Innovation: Through this special method of learning, education reached 1.5 crore students of small towns during lockdown.
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Convegenius innovated and created a chat-based learning platform for cheap and remote areas. 80 lakh students are benefiting every week through WhatsApp learning sessions in 10 languages.
UP Education News: Ban on increase in fees in the academic session 2021-22 in UP.Unlike other edtechs, Convegenius decided to transform its existing solution into a parent-based offering, taking tablet-based learning to WhatsApp. With this, even during the spread of the virus, students could learn from home through chat-based teaching through phone. Through this, Convegenius provided education to more than 1.5 crore students in just 11 months.
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Viprav Chaudhary, VP-Operations at Convegenius, explains that during COVID-19, access to digital devices was a major bottleneck in education for students in rural and remote areas in India. He said, social enterprise in the background of technological shift caused by the pandemic
This is how technology changes benefited students
The Convegenius team adopted a chatbot-based model of learning by integrating the WhatsApp API into their solution and using the messenger function to deliver brief bursts of information and content to students studying from home. This model was inspired by the device (tablet/PC) disparity revealed by the virus outbreak. Additionally, there was surprising ubiquity of WhatsApp in Indian households of all socio-economic backgrounds. The app’s super-friendly interface has further made it an ideal solution for students to study while in quarantine and for parents to monitor and participate in their children’s learning progress. Since the launch of the chat-based teaching and learning platform in May 2020, Convegenius has now reached 1.5 crore students across 10 languages, with learning sessions through the WhatsApp platform reaching a weekly completion rate of 98%.
