaging.
How have online platforms changed the face of education at school level?
The personalization of attention through technology by employing smart analytics and customised recommendations for the students is a major game-changer in the Indian education system today.
For example, in India, it is difficult for the teacher to track and focus on the progress of each child in a class of 45-60 students. By using e-learning platforms, teachers can now delegate the initial introduction of the topic to the website. The students can watch the video and can discuss individual problems in the class the next day. More time thus, is allotted in understanding and solving individual problems of the students.