BYJU’S Launches Parent Connect App, Offers Real Time Update On Child's Learning Progress

Edtech startup, BYJU’S has launched a new version of its learning app to enhance personalised learning experiences for its users. Featuring unique learning journeys, guided paths, actionable feedback and intelligent recommendations, this version of the app will be very interactive in nature.

Taking personalised learning to a whole new level, BYJU’S has leveraged big data analytics to trace the learning fingerprint of every student and create a personalised learning experience on its platform. The app creates personalised learning journeys for individual students based on their proficiency levels and capabilities which help them learn at their own pace and style.

Commenting on the development, Byju Raveendran, Founder and CEO, BYJU’S said, “At BYJU’S, we have successfully transformed the one-to-many learning model to one-on-one personalised learning experiences through our app. With high engagement and renewal rates, we have set a new benchmark in education technology nationally as well as globally. In this upgrade, we have personalised the app interface to determine every student’s capability and recommend the right ‘Learn Journey’. Based on the level of understanding, ‘Learn Journeys’ will be tailor-made to every student’s individual requirements to ensure a seamless learning experience. We are also creating learning products in local languages to reach out to students across regions.”

Not only this, BYJU’S has also launched ‘Parent Connect’ app that offers a real-time update on every student’s progress. This app will help parents stay up-to-date and be more involved in their child’s learning journey.

Byju, Parent Connect app will allow parents to get regular updates via the app which will enable every parent to play a proactive role in appreciating the child. Team BYJU’S comprises of an in-house team of engineers, data scientists, animators, artists and teachers who have studied and consolidated behavioural learning patterns of students to create this enhanced application.

Talking about the technology and product prowess at BYJU’S, Ranjit Radhakrishnan, Chief Product Officer, BYJU’S said, “This new update has added a whole new personality to the application. We have created unique learning journeys for students which will offer them a completely personalised learning experience. We are able to build an extensive learning profile for every student. With an in-depth understanding of their learning gaps and strengths, we provide actionable feedback along with highly personalised learning journeys and recommendations tuned specifically for each student. Technology and data are being utilised to build a truly digital personal teacher who understands the student intricately and crafts the best learning experience automatically.”

Across subjects, grades and chapters, Byju’s claim that they have created a powerful knowledge graph with over 50,000 concepts and relationships. With a reach of over 1700+ towns and cities, the team at BYJU’S is also working on learning products in local languages to expand and reach out to students across regions.

Launched in 2015, BYJU’s is the creator of K-12 learning app which offers learning programs for students in classes 4-12 (K-12) and competitive exams like JEE, NEET, CAT, IAS, GRE and GMAT.it boost to have become the most loved and preferred education app for students across age groups with 8 million users and 4,00,000 annual paid subscriptions.

Earlier in March 2017, Startup had raised $30 million from Verlinvest, a large Belgian family-owned, consumer-focused, diversification investment holding company.

BYJU’S Launches Parent Connect App, Offers Real Time Update On Child's Learning Progress

Edtech startup, BYJU’S has launched a new version of its learning app to enhance personalised learning experiences for its users. Featuring unique learning journeys, guided paths, actionable feedback and intelligent recommendations, this version of the app will be very interactive in nature.

Taking personalised learning to a whole new level, BYJU’S has leveraged big data analytics to trace the learning fingerprint of every student and create a personalised learning experience on its platform. The app creates personalised learning journeys for individual students based on their proficiency levels and capabilities which help them learn at their own pace and style.

Commenting on the development, Byju Raveendran, Founder and CEO, BYJU’S said, “At BYJU’S, we have successfully transformed the one-to-many learning model to one-on-one personalised learning experiences through our app. With high engagement and renewal rates, we have set a new benchmark in education technology nationally as well as globally. In this upgrade, we have personalised the app interface to determine every student’s capability and recommend the right ‘Learn Journey’. Based on the level of understanding, ‘Learn Journeys’ will be tailor-made to every student’s individual requirements to ensure a seamless learning experience. We are also creating learning products in local languages to reach out to students across regions.”

Not only this, BYJU’S has also launched ‘Parent Connect’ app that offers a real-time update on every student’s progress. This app will help parents stay up-to-date and be more involved in their child’s learning journey.

Byju, Parent Connect app will allow parents to get regular updates via the app which will enable every parent to play a proactive role in appreciating the child. Team BYJU’S comprises of an in-house team of engineers, data scientists, animators, artists and teachers who have studied and consolidated behavioural learning patterns of students to create this enhanced application.

Talking about the technology and product prowess at BYJU’S, Ranjit Radhakrishnan, Chief Product Officer, BYJU’S said, “This new update has added a whole new personality to the application. We have created unique learning journeys for students which will offer them a completely personalised learning experience. We are able to build an extensive learning profile for every student. With an in-depth understanding of their learning gaps and strengths, we provide actionable feedback along with highly personalised learning journeys and recommendations tuned specifically for each student. Technology and data are being utilised to build a truly digital personal teacher who understands the student intricately and crafts the best learning experience automatically.”

Across subjects, grades and chapters, Byju’s claim that they have created a powerful knowledge graph with over 50,000 concepts and relationships. With a reach of over 1700+ towns and cities, the team at BYJU’S is also working on learning products in local languages to expand and reach out to students across regions.

Launched in 2015, BYJU’s is the creator of K-12 learning app which offers learning programs for students in classes 4-12 (K-12) and competitive exams like JEE, NEET, CAT, IAS, GRE and GMAT.it boost to have become the most loved and preferred education app for students across age groups with 8 million users and 4,00,000 annual paid subscriptions.

Earlier in March 2017, Startup had raised $30 million from Verlinvest, a large Belgian family-owned, consumer-focused, diversification investment holding company.

IFC Invests in BYJU’s to Expand Quality Education

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced its investment in BYJU’s, India’s largest ed-tech company today. This partnership will enable BYJU’s to further their plans to make quality education accessible for students across the nation as well as in international markets.

Creator of India’s largest K-12 app – BYJU’s is pioneering the ‘Better Learning’ space by enabling students to become self-paced learners. Offering students across geographies access to high quality teachers, the app is democratizing personalized learning for students across grades.

Ruchira Shukla, Regional Lead, Venture Capital Investments at IFC, said - “Education is an important sector for IFC given its critical role in driving economic and social development in the country. Our investment in BYJU’s will help provide affordable and quality education to students through effective use of technology innovation to drive superior learning outcomes.”

“IFC’s venture capital strategy in the EduTech space is focused on technology enabled learning platforms for academic improvement, skill development platforms as well as supplemental and low cost education solutions. BYJU’s is the market leader in the 4-12 segment offering engaging content and building concept clarity by identifying and addressing students’ learning gaps”, Shukla added.

Talking about creating a ‘one-of-its-kind’ learning product for students, Byju Raveendran, Founder & CEO of BYJU’s said, "The investment from IFC recognizes our commitment to create world-class learning programs that will make learning accessible for students across geographies. Today, almost 70% of our users come from outside the top 10 cities. It is encouraging to see increased adoption from 1700+ towns and cities in the country, but there is still a long way to go before we call this a learning revolution. To further accelerate our reach in the deeper parts of India, we are planning to add channel partners across the country.”

“Learning through technology triggers changes in how students consume content. It offers them newer ways to explore concepts and initiate learning on their own. We see great potential for products like this globally as well.” Byju further added.

India has the largest K-12 education system in the world, with over 260 million enrollments and is estimated to grow by 30 percent by 2022. The one-size-fits-all approach, restricted access to quality education and learning driven by fear of exams have been the main reasons why India consistently ranks low in all global education assessments. Technology can play a key role in addressing these issues and making education more engaging and accessible. BYJU’s has developed learning programs that address these needs along with making students love learning.

IFC’s venture capital team has also invested in Bridge International Academies, the world’s largest chain of affordable nursery and primary schools, and Coursera, an education technology company offering massive open online courses. India is IFC's top country exposure, globally. IFC's committed portfolio in

India is over $5 billion as of June 30, 2016. In FY16, IFC committed $1.1 billion in new investments in India.

In September 2016, BYJU’s raised $50 million to expand its learning app to more students. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), which was founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan co-led the investment with Sequoia Capital, along with Sofina, Lightspeed Ventures & Times Internet Ltd. This was the first investment from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative in Asia.

BYJU’s Targets International Expansion and Inorganic Growth, Plans to Raise $50M

BYJU’s Learning App, the largest ed-tech company in India, is poised to raise $50 million, close on the heels of raising $75 million in March from Sequoia Capital & Sofina. The freshly raised funds will be deployed to fuel international expansion and inorganic growth through global acquisitions. The markets where the company has presence already are India and the Middle East, and will enter United States, UK and other Commonwealth countries over the next few months.

BYJU’s Learning App is already profitable in India with MOM growth of 15%. The revenues for June 2016 stood at Rs 30 crore. The increasingly popular mobile app, that has crossed 5 million downloads, is reinventing pedagogy in the age of mobile devices. By providing high-quality original content that deploys movie-making tools and graphics, the app aims to make learning contextual and visual. The app enjoys unprecedented popularity among K12 students. Currently, there are over 200,000 paid subscribers, with 30,000 added just in the last one month.

However, what is more significant is a high user engagement, with an average time of 40 minutes spent by a student on the app every day. BYJU’s learning app is paving the way for new-age, geography-agnostic learning tools that sit at the cross section of mobile, interactive content and adaptive learning methodologies.

Byju, Founder and CEO, BYJU’s Learning App said, “We are seeing strong inbound interest from multiple investors over the last few months, thanks to our explosive growth. We are keen to bring in partners who will catalyze the next stage for us. On the other hand, we are humbled by the rising popularity and high engagement for our product with 90% annual renewal rates from the students. We are constantly innovating the way in which we make learning accessible, effective, engaging and personalized.”

About BYJU’s

Founded by Byju Raveendran, BYJU’s is India’s largest Ed-tech company that sits at the intersection of content, media and technology to offer highly adaptive, engaging and effective programs for K-12 and competitive exams like CAT, IAS, GRE GMAT. The learning app was launched in 2015, enabling them to scale beyond the geographical barriers that classroom teaching presents and reinvent how students learn in India.

BYJU’s learning app makes use of original content, graphics and other video tools to explain concepts and theories that makes learning contextual and visual, not just theoretical. It leverages technology and data science to make learning personalized to the extent that students will know what to learn, when to learn, how to learn, how much to learn, and how fast to learn.  It also helps suggest a learning footprint for the student and addresses learning gaps, if any.  With the use of technology and data science, it adapts to the pace of learning, size of learning and style of learning.