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September 6, 2008 at 12:00 am
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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 www.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.
About TCYonline.com:
Founded in 1998 in India, Top Careers & You (TCY) is one the major test prep education organizations of India. TCYonline.com, its online initiative, is the Number One Testing Platform in the country today. Following its success in North America, it is spreading its wings all over the world. The company serves almost all the sections of student community, through classroom teaching, and online mode; from K-12 to students preparing for competitive exams. TCY is present at 40 locations in northern India.
Contact:
Corporate Communications
Raj M. Atwal rajatwal@tcyonline.com
Ludhiana (India): 09815698907, 0161 2461364
Meenakshi K. Chatta mkc@tcyonline.com
Delhi (India): +91 9810144005
USA: +1 (678) 999-2147
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August 25, 2008 at 12:00 am
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NEW DELHI, Aug. 25 - The resounding success of TCYonline.com’s unique teacher-student platform in India has found its echoes in Australia. Of late, some of the universities Down Under have shown keen interest in the various programs launched by this test preparation and supplemental education services company.
The last five years have seen a virtual glut of Indian students to the Kangaroo-land. Call it a lure of the lucre or the pursuit of greener pastures abroad; tens of thousands of students from this part of Asia are currently studying in Australian universities and colleges. While other countries are desperately trying to woo these students, Australia remains their most favored choice.
It is worth noting that apart from Australia, TCYonline.com is already entering into academic partnerships with various universities in the US, the UK, Canada, Singapore, and New Zealand. This is in addition to such alliances with various colleges at home.
Recently, students in our neighboring country, Pakistan, preparing for various entrance tests like GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, SAT, IELTS, and English courses, are making use of free resources available on the website www.TCYonline.com/india .
Today, TCYonline.com’s elite platform takes pride in over 1.56 lakh students’ and teachers’ registrations, with over 9000 people visiting the site daily. It sees on an average 1100 registrations daily.
A majority of the traffic on this web-portal comprises students desiring to fly abroad on student visa. The test of English as a foreign language being mandatory for admission to foreign universities and colleges, the company’s English programs - International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and Spoken English - are much in demand.
Thousands of free practice tests and strategies for IELTS, and grammar exercises for Spoken English courses, are available on the website. As a supplement to their classroom coaching, thousands of IELTS aspirants visit the site daily and are taking advantage of various free resources. Similarly, a large number of students are visiting the site to brush up their English language skills.
With broadband internet and student benchmarking developing a symbiotic relationship, online testing and assessment has taken a centre-stage in India today.
Undoubtedly, the direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life. For the young men and women of today, online education makes a lot of sense. The Western culture has greatly impacted their daily lives and supplementing their classroom study with online practice tests becoming a sort of religion for many a smart student in India today.
Thousands of free 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 not only assess his or her level before the actual exam, but are a wonderful way to benchmark himself or herself with anybody and anywhere in country.
This web-portal is a real bonanza for teachers as well. An ‘attractive’ revenue model for teachers, launched about six months back, has evoked an ‘overwhelming’ response from the teaching community in India. Thousands of satisfied teachers are uploading their tests on this unique website and are being financially benefited.
The encouraging part of the whole exercise is that while thousands of teachers are making handsome money monthly, students are learning free through the platform. Thousands of free tests for various exams ranging from IELTS to MBA are available on this web-portal.
Thanks to this student-teacher platform, the students are in a position to analyze and benchmark themselves with anybody and anywhere in this country and abroad. They are interacting with other students in discussion forums and deliberating on the tests online. Similarly, they are discussing their problems with the teachers who are guiding them from time to time.
About TCYonline.com
www.TCYonline.com/india is an online initiative of Top Careers & You (TCY). Founded in 1998, TCY provides college level test preparation and school level supplemental education services. The company serves almost all the sections of student community, through classroom teaching, and online mode; from K-12 to students preparing for competitive exams. TCY is present at 40 locations in India, and is tying up with more like-minded individuals and businesses, to further extend its footprint across the country.
Contact:
Corporate Communications
Raj M. Atwal rajatwal@tcyonline.com
Ludhiana (India): 09815698907, 0161 2461364
Meenakshi K. Chatta mkc@tcyonline.com
Delhi (India): +91 9810144005
USA: +1 (678) 999-2147
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August 25, 2008 at 12:00 am
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| Practice is the key to good band-scores and Indian students should make frequent use of the English language to improve their communication skills, says British Council’s IELTS head in India, Mr. Kevin McLaven, in an exclusive interview with TCYonline.com, the largest teacher-student platform in the country. Mr. McLaven is the First Secretary (Education Services), British Council Division, British High Commission, New Delhi.
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Q. Do you think the present system of testing English language skills is effective enough in view of the changing education scenario, with the coming in of the Internet?
Ans: The standards, marking and monitoring of IELTS have been formalized after extensive worldwide research. Research is continuous and ongoing and the partners invest heavily in ensuring that the test standards are effective in measuring the true-to-life English language proficiency of the candidate and suit the needs of receiving institutions. The face-to-face speaking test, which sets IELTS apart from competitor tests, is widely recognized as the most effective indicator of an individual’s oral communication ability.
As the fastest growing test of English language competency in the world and with over a million people taking the test every year, the position of IELTS as market leader is testimony to its continued relevance. Today, more than 6,000 education institutions, faculties, government agencies and professional organisations around the world recognize IELTS scores as a trusted and valid indicator of ability to communicate in English.
Recognitions from the US institutions has mushroomed in recent years and today IELTS is recognised by over 1,700 US universities and professional bodies including all Ivy League institutions.
Candidates can take either the pen or paper or the computer-based version of the test depending on the version they are most comfortable with.
Q. How soon are you going to phase out the pen and paper methodology?
Ans: We plan to continue with the pen and paper version of the test for the foreseeable future.
Q. There is a common misconception among test aspirants in India that the British Council exam is tougher as compared to that of IDP Australia. What you have to say?
Ans: Globally there is just one IELTS test and there is no such thing as a “British Council IELTS” or “IDP IELTS”. On a given test date, candidates write answers to the exact same question paper irrespective of whether the test is administered by British Council or IDP. The question paper is the same for all cities not only across India but across several other Asian countries. British Council and IDP are two of the three partners whose responsibility it is to manage or administer the test. The third partner is University of Cambridge. The administration, marking and examiner monitoring policies are the same globally.
Q. Students are also of the belief that the British Council marking is strict.
Ans: The marking policy is the same globally and independent of whether the test is administered by British Council or IDP. Monitoring of the results of Indian candidates by Cambridge ESOL has demonstrated that there is no statistically significant difference in the band scores of candidates taking the test with British Council and IDP.
Q. Out of the four IELTS modules, the Indian students find Reading the toughest. How they should tackle this problem?
Ans: All the modules are set at a same level of difficulty. If a candidate finds a particular module or section difficult then one needs more practice in that section. The free preparatory material provided by British Council on registration should help in this regard.
Q. What about the introduction of point five bands in Writing and Speaking modules? Students have a strong feeling that since the time this system has been introduced, not many students are able to meet their requirement of getting 7 bands in each module. Why not scrap this new system?
Ans: The half band scoring in Writing and Speaking was introduced following feedback from receiving institutions that they would like a more accurate measure of a candidate’s abilities in these areas. Analysis of candidates’ results has shown that there has been no statistically significant change in candidates’ scores after the introduction of the half bands in Writing and Speaking.
Q. Sometimes a student has to appear many times to meet his requirement in each module, why not consider his previous result while preparing his new one?
Ans: Although currently, there is no facility for candidates to take modules independently of one another, it is up to the receiving institutions as to how they use the results.
Q. Is it possible to issue more than one TRF to students as sometimes they have to apply for more than one university?
Ans: British Council sends up to 5 TRFs free of cost to receiving institutions. A nominal charge is levied if candidates want to send their TRF to more than five universities or if they inform us of the names of the institutions after the test date.
Q. How can Indian students improve their English language and communication skills?
Ans: Practice and frequent use of the language will help candidates in this regard. Taking classes (not just IELTS preparation but courses to improve their overall communication skills) at a reputable training institute will also be beneficial.
Q. Do you have any message for Indian test aspirants?
Ans: Practice for the test but also aim to develop those skills where you are less strong. Think of your preparation not just as a means of getting the desired band score but as a life long investment to enable you to become a more effective communicator in English.
About TCYonline.com
Tcyonline.com is an online initiative of Top Careers & You (TCY). Founded in 1998, TCY provides college level test preparation and school level supplemental education services. The company serves almost all the sections of student community, through classroom teaching, and online mode; from K-12 to students preparing for competitive exams. TCY is present at 40 locations, and is tying up with more like-minded individuals and businesses, to further extend its footprint across the country.
Contact:
Corporate Communications
Raj M. Atwal rajatwal@tcyonline.com
Ludhiana (India): 09815698907, 0161 2461364
Meenakshi K. Chatta mkc@tcyonline.com
Delhi (India): +91 9810144005
USA: +1 (678) 999-2147
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August 18, 2008 at 10:09 am
· Filed under TCYonline, Teacher-Student Platform
NEW DELHI, Aug. 18 – As they say, knowledge knows no barriers, now students in Pakistan have shown keen interest in TCYonline.com’s various education programs. This follows the thumping success of its largest teacher-student platform.
Of late, students in our neighbouring country, preparing for various entrance tests like GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, SAT, IELTS, and English courses, are making use of free resources available on the company website www.TCYonline.com.
“Not only Pakistan, we are getting students’ enquiries from Sri Lanka, China, Bangladesh and the Middle East. Some of the students in countries have already enrolled online and have started using various free tests,” said TCYonline.com CEO Kamal Wadhera.
“We are expecting a huge response from Pakistan since nowhere in the world you will find such a huge number of tests available for different exams free of cost.”
It is worth noting that TCYonline.com is already entering into academic partnerships with various universities in Australia, the US, the UK, Canada, Singapore, and New Zealand. This is in addition to such alliances with various colleges in the country.
The encouraging part of the whole exercise is that while thousands of teachers are making handsome money monthly, students are learning free through the platform. Thousands of free tests for various exams ranging from CBSE to MBA are available on the website, www.tcyonline.com.
TCYonline.com is a real bonanza for teachers. An ‘attractive’ revenue model for teachers, launched a few months back, has evoked an ‘overwhelming’ response from the teaching community nationwide. Hundreds of satisfied teachers are uploading their tests on this unique website and are being financially benefited.
Thanks to this student-teacher platform, the students are in a position to analyze and benchmark themselves with anybody and anywhere in this country and abroad. They are interacting with other students in discussion forums and deliberating on the tests online. Similarly, they are discussing their problems with the teachers who are guiding them from time to time.
“There can’t be a better method through which a student can improve his grades. By doing these practice tests religiously, the students are able to analyze themselves as to where they stand and thereby work on their grey areas,” according to Mr. Wadhera.
Last month, TCYonline.com launched a unique testing tool called the ‘Challenge Zone’ on its website to enable students have a better benchmarking.
This unique online competition puts a student on a sound pedestal, in full cruise-control. Now he can even choose to play a host. He can either throw an on-the-spot challenge or schedule it at a later convenient time.Forming internet groups and scoring over each other is all set to be the in-thing in the today’s test prep scenario.
Recently, another feature has been added to the ‘Challenge’. Under this, ‘Challenge a computer’, a student can play against the computer whenever he wishes. In this he has a choice of varying his difficulty levels.
This Challenge Zone is just a beautiful beginning towards TCYonline.com’s objective of giving a new meaning to student-benchmarking.
The company has big global plans. Apart from North America and West Asia, TCYonline.com is now targeting China. It is planning to launch its new teacher-student platform in that country by the end of the current month. Obviously, the platform in China would be in the Chinese language.
About TCYonline.com
Tcyonline.com is an online initiative of Top Careers & You (TCY). Founded in 1998, TCY provides college level test preparation and school level supplemental education services. The company serves almost all the sections of student community, through classroom teaching, and online mode; from K-12 to students preparing for competitive exams. TCY is present at 40 locations, and is tying up with more like-minded individuals and businesses, to further extend its footprint across the country.
Contact:
Corporate Communications
Raj M. Atwal rajatwal@tcyonline.com
Ludhiana (India): 09815698907, 0161 2461364
Meenakshi K. Chatta mkc@tcyonline.com
Delhi (India): +91 9810144005
USA: +1 (678) 999-2147
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August 14, 2008 at 10:52 am
· Filed under MBA, Teachers, TCYonline, Teacher-Student Platform
NEW DELHI, Aug. 14 - A bonanza in the shape of a trip to Singapore and Malaysia awaits online teachers. TCYonline.com has launched a contest for teachers under which they have to just upload two tests daily for two months on the website www.tcyonline.com and win a free trip to these countries as a first prize. This two-month long contest will conclude on October 8.
The contest has been launched by TCYonline.com, an online initiative of Top Careers & You (TCY), an education services company engaged in test preparation and supplemental education for the last one decade.
The current contest follows a ‘thundering’ response from hundreds of online teachers to its recent “Write n Win’ contest.
According to TCYonline.com Project Manager, Rakesh Kumar, in this contest “a teacher just has to upload two tests daily and he or she can fly toSingapore and Malaysia. The winners of previous contests can also participate in this mega event.
”Even if you miss out uploading your test on any day, you can still make up for this gap later. Overall, you should upload at least 100 approved tests during this contest period,” he informed.
Other prizes up for grabs are a laptop (second prize), a Handycam (third prize) and three mobile phones as a fourth prize. There are hundreds of consolation prizes too.
Not only that, a special prize is reserved for teachers who creates new approved categories and upload at least 10 approved tests in that category.
The winners will be selected on the basis of maximum contribution in terms of approved tests, maximum attempts/downloads of these tests, variety of tests, and quality and relevance of these tests.
It may be noted that these prizes are over and above what the teachers get paid for the tests on uploading. Only those tests would be considered which are uploaded before Oct. 8, the last date of contest entries. Teachers can enter the contest by simply logging on to the website.
TCYonline.com is India’s largest teacher-student platform with close to 1.55 lakh registered students and teachers on its website.
The good thing is while scores of teachers are making handsome money monthly, students are learning free through the platform. Thousands of free tests for various exams ranging from CBSE to MBA are available on the website.
The real turning point in the company success story came with the launch of its flagship, teacher-student platform, about a year back in India and just over a month in the US. Chances are the platform would be able to register millions of students and teachers during the next five years.
All this has been possible through extreme form of ‘customization’ for students and ‘democratization’ of the platform for teachers and students. Handsome royalties to teachers have played a very vital role in the company’s success story.
About TCYonline.com:
Tcyonline.com is an online initiative of Top Careers & You (TCY). Founded in 1998, TCY provides college level test preparation and school level supplemental education services. The company serves almost all the sections of student community, through classroom teaching, and online mode; from K-12 to students preparing for competitive exams. TCY is present at 40 locations, and is tying up with more like-minded individuals and businesses, to further extend its footprint across the country.
Contact:
Corporate Communications
Raj M. Atwal rajatwal@tcyonline.com
Ludhiana (India): 09815698907, 0161 2461364
Meenakshi K. Chatta mkc@tcyonline.com
Delhi (India): +91 9810144005
USA: +1 (678) 999-2147
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