Pear (Education)

Youth & Education - Supporting academically weaker students

Introducing Team Seed: We’re here to plant the seeds of change in education! 🌱

We’re a team of engineers, designers, and strategists focused on improving education for students of all abilities, especially those from underprivileged backgrounds. We’re tackling the challenge of diverse learning needs by combining AI, data, and user-centered design to create solutions that provide specialized academic support. Our goal is to empower every student to thrive—because education should be a path to growth for everyone, regardless of their circumstances!

Team members:

• Choo Liang Yi, Software Engineer

• Khang Hou, Software Engineer

• Martyn Chan, UX Designer

• Kami Cheung, Data Engineer

• Jovinder Singh, AI Engineer

Problem Statement

Underpriviledged academically weaker students and volunteer tutors need to bridge learning gaps by strengthening foundational knowledge and providing continuous, tailored support aligned with the MOE syllabus during and between tutoring sessions.

This problem occurs when students struggle to understand class material and retain information during self-study periods, and tutors face challenges in identifying students’ weaknesses and aligning their tutoring with the curriculum due to limited time and students’ reluctance to express difficulties.

This results in students falling behind, lacking confidence, and being unable to overcome challenging problems, and tutors spending excessive time explaining concepts and motivating students without effectively addressing specific needs, because students lack access to effective resources that match their skill levels, and volunteer tutors are unfamiliar with the MOE syllabus and have limited tools to identify and address students’ weaknesses.

Proposed Solution

To address the challenges faced by underpriviledged academically weaker students and volunteer tutors, we propose an integrated platform designed to strengthen foundational knowledge and provide continuous, tailored support aligned with the MOE syllabus.

Features
- For Tutors: Customizable diagnostic tests, align tutoring with the MOE syllabus, AI summarization of case notes, tutor-validated question bank extracted from freetestpapers that are classified into topics/ sub-topics, and a progress tracking dashboard.
- For Students: Bite-sized micro-quizzes, “Explain Like I’m 5” (ELI5) explanations of concepts, and personalized quiz recommendations.

Impact
Improved academic performance, enhanced tutoring effectiveness, increased engagement.