buddy4study
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Our Philosophy:
One contributes and Millions Benefit.
Quality Education must be free and easily available to all.
About You
About You
About Your Organization
Organization Name
Buddy4study
Organization Website
Organization Country
India, UP, Ghaziabad
Country where this project is creating social impact
India, UP, Ghaziabad
Is your organization a
Business
Your role in Education
After-School Provider, Counselor, Resource Officer, Social Worker, Teacher.
The type of school(s) your solution is affiliated with
Public (tuition-free)
How long has your organization been operating?
Less than a year
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Innovation
Select the stage that best applies to your solution
Growth (your pilot is up and running, and starting to expand)
How long has your solution been in operation?
Operating for less than a year
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
Problems:-
1) In India, we use traditional vertical teaching mechanism in Schools. i.e. In a classroom one Teacher liberates a lesson and all Students receives it.
We need more than 10 million competent teachers to support this mechanism and educate 220 million plus school going students till class 12.
However, the available Teacher -student ratio is low.
2) The information such as Scholarships/Competitions are not reaching to potential students.They are not aware about these scholarships, when it comes and how to apply for it.
3) Students don’t have dedicated platform to raise their queries /doubts related to course subjects, higher studies opportunities and Career selection mentor ships.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Solution:-
In www.buddy4study.com, We are providing an online Educational environment for School Students where, all information, Educational material and networking is available for them at one place, one click away & at free of cost.
1) Where we provide all current scholarship / competition information awareness, When and how one student can apply for them.
(Visit: http://buddy4study.com/scholarship/information)
2) Where networking with mentors, and teachers will ensure a better awareness among the school students to choose their career and/or take higher studies decision.
(Registration required: http://buddy4study.com/school/1356/view)
3) Where student can raise queries, doubts in open public forums and get answers directly from the relevant mentors.
(Registration required: http://buddy4study.com/forum)
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Last year, Two Class XI Girls from SVM Sindri School, has received “CBSE Merit Scholarship Scheme for Single Girl Child for + 2 studies,” This information has reached to them through buddy4study portal.
In addition to this, Buddy4study has 6 schools connected which are getting benefits through networking.
There are more than 350 school buddies connected to us who are receiving quality study materials for their Board Exams.
In buddy4study portal, we are providing all social awareness quizzes, which help our buddies to understand the rights and responsibilities of Indian citizens.
Also, we take workshops related to social causes and career related doubts of school Students.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
We are niche in many offerings provided in our platform altogether at School level. However, for study materials supply, Meritnation and Tcyonline are two of many websites which provides it online. But these are not free. Where as we provides free study material for all classes, which are prepared by a Team panel of School teachers,
Apart from this, we are providing Career counselling, School networking , Mentor networking scholarship/competition information etc are something which is only available on our Website.
Challenges are not as such,Our business revenue model is different then what all others are following.
Now that you have thought out your entry, help us pitch it.
Define your company, program, service, or product in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
Buddy4study:
1)A free networking portal for schools, teachers, Students
2)Provides free,quality Study materials
3)all information
Identify what is innovative about your solution in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
All information, Educational material and networking are available at one place,at one click away & at free of cost.
Social Impact
This Entry is about (Issues)
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Impacts in life of School Students:-
1) more awareness about the Scholarships available for them, and when and how to apply for them.
2) Stronger bonding in between students and teachers, as they know each other in better way.
3) Students have more resources to learn from, we provides the links of websites which is useful and informative.
4) Disussion forums enable students to get answers from Experts.
5) Access to quality Study materials.
Some Statistics:-
1) we have more then 350 students connected and benefited in this first 50 days of website launch.
2) more then 100 teachers,educationist and working professionals has connected to us.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
buddy4study will reach to many towns,cities and corners of India to provide and support school education.
There will be more awareness about scholarships which leads to more participation on process and enable more potential students to receive them.
With the availability of Akash, we expect to connect more students to quality study materials.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
To support and sustain the offerings , while creating a teacher panel to guide students queries and contents requirements.
Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone
Task 1
More marketing through Print, Billboards,online, Social Media to penetrate more schools and students.
Task 2
One dedicated professional team is required to take all Students queries.
Task 3
Educating Schools about the benefits of the networking.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
To bring more Boards syllabus and curriculum to our portal.Also to add competition preparation sections for students to prepare.
Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone
Task 1
Launch B4S software to make offline study possible for students.
Task 2
add more different board teachers and schools to our platform.
Task 3
Increase the offerings from only school education to free preparation for competitions such as IIT JEE, CBSE, NTSE etc
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world [125 words]
Buddy4study idea started in our very first trimester of our PGDM course in IMT Ghaziabad, when we three friends (Idea-tors) were sitting and talking about the benefits we are getting due to internet.
Then we realize, the utilization of internet is more if it reaches to school level, as the school-students awareness level and resources are actually very limited.
And then, we three brain stormed,and Buddy4study originated.
We three friends are : Ashutosh Burnwal(Dhanbad), Nishant Pilania(Ranchi) & Bhaumit Patel(Vadodara)
Sustainability
Tell us about your partnerships
At present, we are connected to 6 schools. they are sharing their study materials with us.
No other partners we have now.
What type of team (staff, volunteers, etc.) will ensure that you achieve the growth milestones identified in the Social Impact section? [75 words]
Type of Team:-
1) Technical Team: Buddy4study Website Development and Maintenance.
2) Administrative Team: to setup the vission and make strategies for the different phases of buddy4study. Also check the performances of different teams.
3) Content development team: to ensure smooth development of all study materials for school students.
4) Advisory and Mentors : To support , guide and provide feedbacks of the all teams.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
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 | 61 weeks ago Pankaj Dubey said: Its good to see college enthusiasts coming up to form innovative school and teaching ideas. Keep up your enthusiasm and ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 66 weeks ago Ashutosh Burnwal updated this Competition Entry. |
| 66 weeks ago arpit khullar said: buddy4study has the potential to cover-up for the existing infrastructural gaps in Indian Education system. It has the model to reach ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
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| 66 weeks ago Ashutosh Burnwal updated this Competition Entry. |
| 66 weeks ago Ashutosh Burnwal updated this Competition Entry. |
| 66 weeks ago Ashutosh Burnwal submitted this idea. |
