A new interactive service — iExam — makes it possible for students to prepare for medical, engineering, MBA and other competitive exams from the convenience of their homes at an affordable price
Today, the penetration of digital TV in rural India is threefold than in urban areas enabling millions of households in the rural area even the homes with a very low monthly income to have the facility of an affordable DTH service. Moreover, students in these areas either do not have access or can’t afford to go to coaching centers. Airtel digital TV’s interactive service — iExam — empowers these students with a high quality tutoring at an affordable price in the convenience of their homes.
iExam, is a NABRAD Rural Innovation Award winner, competitive test preparation platform on TV. It enables students across the country prepare for medical, engineering and MBA competitive exams with the best coaching institutes by providing lessons and tests on their TV sets.
The interactive service broadcasts lesson modules and mock and practice tests on students TV sets sourced from premier coaching institutes in India such as Akash, Career Point, Kota and T.I.M.E. It also provides detailed exam analytics, personalised feedback and exam rankings to the students using a combination of satellite, mobile and web technologies. In addition to the tests, iExam also provides important information on top colleges in various streams, upcoming exam schedule and bank loans for education.
While coaching institutes are renowned for their excellent study material and coaching facilities, the exorbitant fee charged by these institutes makes them beyond the means of a huge section of students. Besides, students residing in small cities might not have branches of premier coaching institutes in their own cities. Thus, iExam is aimed at creating a level playing field between urban and rural students by making quality competitive exam preparation material available to all students at one tenth the price charged by these institutes.
It is also more useful and convenient than online courses especially in areas with slow Internet bandwidth or no Internet connectivity. Students can also get a better picture of their performance with iExam as it calculates individual rankings against students taking the test from all over the country unlike the rankings provided by coaching institutes which only takes into account the test results of students from that particular centre.
How it works
Take tests using TV remote — select an answer, change it, jump to a question etc
Check the score
Check the solution with detailed explanation
Detailed exam analytics —weak area/strong area, timing skills, accuracy level
Personalised feedback/recommendation based on performance in exam
Rank/percentile — students get their individual rank and percentile in the exam directly on their TV
Accessibility and affordability — the tests are priced as low as `25 per month with which a student gets 16 practice tests plus one mock test.