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EW SPOTLIGHT FEATURE

‘21K School spearheading futuristic

education revolution’

Santosh Kumar, Co-founder & CEO and Yeshwanth Raj Parasmal, Co-founder & Director
share the aims and objectives of 21K School, India’s #1 online school.

Tell us about the gives children the flexibility to pur-
launch of your ‘Future sue what they love. Online School
of Education’ initiative. saves as many as 1,050 hours
Santosh Kumar: The educa- per year, translating to 700 days
tion system is changing, with over 16 years of school education
new teachers and programs that by reducing travel time and tuition
will change the face of teaching- time. This flexible learning model
learning forever. Imagine a world at 21K School allows students to
where students are enabled to pursue their passions across sci-
learn at their own pace instead of Santosh Kumar Yeshwanth Raj Parasmal ence, maths, art, music, dance,
being conformist members in an entrepreneurship, and sports.
assembly line-type environment. 21K School is designed not
Education has always been much more than just the curriculum; it’s just as another mainstream schooling option but as a giant leap into
also about social interaction between peers with similar interests as the future of learning experience where parents are assured that
well as creative aka free thinking exercises on how we can improve their children are being prepared for a happy, healthy and prosper-
society today through meaningful discussions. ous global citizenship; Our students are ready for the real world with
The revolution won’t come without hurdles but there have never a growth mindset.
been better times ahead for those willing and ready! We at 21K
School are spearheading this revolution of making transformational What is the market feedback for this digital
education available to children world over. education format since education in India
We wanted to give parents an inside out perspective on how we has always been provided in a physical
are delivering futuristic education. You can visit our YouTube chan- setting?
nel @21KSchool to know everything you ever wanted to know about Yeshwanth Raj Parasmal: The Covid pandemic hit India at a
Online Schooling and didn’t know where to look! time when our back-end processes and IT platforms were all set to
kick off our first academic year in 2020. We observed that schools
As a K12 school that is only online, can you were slow to adopt the digital model, and students and parents were
tell us how you are providing education to grappling with this new format.
children through your platform? We were lucky to have enrolled 300 students before the pan-
Yeshwanth Raj Parasmal: Our three co-founders and I came demic hit, since those parents knew what digital learning meant and
together with one strong belief – that the biggest gift a parent can could offer their children from the comfort of their homes.
give their child is to prepare them for a rapidly evolving world and a Our teaching methodology coupled with our teachers, and our
future far beyond the traditional roles we have grown up seeing. tech friendly platform all came together to offer a seamless approach
This is our core notion in order to offer high quality online educa- to learning for children in the 3-18 years age group.
tion, global curriculum choices and quality teachers who love teach- In our second academic year, 3,500 students signed up, a 10X
ing on a universal platform that students have access to anywhere growth, which was a testament to our form of online schooling.
in the world! Today we are well on our way to becoming the largest online school
We started 21K School to change the way education is looked in South-East Asia by 2023.
at and taught for. We knew we had to change the factory model of Our parents have been appreciative of our new model, and of the
education and bring in transparency and innovation at the core. A fact that their children are engaged happily online, are learning and
child must enjoy learning and only then can she use that learning in are in classes, most often, with students sited in different countries
her future life. around the world. This has helped children gain a worldly knowledge
Our digital only K12 schooling experience helps save time and opening them up to environments beyond India.

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