Why are platforms like Byju’s tight slap on the Indian education system? 8 Katine Balasbramarian Sm ago {Byjus a tight sap onthe Indian Education System? Many years ago -there was a Gentleman called Arindam Chaudhari, He ware a pony tl, ranted alot of nonsense, valued businesses worth Rs, 10 Lakhs for Rs, 100 Crore and mocked at Inia for being old fashioned He started an In tute - promising thi and that and this and that. He charged exorbitant fees n gave a Laptop and some highly dubious course mater and promised you = you woul bein Wal Street in 3 yeas tine, andin Today - 22000 Stents at least have filed over 1700 Petitions, Complains against him in wid fury and anger - all over Incia especially in Bangalore. lam one ofthe 219 Lawyers who have filed petitions in bath Karnataka (Through Associate Counsel) and Macias High Courts He has been accused of variety of charges from fraud to tax evasion, Every generation has its ow Arindam Chaudhar, Thy target the Average and Below Average students - andl promise them the sun and the ‘mon. Thess poor kids - get bated hook ine and sinker. Aware oftheir snercomings and realizing that they will never get into IMS or get a perfect GRE Score or an attractive engineering college - they ae convinced tha their Hf wl change In my opinion~ Byjus isthe Arindam Chaudhari 2.0 The Same Avindam Chauahari bran of baiting the Average and Below Average by promising ‘them the sun, the mon and the stare First off are the exhorbtant charges. Like Chaudhri - they too give you a Laptop and charge you almost RS. 15 Lakhs for Clhsses | las Il Thats $0,000/~ for a yea but Hike » Vegetable Market if you choose the three year package - you gett for Rs, 90,000/ LUkewise as you go to a higher class: you pay a higher sum. For taking thelr package upto Claes X-- you pay R.2 Laks lat. {From 4th to Toth. ‘And you have eiffrent combinations for 1th and 12th - beginning from Re, 70,000/: to Re, 1.80,000/- pls horrendous fes for English and Hind lone (Around 80,000/-) Plus Rs 5000/- fora Tests Plus Rs 45,000/: fr Crash Courses So the charges are huge. Almost equivalent to schoo! fees and in many cases higher than what schools charge - atleast in Tamilnadu. Now are there any serous benef ts?Unless Byjus has 9 dre line tothe Goddess Kaa and can give divine blessings to the students = the answers NO ‘Average Students will continue to be Average. Below Average students will continue to be below Average. ‘Mos of the IIT Toppers are Toppers for two reasons ~ One reason of couse ifthat they work hare but the othr reason i THEY ARE INTELLIGENT, You cannot bring an Average guy and make him an if Topper just by offering» oltzy course with glossy pamphlets I speak with examples of course [ANeighbor of mine -enralied her kid who scored 63% marks in Class Xta the 11th and 12th plan of Byjus Apparently the woman assured her that the Ki was intligent and should goto the Sciance group and that thee system would take care of any chinks. She spoke so well that this woman Iterally handed over her cil to Byjus like you ci inthe el days ~ handing your child to gue in 9 gurl “The Kids marke did not improve. He worked hard but to no avail Supposedly there was 2 counsellor out he was 2 half baked fellow himself- wha kept teling the kid to mutter this Shoko an that. ‘The Woman shelled out Rs. 190 Lake to Byjus (Her Sl Credit or Debit Card was used every ‘ime and each ime she came to pay the maney - there would be promises - He ust has to overcome his tension’; He ust has to concentrate Hes avery bright student but. [Meare the Kids Maths Teacher Iteraly tld the mother “Your soni very average. He simply cannot study inthe Seience Group. Please place him somewhere - where he can relax and do wel Eventually the Kid secured 68% in Class Xl with $9 marks in Mathematics. The Mother was clstraught ad requested my wife to ask me to come with her to jus. Apparently Byus had promised the mother that the Kid didnot gt les than 75%. they would give him 12th coaching again free of cast or would refund some money o lat of money (Not sure how much ‘So we went and immediately the woman got some other schmuck wearing a shirt and te who ‘ave 3 cate Yo us - and began his slick les. He brought up some report care and sid the ke Was this and that (Which the mother had never heard of before that day) and reluctantly refused to repeat the 12th Coaching again or give a refuna ‘The mother was in tears and realized there was nothing in writing, ust as we left - the ao Oo Ox oa Slowly mote and more mothers ~ mote and more of the same story. + They target the Average and Below Average Students + They charge exorbitant feas + Their teachers ate selected from Schools and they get huge cuts and commissions for referale So a Teacher intentionally gives lower and lower marks tothe student and “aves” the mathe o sand the child toa Turion lice Bye + They promise the sun, the moon andthe stars + Eventualy unless you leak the paper -the Average Student and Below Average Student will continue to remain average and below average. ‘+ When you go back angry -they will make excuses and send you home ‘Then i heard they are now valued at 88000 Crores nn lam Ashamed Why am i Ashamed?Because our County is 9 target for these s called “Educational Institutions - to come and coffer the word to the mediocre and suck ther money and eave them dry and reeling In China -the Average is told he's average ands given an Average Job. He ishappy. In Singapore - the Average also gets an Average Job and is happy Ii USA anda - the Average is promised that hes extraordinary and offered » course for huge fees promising the sun, the moon and the stas and after everything is iished- he gets ZILCH except a big loss of money or worse -a Loan from a private lender. tis one ofthe Biggest Cons in the History of Indian Education ‘Youwant to do wall = + Assess your intelligence + Find out your Range + Do the best that you can for your Range + However work as hard as possible to achieve the bes in your range Remember the homily of Senathypathy in Indian “Ifyou can get ajob with your own talent and education - good - otherwise settle down and do any honorable job you can da your best at PS The NEET and IT courses of By a not included, I dont have enough dats to conclude if ‘hey are dubious or not. Se Byjus is nota slap on Indias Education System but a Slap on India and every Average Indian out there, @ vse e@ Soba Sridhar 31 ago Byju's is just a marketing company who markets realy well to sell their product The moun of amour they have put into advertising is huge. I's te same thing with UUnacademy alo, Unacademy i also a sam by making people who teach fr fee join ‘them. They have tapped into every market out there (ore) M2 Upvete 17 Reply eon 0 ‘AmbleaPuthur 120 990 In teality not everyone is highly inteligent Brainy people form a small part ofthe population and t's fat But every parent wants to believe that thelr Kd is special and intligent When te child shows average brains the parents ty every which way to rake ther kid brilant and fall pry. (n9"2) > Upwote 7S Reply @o~ Qe eee | gave and cleared JE in 2018 all by myself At that time the craze fr online coachings lke Byju's was not there, But 35 their can’t be good without evi, it as physical coaching ‘laeses with some big names like Fitjee Allen, bansal ec, And uncountable numberof small coaching centres in every. (ore) A Upwote3 Reply Oo @ Sameer Joab Zo 390 ‘Dest Bala totally agree your point of view of Sys and valuations ofthis crooks colle education startup, but one thing dont agree is your categorisation of ks ike brifant average & below average. May be am wrong but every child has 9 same inttetgence only itferentiator is how he s.. 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