With the mission to change the way of learning, the Pengala team worked on the technology product for four years with a complete R&D done with the education industry. The learning system combine the classroom and self study, access to teachers, full video lectures, engagement, tutor interactivity, assessments, personalized feedback and peer learning. It delivers a way to study at student's own pace and schedule. Pradeep Singh, founder and co- chairman, Pengala said 'Pengala's mission is to change the way India learns by making e-learning accessible to all. '
Navin Thangiah, CEO, Pengala, said , "When education companies offer self-study, students stress the need for classroom guidance. When they offer classroom courses, students stress the need for self-study. With Pengala, our partners offer a third choice, which combines the best of both worlds in one solution. While courses for key exams like IITJEE, AIEEE, Medical, and boards are available today, other partners will soon be launching courses in vocational training and higher education."
It has partnered with Brilliant Tutorials, Aakash Institute, Pearson Education, and Future VISTA announcing to take its courses to students nationwide. Pengala has helped institutions to keep a track of the student and their content usage.
The interesting part of the software is, the students are given videos of their teacher's lectures from which they can learn and understand the subjects. They can access the video at any time and they can pause the video while making notes and can continue later. Students can make note of their doubts and mail it to the teachers. If the PC is not connected with Internet it will be saved in a folder and once it's connected with the Internet the mail will go automatically to the respective teachers.
In a developing country like India, education which is expanding into the rural arena, can Pengala be a boon to the students in the rural areas and can it give a new dimension to the educational system? Well, with technologies like this we can only hope that it will make a difference and help students in a real sense.Software for Students is unique. We are teachers and we develop software and books for learners of English (ESL and EFL).
All of the materials which form the basis of our software and books utilize authentic writing, writing from our students, which they contributed to the learning projects. While most of the writing contributions were made by ESL students, contributions were also made by native speakers of English who were taking remedial writing classes.Our main software application is Easy Writer, first published in 1995. This is an interactive application and was tested for years in college ESL classes before it was released to the public.
From this initial application, we have now published "Easy Writer Deluxe", an audio application, "The Sounds of Writing", an audio application useful for the development of reading and listening, "The Grammar HELP! Student Handbook", useful to develop grammar and editing skills, and our "ESL HELP! Desk" and online resource room. Our main software application is Easy Writer, first published in 1995. This is an interactive application and was tested for years in college ESL classes before it was released to the public. From this initial application, we have now published "Easy Writer Deluxe", an audio application, "The Sounds of Writing", an audio application useful for the development of reading and listening, "The Grammar HELP! Student Handbook", useful to develop grammar and editing skills, and our "ESL HELP! Desk" and online resource room. These students are driven by their love for nature, inspired by the greenery and wildlife in and around Coimbatore. "When I touched a snake for the first time, I was really scared. But now I have developed a passion for them. I am still wary of venomous snakes. I let Nirmal and Ranjith handle them," says Ramachandran, a postgraduate student of GRD college.
Nirmal, who can capture even the most venomous serpent in less than two minutes, is their snake master'. When he was barely 10 years old, Nirmal learnt to handle snakes during a nature awareness programme conducted at an ashram near the city.
"Initially, I used a stick with a steel hook to pick snakes. After a few months of training, I learnt to hold the snake in my hands. Catching venomous snakes is a real challenge," says Nirmal. The knack of capturing a snake lies in catching it by the tail. In the case of a venomous snake, the reptile has to be rotated till it sheds its fangs, he says.
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