Innovative App SeekoG, set to revolutionize Indian education!
Hyderabad, September 7th, 2022: SeekoG Education & Technology Services Pvt. Ltd., an Edtech initiative from seasoned educational and technology professionals, is an innovative diagnostic tool to identify and bridge learning gaps in students. It is based on a successful UK educational model that helps learners revise subjects quickly through Mind Maps, test their knowledge through academic diagnostics, identify learning gaps through Gap analysis reports and fix those specific gaps through 1 to 1 tuition. This model helps students absorb the subject essence and retain the fundamentals for a lifetime, with excellent outcomes for students. Seiko was formally launched by Chief Guest Dr. Gaddam Ranjith Reddy, Hon’ble Member of Parliament. Guests of Honour Dr. Jayesh Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary, I & C and IT, Telangana, and H.E. Dr. Nawab Mir Nasir Ali Khan, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Hyderabad for Telangana and AP; graced the occasion. Dr. Kondal Reddy Kandadi, MBE, CEO, SeekoG, presided over the event.
SeekoG is designed to aid students to identify the gaps in their learning through its unique Gap Analysis reports. The well-trained SeekoG tutors then use these student-specific reports to fix the weak areas identified. Both students and teachers can access the learning platform through the SeekoG.com website and Mobile Apps. Currently SeekoG services CBSE and State Board curricula of both AP and Telangana. SeekoG is planning to expand to IB curriculum in due course.
The Hyderabad-based ‘SeekoG Education & Technology Services is recognized as a ‘STARTUP’ by the Government of Telangana. The SeekoG academic team has over two decades of in-depth global research expertise in teaching, learning technologies, and educational leadership.
Dr. Jayesh Ranjan said, delighted that one of the startups registered with Startup Telangana is launching an innovative product in the market today, the SeekoG coming up with an edtech tool that in my opinion will be useful to students. We are seeing, particularly in the last two years lot of learning happening online. While some students made good use of it, but many others were left behind because they didn’t have the devices or other challenges like connectivity and other interruptions. SeekoG is a tool that helps children to identify what are the gaps in their learnings, can have customized programs for each individual student, and find a tutor who can provide 1-to-1 support to all these kinds of students. The other thing which is very appreciable about SeekoG is that the team behind it is full of professionals, who have an in-depth understanding of education, and have global experiences in running educational programs and I am very confident that this startup will be of great use and going forward lots of students will get a personalized kind of assessment and support from the tutors. Look forward to more and more patrons embracing the SeekoG.
Dr. Gaddam Ranjith Reddy said, abroad the student-teacher relationship is different, they have a 1 to-1 coaching, while here in India mass teaching is done to students of different comprehension abilities, and all the students are expected to gear up and cope with the same coaching, which is not practically possible. Abroad people specialize in a particular subject and master it, that is what is needed. The emphasis should be on understanding the concept like it is done abroad, that’s when one can interact on the subject, which enables one to apply those laws in the real life with the command they have on the subject. What happens with students here is, that when they don’t understand the concept or subject, they tend to shy away from getting clarified by the teacher. Only 10% of the students may understand the concept the balance will not ask the teacher to repeat and clarify and today’s teachers too don’t have time to repeat what they already taught. Startups like SeekoG make a difference to the student in such circumstances, in his privacy the student can understand the concept taught at his pace.
COVID Pandemic caused massive disruptions in teaching, resulting in major learning gaps among students of all age groups. These learning gaps are much more serious in schools across India, including Telangana, where access to technology among students and teachers has been limited. Students lacking knowledge in basic concepts and moving to the next classes will face challenges in further studies and critical competencies during their lifetime careers, says Dr. Kondal Reddy Kandadi.
The SeekoG platform generates an Academic Diagnostic Report for the student, clearly indicating the strengths and learning gaps, concept-by-concept. Like a doctor’s prescription, the SeekoG report is specific to each student and recommends 1-to-1 tuitions to fulfill the identified learning gaps. SeekoG developed its unique Mind Maps for each chapter in Mathematics and Sciences for classes 6th to 10th. Mind Maps help students to revise and comprehend the subject efficiently and effectively. These chapter-based Mind Maps are available for free on SeekoG platform. Students can also book 1-to-1 tuitions on SeekoG platform from subject experts based on their Diagnostic Report, only for those concepts they are weak in. The SeekoG tutors go through a rigorous selection process and are given world-class training. They will have access to the Diagnostic Reports and prepare lessons specifically for individual student’s learning needs. This avoids the age-old ineffective tuition methods where the tutors repeatedly teach everything to students without knowing their specific learning gaps and needs.
Our extensive global insights in the education field blended with expertise in technology enabled us to build this SeekoG App which addresses the deficiencies faced by our students and lays a strong learning foundation for them. It helps the students in three core ways of an easy revision of subjects, identifying weak areas, and fix those weak areas with focused 1-on-1 tuitions by expert teachers, adds Dr. Kondal Reddy Kandadi.
SeekoG’s Academic Diagnostics System (ADS) through the application of a unique algorithm, assesses the student’s knowledge, while they attempt multiple choice questions at each chapter level in core subjects. ADS then generates an algorithm-based student Gap Analysis Report, which precisely pinpoints the learning gaps within each chapter at the concept level.
Educational Mind Maps are a great tool to revise and grasp complex curricula, effortlessly. SeekoG has made significant investments in developing Mind Maps as they are the way forward.
Mind Maps are designed to build a better and quicker cognitive understanding of complex topics and make them simpler for students. They are powerful tools to revise a subject quickly before the exams as well. Indian students can register on the SeekoG App, have free access to mind maps, revise complex chapters in less than 5 minutes and score high in exams, says Mr. Koteshwar Rao, Chief Knowledge Officer, SeekoG and a global expert in Mind Maps.
Indian students can access the initial five tests and five gap analysis reports on SeekoG App, free of cost. Subsequently, they can opt for unlimited tests at a nominal fee of Rs. 300 per month or Rs. 3,000 per annum. The revisions with Mind Maps for all the subjects are being offered entirely free for anyone who accesses the App. The 1-to-1 sessions for personalized tuitions with expert teachers will cost just Rs. 250 per session. A co-branding version of the SeekoG platform is available for schools, at a highly subsidized rate, with lot more functionalities, including the ability to conduct unit tests and term exams. The App drastically reduces the workload of teachers and school management while enabling them to invest more time on teaching and student learning.
Students can attempt an unlimited number of tests, akin to practicing before a cricket match, to overcome the exam fear and excel. The Academic Diagnostics and Gap Analysis approach that SeekoG uses is a powerful and successful model proven to be effective in globally renowned institutions, says Mr. Sudheer Reddy Surasani, COO, SeekoG.
H.E. Dr. Nawab Mir Nasir Ali Khan, said, Indians are brilliant and do extremely well, but the system here is more of test of memory and test of knowledge. But Kondal Reddy has come from the West, so he is familiar with that system. There is lot of competition in education in India, it’s very difficult to get into IIT or IIM, it’s much easier to get into IVY League or equivalent courses abroad. But we need to shift from the test of memory and test of knowledge to focus more on research so that we have more innovations coming from India. For a country to be a successful, prosperous and global power, we need to have quality education and quality health. I represent the Republic of Kazakhstan as Consul General for Hyderabad for Telangana and AP and we have a lot of requirements and opportunities for education and health in that part of the world, look forward to Dr. Kondal Reddy setting up a facility in that part of the world and invite him to Kazakhstan and be my guest.
(L-R) H.E. Dr Nawab Mir Nasir Ali Khan, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Hyderabad for Telangana and AP; Dr Gaddam Ranjith Reddy, Hon’ble Member of Parliament & Dr Kondal Reddy Kandadi, CEO, SeekoG; at the launch of Seekog Educational Diagnostic Tool – an innovative App which identifies and bridges learning gaps in students; today at ITC Kakatiya, Begumpet.
