🧪 The 3 Faces of PW’s K12 Setup:

1. Regular Batches (PW App + Website):
Using the Base or Infinity Plan? You’re watching mostly recorded lectures, even when labeled as “live.”
There’s no real interaction, no doubt-solving.

And the platform itself?
It’s still buggy. Built on Vue.js—and get this—the favicon (the small browser icon) often shows the default Vue logo, meaning they didn’t even bother changing the placeholder.
That’s a small thing, yes—but it speaks volumes. If you’re charging lakhs, how can you overlook basic branding and polish?

2. Power Batches (Rebranded Curios Junior):
Minimal innovation. Just Oda-style classes, tweaked visuals, and a superficial layer of “premium.”
The UI/UX and flow look copied, and the content feels more suited for Grade 2–5 kids, despite being sold to older students.

3. Pathshala (PW’s Offline Division):
Pitched as the “revolution” in hybrid learning.
But most centers are just smart classrooms playing pre-recorded videos.
No real faculty interaction. Just structured video consumption in uniforms.
You're paying ₹1–1.5 lakh for what’s basically YouTube in a classroom.

💬 My Honest Take:

When PW kept things affordable (₹500–₹5,000), it helped lakhs of students.
But in trying to scale “premium,” the value hasn’t scaled at all.

A typical batch model:

• Hire 1 teacher for ₹1 crore

• Enroll 10,000 students at ₹2,500 = ₹2.5 crore revenue

• No need for quality control if all you're doing is looping video

Is that EdTech—or just YouTube + a payment gateway?

🎯 Final Thoughts:

• PW still has solid teachers and decent books

• But learning is more than watching videos

• Until doubt-solving, real interaction, and teacher access become central, it’s not true EdTech

• It’s just paywalled content in a wrapper

And if your favicon still shows the default Vue logo, maybe don’t call it a tech revolution yet.

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