B D NarayankarEARNING RUPEES 1,000 in an hour always sounds good. And that is what an Indian teacher is getting to teach non-resident Indian (NRI) children staying abroad. For this, he need not migrate to any other Western country spending huge money. He, simply, has to log on to the net to teach Indian subjects.
With the spiralling demand to teach variety of Indian languages to NRI children growing under Western influence, many web sites like ‘wiziq’ have begun linking Indian teachers to students living abroad. "Hindi is being recognised as one of the major foreign languages in US and Canada. But the dearth of Hindi teachers in these countries has created a huge demand abroad. By installing the language fonts, teaching Hindi becomes an easy job," said Ramesh S, a Hindi teacher.
According to Harman Singh, founder and chief executive officer of wiziq, of the 20,000-odd students and teachers enrolled with wiziq, over 4,000 are teachers.
Singh said that the virtual classroom (web site) is equipped with two-way audio, text, chat, PowerPoint and PDF document sharing. The session can even be replayed. Raashid Malik, a software engineer with wiziq, revealed that one can find the tutor for any subject in the site’s massive tutor directory.
Outsourcing of teachers is a cost-effective exercise for foreign students, while it has been fetching Indian teachers some big bucks. "For teachers based there, students pay Rs 20,000 for an hour of study, while Indian teachers offer them with Rs 1,000 per hour," said Hardeep Singh, a Punjabi teacher imparting computer education to students abroad.
"The rate at which the method has been gaining popularity in India, as well as abroad, it will soon replace the way we study," added Hardeep.
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