About 21k School

What sets us apart?

We are a formal, recognised K-12 school offering Indian, American and British Curriculum online for students aged 3 to 18 years in India and abroad. Started in June 2020, today our community includes over 6000 students and 300 teachers from 500+ cities and 54 countries representing seventeen nationalities. We are pioneers in offering personalised, transparent, affordable high-quality education to students online using proprietary learning platform engaging students with a repository of audio, video and animated curriculum content from the best in the world.

At 21K School we realise that mastery of the “3 R’s” (reading, writing, and arithmetic) is no longer enough, nor is the superficial recollection of facts. What is needed is deeper learning of content through its application in solving real-life issues. Also, content knowledge needs to be complemented with the purposeful development of critical skills (problem-solving, creativity, communication, collaboration) and universal human values (empathy, positivity, equanimity, and the ethic of excellence).

Every child is blessed with some unique ability that sets her/him apart. At 21K school, our focus is not just to give a child a conducive environment to excel in studies but also to give enough time and encouragement to explore many possibilities in life and Be More.

  • Flexible Options

    21K School enables students to learn at their own pace, whether they are seeking greater academic challenges, in need of a more nurturing environment, or working around budding careers, travel, and extracurricular pursuits. We bring world class education for your world.

  • Dedicated Teachers

    Our certified teachers go through extensive training as well as ongoing professional development to become experts in the art and science of online instruction. Many have advanced degrees in teaching, coupled with countless hours of classroom and online experience – above that they all share a passion for making a difference and helping their students learn in ways that work best for them.

  • Exceptional Curriculum

    Comprising tens of thousands of online lessons, our award-winning curriculum is rooted in decades of education research and cognitive science, fueled by innovative technology. This is a winning combination: the best research about how children learn well with engaging content and interactivity. The major focus in lower grades is on a mastery-based approach to skills and knowledge. In middle and upper grades, a more traditional grading system comes into play, and students may work on projects in class groups to enable peer collaboration.

  • Individualized Learning

    Many children find it difficult to get the individually focused and flexible learning they need in a traditional classroom. We understand the great potential that an individualized education can unleash in a child. Hence, we take a personalized approach to learning. The core element of this approach is a combination of rich, challenging, and engaging content, delivered in state-of-the-art online lessons, and traditional materials that complement interactive learning.

Values & Ethos

21K School envisions to reimagine the School Experience for the stakeholders. We endeavour to make the 16 years of Schooling meaningful and joyful for everyone involved.

An expandable model worth experimenting in different contexts

  • For Students

    • Anytime, anywhere learning
    • Real-world education delivered by high-quality teachers
    • No more rote learning or learning by heart
    • A positive and loving relationship with teachers
    • Less stressful working hours

  • For Teachers

    • Less workload in terms of number of students managed
    • Flipped roles with students with a focus on the scaffolding of learning
    • Role of Facilitators rather than “sage on the stage”
    • Trained to manage self, emotions and with a growth mindset
    • Less stressful working ensuring better results

  • For Parents

    • Greater involvement in student’s progress
    • Better relationship and nurturing of students
    • Parenting workshops, materials, and counseling
    • Systems designed to ensure smooth communication
    • Information on student’s progress available easily
    • Less anxiety and better relationship with School

  • For Society

    • Great education, made easy
    • Better access to high-quality education across geography
    • Overcomes the challenge of lack of good teachers, if scaled up
    • Reduces the barrier to meet the fundamental right to education
    • High value delivered at a fraction of conventional school
    • Less carbon footprint and environmentally sustainable

21K Group

Change is never easy - unexplored in the beginning, magnificent and groundbreaking at the end. The 21st century has been characterized by constant technological change and disruption like never before. 21K group is on a mission to create online learning spaces for communities that want to explore beyond the conventional. With a trained team that is constantly setting new benchmarks we aim to bring only the best experiences to our students. We have three institutions.

21K school

India’s first online school that is redefining education to fit global standards. We provide structured as well as flexible curriculums to fit all needs. World class education from nursery to Grade 12 will now reach everyone, anywhere, anytime.

21K Skills

Brings top upskilling and reskilling courses from around the world for individuals, corporates and retired military personnel. For this we have international partners who are leaders in developing talent and capabilities in technical fields such as software engineering and data science.

Our Team

Santosh Kumar

Co-founder & CEO

A staunch believer in following passions, after over 8 years of working in various IT companies across the globe, he found his. After honing his skills in many known companies like L&T he moved in to conquer the Edtech world. An alumnus of IIT Delhi, he is disrupting technologies to discover its possibilities.

Joshi Kumar

Co-founder

A technological geek at heart, Joshi is an alumnus of the National University of Singapore. He knew where his heart lies and pursued his career in the technology industry. Now he has over 10 years of experience working for Fortune 500 companies. He puts his creative best forward when finding solutions to problems and believes that technology is no less than magic if you explore enough.

Dinesh Kumar

Co-founder

EDUCATION FOR ALL. This is the mission that drives Dinesh Kumar. As a Silicon Valley professional and USC alumni with over ten years of experience working for companies like NVIDIA, HP, and various other startups, he possesses the expertise necessary to build a competitive yet enriching learning platform. He is passionate about technology and is particularly invested in using it to solve the genuine issues we face in the world today.

Yeshwanth Raj Parasmal

Co-founder & Director

Yeshwanth is an Education Management Professional who has over 20 years of experience in the sector. He is passionate about transforming the way we see education in the country and has many startups that he is dabbling at the moment including Strategum Eduserve Private Limited, India's leading education management company. He is a specialist in strategic planning, systems development brand building.

Our Partners

Stride Inc

Since its inception, Stride has powered more than ten lakh students in kindergarten through 12th Grade with online and blended educational offerings that include an award-winning personalised curriculum and platform. It is based in the US, following the American curriculum and a leader in online education and blended learning. Accredited by Cognia - a global non-profit for excellence in education.

The Keystone School

Keystone online education programs offer quality learning in a non-traditional environment for students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. The Keystone School is fully accredited and backed by nearly 40 years of experience. Since the first program was introduced in 1974, they have been recognized as an innovator in distance learning and home school programs. Families in more than 75 countries have chosen Keystone to help prepare their children for a successful future. Over 170,000 students have graduated from The Keystone School. Our Other Curriculum and Technology Partners include the best from the fields including eBooks, Personalised Learning, Digital Library, Coding and Virtual Labs.

Pearson Edexcel

Pearson Edexcel is a learning company with more than 20,000 employees operating in 70 countries, delivering high quality learning for over 20 years, and operating 40+ virtual schools globally. It connects more than 100,000 learners from around the world with their teachers, providing content, assessment and digital services to learners, educational institutions, employers, and governments for over 150 years globally. The Graduates progress to a wide range of universities including Cornell, Stanford, Yale and Brown

Cambridge Assessment International Education

Used in over 10,000 schools in 160 countries, the curriculum is international in its philosophy and approach. Cambridge is the world's most popular international qualification (14-16 years) that is accepted by over 1,900 institutions across 81 countries, therefore allowing a student with vast options.

Cognia

Cognia is the largest community of education professionals in the world. They are a non-profit, non-partisan organization that conducts rigorous, on-site reviews of a variety of educational institutions and systems to ensure that all learners realize their full potential. With expertise grounded in more than a hundred years of work in school accreditation, Cognia is far from a typical accrediting agency. Their goal isn’t to certify that educational institutions are good enough. Rather, their commitment is to help these institutions continuously improve.

MSA-CESS

The Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools of the Middle States Association accredit early-childhood through post-secondary, non-degree granting public, private, faith-based educational institutions including special purpose schools, and learning services providers.