Two major problem with colleges:

- they are not preparing students to be great at the jobs they’ll end up doing post college
- the ability of the student has little to do with placements / heavy reliance is on college’s ability to get companies for placements

So there is a huge chance that if you went to a not so good college because of your examination rank post school then even if you worked very hard there is a high chance that you’ll not get your dream job.

Because your college won’t be able to attract the best companies.

And don’t even get me started on the quality of education (except the top 5% of colleges). Majority of my Computer Science Class could not write a for loop when we graduated.

The amount of time and $$$ leakage here is huge. We have lakhs of students, spending a lot of money to get not so good education and not even a chance to interview with the top companies.

This must change.

Unacademy started by revelling the playing field for students who can’t travel to Kota, Delhi and other cities by getting them access to these educators and highest quality content for a fraction of the cost.

And now it’s time for us to help students get their dream jobs by getting them the best education and access to top companies which they are not getting.

This is the reason we are acquiring @tapchief.

I have known @shankmurali since he was in the fourth year of his college and have had the privilege of seeing him from the sidelines.

We are coming together to build Unacademy Pro.

A platform which helps you become a Pro and get your dream job.

If you are excited about Unacademy Pro then DM @shankmurali or me.

We think that we have a chance to disrupt the entire higher education system.

And no it does not start by selling degrees. It starts by creating outcomes.

Let’s crack it!

problems* in the first tweet.

Going live with @shankmurali to discuss more on this right now.