The document summarizes the state of education in Bangladesh, noting that over 50% of students do not complete 10th grade and only 12% go on to higher education. It attributes this high dropout rate to factors like lack of resources, large teacher-student ratios, and poverty. Specifically, it notes that rural students are denied access to private tutoring centers. The document then proposes a mobile app called "Teletest" that would provide virtual MCQ assessments to help students prepare for exams and reduce the dropout rate through affordable distance learning opportunities accessible on mobile phones.

1. Every year 3 million students get But more than 50% students can And only 12% students go for
enrolled in primary schools. not even complete 10th grade higher education.
education.
This huge number of Drop-out indicates the lack of quality preparation for public exams
Reasons behind this
Teacher & students ratio is high (1:90)
Unavailability of proper books & assessment materials
all over the country and this
Lack of Distance learning & E-learning approaches Drop-out
Penetration of private coaching centers that fail to leads to . . .
provide effective learning materials

2. Poverty Child labor Unhealthy Early marriage of Unsecured
lives girls future
Especially, students from rural areas don’t even have any effective
way to assess & prepare themselves for public exams.
Nearly 6 million students from rural areas are
denied the opportunity to go to the coaching
centers that cost $150/month or to use E-
learning technologies because of their lower
family income.
In this kind of situation, we believe, through mobile technology we
can bring a massive change in the traditional way of preparation.

3. Exam system in Mobile penetration
Bangladesh in Bangladesh
There are thousands of
Starting from primary school apps available in Bangladesh is ranked third in the
certificate to job, almost all exams Bangladesh. But there is mobile usage among the south Asian
are fully or partially MCQ based. hardly any app that countries. There are around 98 million
Every year approximately 9 million provides educational mobile users in Bangladesh. And 35
students sit for MCQ based exams. experiences million people use mobile apps.
a mobile application that is
designed for MCQ based
virtual assessment.
Through this App, students will be able to give MCQ based assessments sorted by subjects and
chapters. They will also be able to see scores & solutions instantly and compare their performance
with students around the country. Thus they will make them prepared for public exams.

4. The size of our current potential market is 9 million. And as the
number of student is increasing , our target market is also increasing.
How Teletest will empower students
focus on reinventing education through existing affordable
mobile technology among students.
develop interactive & user friendly virtual assessment
system.
distance learning approach that aims at reducing dropout
rate.
frequent assessment through Teletest will make students
fearless and confident for the exams.
empower girl’s education in the society.

5. “The innovation has diverse “MCQ based assessment for
scopes of application and will students can be a solution to
allow technology inclusion in reduce workload, as number of
Bangladesh. In particular, the teachers is few in comparison
social inclusions include rural with number of students. It can
Project Advisor community and women be helpful also in distance
Project Advisor
K.M. Sujon facilitation.” learning approaches.”
Zakaria Chowdhury
Chief System Analyst Mobile App Developer
A dream we cherished
Independent University Web Craft Bangladesh
. . .
Team Leader
Syed Ataullah Ibrahim Rezaul Karim
University of Dhaka University of Dhaka
“Roads have been built
passengers are ready to travel
Drivers and vehicles are absent
Let us make maximum use of the road”