Online tuition, one tutor for one learner
Live lessons on a video call, with a tutor who teaches your class, your board and your exam
For a child in Class 3, a Class 12 student preparing for JEE or NEET, a college student stuck on a hard paper, or an adult working on spoken English, Edutara looks for a tutor who teaches exactly that and sets up the lessons on a video call. The first lesson is a trial, and you carry on only if it works.
What is online tuition?
Private tuition, held live on a video call
Online tuition is private tuition that happens on a video call. One tutor teaches one learner, live, from the learner's own syllabus and textbooks, and clears doubts the moment they come up. The tutor can explain on a shared screen or a whiteboard app, the learner holds written work up to the camera, and the lesson moves at the pace the learner can follow. Most of what makes a good home tutor useful carries over to the screen, and the travel drops away.
Face to face, on screen
Tutor and learner see and hear each other, so a puzzled look gets noticed and a doubt gets cleared on the spot.
Distance stops mattering
A tutor who knows ISC Physics or KCET maths well can teach from another city, which helps most in towns where such tutors are hard to find.
Lessons at your time
Early morning, after school, late evening or weekends: the time is settled between the family and the tutor.
Learning from home
Nobody travels after dark, and with a younger child a parent can stay within earshot for the whole lesson.
When online tuition makes sense
Four familiar problems with finding the right tutor, and what learning online changes
✕The usual problems
The right tutor lives far away
In many towns it is hard to find someone nearby who knows ISC Chemistry, JEE Physics or IELTS writing well.
Travel eats the day
Getting to coaching after school, or to a class after work, uses up time and energy before any studying begins.
A batch moves at its own pace
In a crowded class the lesson carries on whether or not a doubt was cleared, and quieter learners seldom ask.
Timings that clash
Fixed batch timings seldom fit around school, another subject, a college timetable or a work shift.
✓What online tuition changes
A tutor chosen for the need
Online, the search reaches past your locality. Edutara looks for a tutor who teaches your class, board and subject, wherever that tutor happens to live.
No travel on either side
The lesson starts when the call starts, and the time that used to go on the road goes into study or rest.
Full attention for one learner
With one learner in the lesson, every doubt gets time, and the tutor adjusts to the way that learner thinks.
Times you agree with the tutor
You and the tutor settle on days and times that fit the week, and move them when exams or work change.
How online tuition with Edutara works
Four steps, from telling us what you need to regular lessons
Tell us what you need
Share the class or exam, the board, the subject, the medium you study in and the times that suit you. Adults can simply describe the goal, such as an IELTS band or ease with spoken English.
Edutara looks for a tutor
A person at Edutara reads your request and looks for a tutor who teaches exactly that, online.
The first lesson is a trial
Tutor and learner meet on a video call and work on real material from the syllabus. Afterwards, you decide whether to carry on.
Regular lessons begin
If the trial works, you and the tutor fix a schedule and agree the fee, which you pay to the tutor directly.
Tell us what you need
Share the class or exam, the board, the subject, the medium you study in and the times that suit you. Adults can simply describe the goal, such as an IELTS band or ease with spoken English.
Edutara looks for a tutor
A person at Edutara reads your request and looks for a tutor who teaches exactly that, online.
The first lesson is a trial
Tutor and learner meet on a video call and work on real material from the syllabus. Afterwards, you decide whether to carry on.
Regular lessons begin
If the trial works, you and the tutor fix a schedule and agree the fee, which you pay to the tutor directly.
What online tuition with Edutara looks like
How every online match is set up, from the first request to the lessons that follow
A tutor chosen for your need
You tell us the class or exam, the board and the subject. A person at Edutara reads that and looks for a tutor who teaches it.
The first lesson is a trial
You see how the tutor explains before committing to anything more, and the learner carries on only if it works.
Live and one to one
Every lesson is a live video call between one tutor and one learner, so questions are answered as they come up.
Timing you agree together
Days and times are fixed between you and the tutor, around school, coaching, college or work.
Lesson fees go to the tutor
You agree the fee with the tutor and pay the tutor directly. Edutara does not collect lesson fees.
Help when things change
If timings stop working or the fit fades, tell Edutara and we look for a way forward with you, including a different tutor.
What you can learn online
From Class 1 homework to IELTS writing, one tutor works with one learner on the thing that learner needs
Who teaches online on Edutara
College students, graduates, retired teachers and independent tutors
Edutara recruits tutors from four groups. Teachers who currently work in schools are the one group it leaves out, because Section 28 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 bars teachers in schools from giving private tuition.
Where Edutara tutors come from
College students
Undergraduates and postgraduates teaching subjects they know well, often ones they sat a board or entrance exam in not long ago.
Graduates
People who have finished their degree and teach a subject from it, some full time and some alongside a job.
Retired teachers
Teachers who have left school service and bring their years in the classroom to one learner at a time.
Teachers outside schools
Independent tutors and teachers who work outside the school system.
Applying is free, and tutors never pay Edutara anything: no joining fee, no commission.
Your board and your exam, taught online
The tutor works from your syllabus, your textbooks and your paper pattern
Online tuition travels well across India because the syllabus travels with the learner. Whichever board the school follows or whichever exam is coming up, the tutor teaches to that.
National boards
- NCERT textbooks for CBSE
- ICSE and ISC prescribed texts
- Sample and specimen papers
State boards
- The state textbook your school uses
- The board's own paper pattern
- Hindi or English medium
Entrance exams
- Class 11 and 12 concepts built up properly
- Previous years' papers under time
- Revision planned around school
Online tuition that fits around your week
Your time, your place, and the device you already own
A slot that suits the learner
The day and time are agreed between you and the tutor, around school, coaching, college or work.
- Early morning, before school or college
- Late afternoon, once the learner has eaten and rested
- Late evening, after a working day
- Weekends, for longer revision before exams
Learn from wherever you are
All a lesson asks for is a quiet corner and a connection that holds a video call.
- A study table at home
- A hostel or PG room during college
- Grandparents' home over the holidays
- A quiet room at the office after work
Works on the devices you have
Online lessons run on the laptops, tablets and phones that families and learners already use.
- Laptop or desktop with a webcam, easiest for long lessons
- Tablet, handy for writing and diagrams
- Smartphone, fine for short doubt-clearing
- Earphones with a mic, so both sides hear clearly
Room for exam season and holidays
Unit tests, pre-boards, entrance dates, festivals and work travel all shift the week, and changes are agreed with the tutor.
- Tell the tutor early when a lesson has to move
- Add lessons in the weeks before a big exam
- Take a break over festival or summer holidays
- Pick up again at a time that suits both sides
Online tuition, home tuition, coaching and self-study
Each way of learning suits someone. Here is how they differ, so you can pick what fits the learner.
| What to look at | Online tuition | Coaching batch | Self-study with videos | Home tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who teaches | One tutor, live, for one learner | One teacher for the whole batch | Recorded lessons, with no live teacher | One tutor, live, for one learner |
| Pace | Set by the learner's doubts | Set by the batch timetable | Set by the learner alone | Set by the learner's doubts |
| Travel | None on either side | To the centre, unless the batch is online | None | The tutor comes to your home |
| Where the tutor lives | Anywhere in India | Wherever the batch is taught | No tutor | Within reach of your home |
| Written work | Held up to the camera or shared as photos | Checked through tests set for the batch | Checked by the learner | Seen in the notebook, beside the learner |
| Often suits | Learners at ease on a screen, and families far from the tutor they need | Learners who enjoy a group and keep up with its pace | Self-driven learners revising what they already understand | Younger children, and learners who focus better with someone beside them |
Who teaches
Pace
Travel
Where the tutor lives
Written work
Often suits
Questions about online tuition
What students, parents and adult learners tend to ask before starting
Have a question that is not answered here?
Contact EdutaraStart with one trial lesson online
Tell us who the learner is and what they need, and Edutara looks for the tutor
Share the class or exam, the board, the subject and the times that suit you. The first lesson with the tutor is a trial, and you carry on only if it works. Lesson fees are agreed with the tutor and paid to the tutor directly.