Byju's, Bengaluru's multimedia educational content firm aimed at improving learning for high school kids in India, will take its product to markets such as the US and the UK, thanks to the Chan-Zuckerberg initiative, the philanthropy arm of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan.
Byju's video tutorials have teachers simplifying concepts with help of animation aimed at improving learning in high school kids. The underlying analytics engine learns user habits, identifies gaps and suggest ways to improve learning, a contrarian approach to the traditionally focused rote learning.
The use of technology not just to deliver but improve learning got