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Your Name and Title: Sharmin Mahjabin, Marketing Director
School or Organization Name: , Ethics Advanced Technology Limited (EATL), Bangladesh

Co-Presenter Name(s): Not Applicable

Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Bangladesh, South Eats Asia

Language in Which You Will Present: English

Target Audience(s): tecahers – Students – parents – Policy makers – seed funders

Short Session Description (one line): Learning Assistance Online for the first time in Bangladesh

Full Session Description (as long as you would like): Teacher’s necessity can’t be described by words. Every student need educational help. There are number of students from the remote corners of Bangladesh who can’t do well only because they can’t access to good teacher and teaching materials.  www.edutubebd.com started learning assistance service at Bangladesh for the first time. Interested teachers can teach simply at their free time with the help of only a computer, webcam and internet by creating a slot. Students also can seek help by creating profile, they will need to book the slot and pay.

Bangladesh is a country where 50 million people makes the education industry. 60% eventually drops out from elementary college level. Out of the rest that can go for higher studies, 47% graduates remain unemployed. As there is significant skill gap, especially soft skill part. Tuition is considered as a very common and supplementary service in Bangladesh however, girls cannot access it due to timing security and safety issue. The country has huge prospect for mEducation as Mobile based education is the most sustainable solution as it saves energy for a energy crisis country like Bangladesh. It is more sustainable and more aligned with SDG 2030

Saving environment, addressing ecology issue moving towards paperless solution. Mobile platform ensures people comfort so addresses 3 pillars of sustainable diagram

10 M user increased last year both in mobile and internet connection. Approximately one in every five people live below the poverty line in Bangladesh, But more than 80 per cent use a mobile phone and one in every three are online. A smartphone cost $30.

The portal has unique features like live classroom, free online complete videos from class 5 to HSC, features like creating account, opening profiling, uploading own digital educational content and sharing with each other. Most uniquely it has tagged with country’s best teachers to take live classes. It has provided enormous benefits to students from rural areas where there is severe lacking of qualified teachers. Not only students, teachers regularly follow that as well. The video lectures have helped many students, as they can repeatedly watch them to understand better.

Except this, teachers can upload own notes, lectures, handouts to the paid format site. Students from all over the country can download those materials by clearing payments. This is basically a way of earning for teachers and very helpful for students. With help of the site, now good tutors of Dhaka will be able to teach other city students even from rural sub urban areas. It has also tagged payment option for content buying and selling to earn with downloads, as educational marketplace. Another source of income for user by thousands of download in different places. Easy way for teacher sharing their handouts all over the country in paid format. This is the only site in Bangladesh got this feature in same platform

Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: www.edutubebd.com