TCYonline.com‘s bonanza for teachers

Posted by TCYonline.com on September 6, 2008

NEW DELHI, Sept 5- The Internet has forced many an Indian to rethink, shift priorities and change his/her lifestyle. Telecommuting may take some time to catch on in this country but working from home and making handsome money has certainly found favour with hundreds of teachers.

Thanks to web-portals like TCYonline.com, a majority of teachers in this country prefers to go online and make some extra money by posting their tests on the website.

“It’s a blessing in disguise for the retirees, housewives and physically challenged who can’t move out their homes for obvious reasons,”  said TCYonline.com CEO Kamal Wadhera.

“Just by sitting at home one can earn a handsome money by uploading some tests on our website. On this Teachers Day we invite more and more teachers to post their content. Rich rewards are awaiting teachers who will upload more tests,” the CEO added.

Some of the teachers  we spoke to were in all praise of  www.TCYonline.com.

According to Ms. Prachi Sharma, TCYonline.com’s teacher from Yamunagar, online teaching can go a long way in improving the spoken English of students.

“Grammar is the key to acquiring good spoken English skills. Once a teacher is able to overcome student’s this weakness, more than half the battle is won,” said this former college lecturer.

Ms. Sharma, who has so far posted a good number of tests on the website under English grammar and General Knowledge categories, is of the firm belief that online test-writing is sure to catch on with housewives like her who can supplement their family income.

A former banker, Mr. Nagaraja K. from a small town in Bangalore,  feels that online test-writing   and learning is a new innovation.  “It can help people learn at their own pace. Also, it is a good substitute for classroom education. Through this you can enter into a diversified area of learning,” said the 57-year-old MBA professor who takes posting tests online just a hobby.

For a blogger-turned-online test-writer from a small city, Ambernath,  off Mumbai, Mr. Rajiv Vashisht, this website has come as a ‘good lucrative business’. He has uploaded quite a good number of MBA and English tests since the last three months. Mr Vashisht is of the view the tests should be ‘better categorized’ for the convenience of the students and the payment system for the teachers should be further streamlined.

Mr. Manoj Dogra, a  teacher from Himachal Pradesh, is all praise for this ‘totally unique’ website. “While other websites charge money, to my knowledge TCYonline.com is the only website which is totally free for the teachers and the students,” he said. Mr. Dogra, who is also running his own coaching institute for competitive exams like MBA suggested that the tests should be in a ‘more systematic order’ for the convenience of the students.

On an average, 10,000 students visit the site daily. The company has over 1.87 lakh registered teachers and students on its web portal www.TCYonline.com

For the uninitiated, this unique concept is a real windfall for the teachers because now they can start earning through this website right from the day one as they can get their works published even if it is a couple of tests. Just with an effort of three-four hours on a single test, a teacher can make good money and can also keep track of his earnings in very transparent platform.

TCYonline.com is currently paying a good amount to the teachers as per each test uploaded. On top of that, they are also making money since the students have started attempting these tests. So, in a way they can turn their one-time effort into a life-long earning.

This website is very particular about the originality of the content but does not bind them for an exclusive content.

Thousands of free downloadable tests are available on the website for school and college examinations apart from some competitive tests being held in the country from time to time. These practice tests help the student in not only assessing his or her level before the actual exam, but are a wonderful way to benchmark himself or herself with anybody and anywhere in country.