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100% Tier III Tier II Tier I

80%
% of Students 60%

40%
83.8% 87.8% 87.1% 67.1% 70.8% 70.0% 52.5% 58.5% 58.4% 43.2% 47.5% 47.9%
20%

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in the quickest possible time. Through this app,
teachers can allocate homework, enjoy access to PERFORMANCE - BOYS VS GIRLS
Countingwell’s extensive database of questions and
insight into every child’s learning level, gaps and Student cleared Student cleared after
Countingwell intervention
without intervention
ways to fill them,” says Shah.
With the company recently receiving angel funding
worth $1 million (Rs.7.4 crore), Shah has drawn up 100% Girls Boys
ambitious future plans. “We are all set to expand Boys
our footprint to Indian schools in the Middle East. 80% 87.2% Girls
Moreover, we will extend our curriculum content 86.8% 72.3% Girls Boys
to upper primary, secondary and higher secondary % of Students 60% 69.2% Girls Boys
students. Also in the pipeline are career and life-skill 56.6% 60.1%
courses such as mathematical foundations of data 40% 62.1% 64.9% 45.1% 49.8%
science and financial literacy,” he adds. 53.9% 58.2%
Although India’s mathematics heritage stretches 20% 37.1% 40.9% 26.0% 29.6%

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PERFORMANCE BY CLASS
Student cleared Student cleared after
without intervention Countingwell intervention back to Aryabhatta (476-550) who invented the zero,
the math skills of India’s 260 million primary and
100% secondary children are in steady decline as grimly
84.5%
23% indicated by the Annual Status of Education Reports
80% 61.5% 18% 72.2% 19.9% 75.3% of the respected Pratham Foundation, and India’s
dismal performance in the PISA (Programme for
% of Students 60% 54.2% 55.4% International Student Assessment) which tests the
general maths, science and reading capabilities of
15-year-olds.
40%
Therefore, the promotion of maths education
20% companies such as Countingwell which are
committed to improving children's maths learning
0% outcomes through innovative pedagogies is a positive
Class 6 Class 7 Class 8 development that needs to be encouraged and
emulated.

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