PlanetSpark and OYO join hands to provide new-age tuition spaces

EdTech startup PlanetSpark has struck a deal with hospitality unicorn OYO to set up more than 500 ‘new age’ learning spaces for children across India, catering to all the learning needs of KG to class 8 kids in the neighbourhood.

Funded by FIITJEE, PlanetSpark is on a mission to organise and standardise after-school education across the country. The company transforms traditional KG to Class 8 tuitions by combining physical teaching with mobile technology. It follows an OYO-like model to blend the gamified learning aspect with offline teachers.

The Gurugram-based startup partners with tuition centres and home-based tuition providers, enabling them with technology, apps, games, etc. With 400 learning centres across seven Indian metros, PlanetSpark has an aggressive scale-up plan to fulfil the demand generating on its mobile app and other digital platforms.

With this partnership, PlanetSpark will leverage OYO's core USP to offer a standardised experience across any of its properties - something lacking in the after-school education sector.

While PlanetSpark has the education offering, OYO will provide the spaces required to monetise its properties beyond the hospitality business.

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PlanetSpark plans to use learning centres housed in OYO to expand its scale. These spaces will have appealing interior design, child-friendly furniture, PlanetSpark’s engaging content and certified tutors, creating a truly standardised experience.

OYO is currently present in over 500 cities across 10 countries, and has than over 515,000 rooms.

Kunal Malik, Co-Founder of PlanetSpark, said,

“We realised that OYO had similar aggressive plans as us to scale-up their supply over the next few months. Hence, instead of putting our efforts separately, we decided to join hands to have a force multiplier. Also, we only wanted to partner with a trusted brand where parents can send their children without any safety concern."

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