JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) enjoys the much hyped preparation
vortex, adding thousands of aspirants on the preparation list and making it the
premium engineering entrance examination. Admitting students to the top-tier
institutions of the nation, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) through JEE
Advanced and National Institute of Technology (NITs) & Indian Institutes of
Information Technology (IIITs) and other Centrally Funded Technical
Institutions (CFTIs) through JEE Main. In the mode of offline coaching, the
student gets to ask certain doubts in the classrooms and other hopefully in
separate classes allotted for the purpose. The catch is during self-study or
preparing for JEE online. This is where the students get stuck or tend to
without the assistance of an adept teacher in the locality or in contact.
However the demand has far outweighed the supply so far. There are very few economical
solutions for this purpose and those which do not have this constraint have the
lack of quality sources to clear doubts or take time which is longer than usual
and the momentum is not retained mostly.
A lot of students face the pre-examination fit of nerves and with
JEE embedded with a lot of them, it becomes important for the students to get
her doubt cleared before it can stop consuming her attention allowing her to
shift into more important matters at hand, into continuing the original flow
with ease. The awkwardness of feeling timid or waiting for the classroom hours
can be avoided by having the complete freedom to ask and clarify. A platform
which stresses on these doubt-clearing sessions will boost the chances to
secure momentum as well as be a portal to score the desired ranks.
There are three kinds of doubt clearing platforms:
1. Category A: Mobile / Web Apps (Free) for
Doubt Clearing
2. Category B: Mobile / Web Apps (Premium)
for Doubt Clearing
3. Category C: Doubt clearing embedded in the
entire package.
The first category
includes doubtion, instasolv, solveitnow etc. Doubtion is a website
which acts as a forum where users can ask questions at their convenience
posting screenshots (handwritten as well) and the entire community in that
group gets to answer it. Instasolv is a mobile application which has gamified
the doubt solving process by letting the user answer questions, earn coins and
eventually transfer it to money. Solveitnow is also a mobile application with
the option to add screenshots. There certainly are other apps which have not
gained the necessary popularity or ratings but we can assume for the large part
that accepting questions with the support of screenshots and allowing the
community to answer and earn money or not are two conditions for this first
category of solution.
The second category is made up by doubtnut, basicstudentfirst,
misostudy, hashlearn etc. Doubtnut probably comes both at free or 2500/
year only for the subject of mathematics. The mention of price is not clear
from their authorized websites. Basicstudentfirst comes with 5 different
packages from Basic to Gold Express from the range of Rs.11,200 to Rs.93,500.
It varies depending upon the number of questions, minutes on call/ video,
teacher experience and response time. Misostudy costs Rs.14,600 which includes
top questions, important questions and questions with video solutions.
Hashlearn has unlimited access to everything with doubt solving, high-quality
practice & tests with solutions from books by India’s leading publishers,
courses with daily live classes by great teachers, practice and all mock tests
– in one subscription at the cost of Rs.10,000 for one year. The basic essence
of the doubt clearing platforms of this category is facilitating quality
education with the employment of quality teachers and facilities in addition to
just doubt clearing.
The third category includes kaysons, etoos, toppr, askiitian etc.
This category is covered by leading e-learning platforms which are doing well
in all domains. Kaysons and Askiitian are in the range of Rs.20,000 with etoos
around Rs.50,000 (offer plans might differ from general plans) and meritnation
from Rs.60,000 to Rs.90,000. Topprdoubts trump it all with Rs.1,12,000.
The three categories are unique in themselves and provide a
solution pertaining to different set of students. The first category is for
students who have doubt clearing solutions available to them and want an
additional layer of convenience. The second and third category is for people
enrolled in distance learning programs. The suggestion is tilted towards third
category because the price seems a little too much to accommodate for students
with financial constraints. Doubtnut is only beneficial for only maths if at
all for free. Hashlearn is the only suggested followed by misostudy in
group B while askiitians and kaysons stand ahead of the rest in terms of
deliverance and features in group C. Kaysons seems to be a better fit in other
categories as well and thus user can choose his ultimate platform as the best
DLP using this guide.
Doubt clearing is an essential speedbreaker in terms of education
and even more when it is an exam as competitive and fierce as JEE. It is
important to under the aspect of doubt clearing and arrive at solutions rather
than wandering astray and letting your performance hit and collide.
