: World’s First Neoschool Teaches Real Life Skills Your Kids Wont Learn in School #IndiaNEWS #Bengaluru Even before online classes became a thing, an engineering graduate from Bengaluru formed the

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World’s First Neoschool Teaches Real Life Skills Your Kids Wont Learn in School #IndiaNEWS #Bengaluru
Even before online classes became a thing, an engineering graduate from Bengaluru formed the ‘Neoschool’ model, which operates virtually. While he was in the process of enrolling students, the COVID-19-induced lockdowns brought the entire schooling system as we knew it to a halt.
Luckily for Aanand Srinivas, founder of a startup company called StayQrious, he set foot into the digital education space as a teacher and content creator right after completing his computer engineering degree.
“I specialised in Artificial Intelligence (AI) during my course and understood that lecturing doesn’t work as an effective method in teaching. I wanted to develop an alternative wherein teachers take the role of a learning coach. I first began creating content and also worked for online study platforms like Byjus and Khan Academy,� says Aanand, who adds that he was always interested in the field.
“This model is the first-of-its-kind in the world and operates on the importance of customised and focused learning,� he says.
The 32-year-old’s idea was to build an entire school online and give importance to areas that were not covered in regular school curriculums. In 2020, his company launched Neoschool, an after-school online initiative which provides an international standard of education at a lower price. He could easily source coaches who once were his co-workers — some of them joined as part-time teachers while others as full-time employees.
“Before the lockdown, we used to conduct masterclasses at auditoriums wherein the whole idea of Neoschool was explained to students. Enrollment was strictly based on the interest of students and not parents. For selected students, we provide a scholarship where they get a 25 per cent discount too,� explains the founder.
Neoschool engages students between the ages of 8-14 for 2-4 hours per week. One coach is in charge of a group of six students. They are made aware of the new professions emerging in the world in both soft (related to technology) and hard streams (related to science). “This is not done in any regular schools because they hardly get time to cover portions,� he says.
A boon to students and teachers
At present Neoschool has over 100 coaches and more than 1 lakh students, both sections of whom come from all over the country, especially metro cities. Other than dispensing with the international standard of schooling at a normal price, Neoschool also benefited teachers who faced difficulty in finding jobs during the pandemic.
“There are chances that the process of learning does get boring but if done in the right way, it works better than a normal classroom environment.

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