Vidyakul

Vidyakul is an Indian online learning platform that calls itself "Bharat Ka Online School", India's online school, and it works as a two-sided marketplace: students join live and recorded classes, and educators publish and sell their own courses on it. The site's own description is "an online learning and teaching marketplace, which provides a platform to educators to create online courses and students to gain quality education at affordable prices." The company behind it is Vidyakul Learning Space Pvt. Ltd.

Its focus is the state-board student. The About page explains the reasoning: the company found that "the number of state-board students is 10X that CBSE students," and that those students fall behind in school and online learning "due to the mismatch in the language." Vidyakul's answer is teaching in the student's own language. The homepage says it in Hindi, "Ab sikhen apni bhasha mein" (now learn in your own language), and the About page describes the service as "India's first vernacular e-learning platform", one that aims to make education more accessible in tier-II and tier-III cities. The mission statement is three hashtags: #Quality, #Vernacular and #Affordable.

What students get

The homepage, which advertises online tuition for Class 9th to 12th and entrance exams, splits the student offer into four parts.

Free Live Classes come first. The site promises a session that "feels like you are in the classroom" and describes it this way: "Learn and chat with expert faculties in interactive live classroom with limited students and also get your doubts cleared instantly during class." Doubt clearing is the point of the format, since a student asks during the lesson rather than saving questions for later.

Master Batches are the structured courses, billed as "NCERT & Top books live solutions". The description reads: "Get access to all our live and recorded structured courses in line with your exam syllabus to help you best prepare for it." A batch therefore mixes live teaching with recordings and follows the syllabus of the student's exam, rather than being a loose pile of videos. Further down, the homepage says Master Batches hold "1000's of courses in local languages to boost your exam preparation."

Smart E-Books are the reading material: "Lots of e-book & handwritten notes, 100% free", with "1000's of e-books and handwritten notes prepared by expert faculties in local languages to boost your exam preparation." A separate "Notes + Sample Paper" item offers "Most wanted notes prepared by toppers + hand picked question."

Free Practice Tests cover a "Test series, mock test & daily quiz". The promise is that students "improve your scores by practicing with handpicked questions and get detailed reports of your chapter and subject-wise performance", so a weak chapter shows up by name instead of hiding inside one overall mark.

Around these four, the homepage adds a "Personal Group" where students can raise doubts while they study ("While you studying, we will be with you! ask any doubts.") and a mentoring strand. The summary line under "Why learn on Vidyakul?" is "Get unlimited access to structured live batches, doubt clearing sessions, study material & practice test anytime, anywhere." Students use the website or the Vidyakul app, which is linked from every page.

The homepage counters read 506+ courses and videos, 265+ expert teachers, 6.5L+ students (6.5 lakh, or 650,000) and 310+ live classes completed.

Classes, boards and exams

Course selection runs through a page titled "Tum Chuno, Hum Padhayenge" (you choose, we teach). The student picks a class, then a board, and lands on the matching course page; the three steps are spelled out as "Pick your class", "Choose your board" and "Start learning instantly". The classes on that page are Class 12th, Class 11th, Class 10th and Class 9th, followed by Spoken English, CUET, Defence and TET. The site's own description stretches the range a little further down, "Learn from Class 6 to 12 and competitive exam," while the About page names live lectures and pre-recorded courses from Class 9th to 12th in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and Hinglish.

The main menu shows how far the catalog reaches beyond the school years: Classes, Competitive Exam, Class Notes, Graduate Courses, Job Preparation, IIT-JEE/NEET, CUET, Defence and TET. An entrance exam student finds IIT-JEE/NEET and CUET preparation beside the board classes, while the Defence, TET and Job Preparation sections serve students working toward government and teaching posts. One of the featured educators teaches Banking, SSC and RRB preparation, and a form on the homepage lets visitors ask to be notified when a "CA Inter Sale" starts, which points to CA Inter courses on the platform as well.

Teaching on Vidyakul

The other side of the marketplace is the teach page, headed "Want To Launch Online Courses?" and answered in Hindi with "Hum Hain Na...!!!" (we are here for you). It lists what an educator gets: complete technology support for web and app, free content hosting plus course design, sales and marketing support, and live sales tracking, all labeled "(Zero Investment)".

The page says Vidyakul gives educators "the tools and strategies you need to launch online courses", and it promises three things: to guide them step by step through the launch, to take their courses live and promote them "to million of students", and to help them "Generate monthly optional income".

Four steps describe the work inside a Vidyakul account. First, create courses: the team helps the educator understand what students need and shape courses around it. Second, upload content: videos, study notes and PDF files, plus quizzes and discussion forums. Third, take live classes: "Go live whenever you want and take students doubts." Fourth, follow the live sales report: "Track your sales live through your dashboard with monthly payment." A short video on the same page walks educators through uploading a course.

Joining is a three-step registration. The form asks for a name and a phone number, both required, and an optional YouTube channel link, and after it is sent "our onboarding team will get in touch with you." The YouTube field fits a teacher who already publishes lessons online and wants a paid home for structured courses. The page shows examples of educators already on the platform, Amar Sir (Banking, SSC & RRB), Arvind Sir (Arvind Academy) and BPS Chauhan (Mathematics), and lists five "Vidyakul Partner Websites": amarsir.in, sanjivsir.com, pradeepsirclasses.com, toppersiq.com and jseduworld.com.

Accounts, app and company

Accounts open with a mobile number verified by a one-time password, the form prefilled with the +91 country code, and the login screens also offer Facebook, Google and LinkedIn sign-in. The Vidyakul app is linked from every page, and the About page carries a "talk to our awesome support team" link to the contact team. The same page names the leadership: Tarun Saini (Founder & CEO), Raman Garg (Co-Founder & CTO), Akhil Angira (Co-Founder & CBO), Srinivasan (COO) and Amit Jain (Advisor).

The site publishes no course prices for students and no commission rate for educators; the only payment term it states is that educators are paid monthly.

Who it suits

Vidyakul fits a state-board student in Classes 9 to 12 who learns better in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi or Hinglish than in English, and who wants live teaching with doubts answered in class, free notes and regular tests with chapter-level reports. It also fits students preparing for IIT-JEE/NEET, CUET, Defence or TET, and families watching costs: the live classes, e-books, notes and practice tests on the homepage are labeled free, and the company's stated aim is affordable education.

For educators, it suits an established tutor, perhaps one already teaching on YouTube, who wants to sell structured courses without building a website or a marketing operation. Vidyakul supplies hosting, course design help, sales and marketing, a live sales dashboard and monthly payment, and the teach page counts sites such as amarsir.in among its partners.

Two limits are worth keeping in mind. Students outside India, or those following a non-Indian curriculum, are not the audience the site describes, and the vernacular focus is the whole design. An educator who wants written commercial terms before committing gets them from the onboarding team rather than from the teach page.