Pavan Chauhan, co-founder and managing director, Meritnation.com, said that online teaching sites are now proving popular with students living in smaller towns and cities by providing them the best possible learning aids at an affordable price.
"Meritnation.com offers interactive exercises, video-based tutorials, learning games, interactive tests and worksheets, and a fortnightly test series in math and science for all grades called the 'Live Test Series'. This helps students across India to benchmark themselves against their peers," Chauhan told IANS.
He said that a sizable portion of the content on Meritnation is available for free. The annual packages range from Rs 2,500 to Rs 10,000 (for an advanced Test Prep course for competitive exams like the joint entrance examination for engineering colleges IIT JEE).
Students who subscribe to such e-studying portals rate them higher than traditional tuition classes citing comfort, convenience and affordability.
"You can adjust your study time to your convenience. You are also saved the bother of having to travel to tuition classes, which also saves on time. Besides, such tutorials come without any teacher bias and peer pressure," Sukanya Upadhyaya, a Class 11 student, told IANS.
According to Manju Bhattacharya, a government school teacher, online teaching portals are useful as students are able to devote as long as they want on a chapter, and progress to the next chapter only when they have understood the concepts.