For schools

We work with a small number of schools that want to pilot adaptive practice - and are willing to tell us the truth about what works.

GuruMode is a parent-first product. We are open to school pilots on terms that protect the child first, the school second, and the contract last.

no kickbacks · no MoU lock-in · no marks claims
Pilot partners

We are not the right product for every school. Here is who we are right for.

You are a good fit if…

  • You teach CBSE Maths in Grades 5 to 9 - that is what we are live on today. Other boards and other subjects are coming, but we will not pretend they are ready when they are not.
  • Your academic leadership wants children to understand Maths, not just complete worksheets, and is willing to give us six to twelve weeks of honest classroom use.
  • You have at least one teacher in the relevant grades who will be our partner - someone who will tell us when a concept lands, when it doesn't, and when our pacing is wrong.
  • You are okay with us not making claims about marks or exam ranks during the pilot. We promise better understanding, measured by the child's ability to reason through unfamiliar problems.

We are not the right partner if…

  • You are looking for a tool that hands the child the answer faster.
  • You want a content library disguised as a learning app.
  • You need a vendor who will sign an MoU before letting your teachers use the product with real students.
  • You expect the product to replace your teachers. It is not built for that and never will be.
The process

Six to twelve weeks. One grade. Honest measurement.

No deck. No demo theatre. The first conversation tells both of us whether it's worth taking the next step.

Week 0
Conversation

One honest call. Sixty minutes.

A call with your academic head and at least one Maths teacher. We ask about your students, your current pain points, and what success would look like for you. You ask us anything. No deck, no pitch. If we are not the right fit, we will say so on this call.

Week 1
Setup

One section, one grade, real students.

We onboard one section of one grade. Parents receive a plain-language consent note. Teachers get a thirty-minute orientation. No data leaves the school's chosen environment without explicit consent.

Weeks 2-6
Use

One Maths topic per week.

Children use GuruMode for one topic per week, either in a lab period or as homework practice. Your teacher continues to teach normally. We are an addition, not a replacement.

Every Friday
Check-in

Fifteen minutes with the teacher.

What landed. What didn't. What the children said. What we should change for next week. The teacher's voice, not the vendor's.

Week 6 or 12
Readout

Three honest questions.

Did the children's reasoning improve on unseen problems? Did the teachers find the tool useful or annoying? Did the parents see a change in attitude toward Maths at home? We share the data. You decide whether to continue.

If the pilot doesn't work, we want to know why
more than we want a contract.
Refusal doctrine - school edition

Stated refusals before stated promises.

Most ed-tech vendors tell schools what they will do. Here is what we will not do - published, not buried in a contract.

×We will never pay a school, principal, or teacher a referral fee, kickback, or commission for adopting GuruMode.
×We will never make claims about board exam ranks, percentage improvement, or guaranteed marks. The research does not support those claims, and neither do we.
×We will never run advertising of any kind to children inside the product, in school or at home.
×We will never sell, share, or repackage children's data - to other ed-tech companies, advertisers, coaching institutes, or anyone else.
×We will never push a school into a multi-year contract during a pilot. Pilots are pilots. You extend on your terms after seeing the evidence.
×We will never disable features, gate content, or hold pricing hostage to push schools toward higher tiers mid-year.
×We will never claim children have used the product when they have not. Usage data is real, named, and shareable with the school's academic head on request.
×We will never white-label GuruMode for a school. The product carries one identity for every child who uses it.
If a vendor will not say these things in writing, ask them why.
Commercial model

Honest, before you ask.

We are early. Pilots are run at minimal cost - typically a small per-student fee that covers infrastructure and support, not margin. We do not publish school pricing on this website yet because the right number depends on your grade, your section size, and how long you want to run.

We will quote you a price after the Week 0 call, in writing, with no hidden line items. If the number doesn't work for your school, tell us - we would rather have you in the pilot at a number that works than not in the pilot at all.

Write to us

Send a short email. These six lines are enough.

Email support.gurumode@gmail.com, subject line School pilot - [your school name], and tell us:

School name, city, and board - CBSE / ICSE / state / IB / international.
Grade range and approximate number of students per section.
Subject of interest - today: Maths, Grades 5-9.
Why you are writing - the specific problem you would like a pilot to address.
Who the academic owner inside the school will be - name and role.
A reasonable window for a one-hour Week 0 call.
School FAQ

The questions principals actually ask.

Yes - for Maths, Grades 5 through 9, the chapters and pacing align to the current NCERT-anchored CBSE curriculum. Other boards work conceptually but chapter ordering will not match yet.
Pilot schools get an aggregate class view - what topics children are working on, where the class is struggling, where misconceptions are clustering. We do not surface individual child rankings. We will not turn this into a leaderboard.
Any modern Android phone, iPhone, iPad, or Chromebook with internet. We do not require school-issued devices. We do not require a lab.
Honest answer: we are not the right tool for fully offline classrooms today. Tier-2 cities and reasonable home internet are fine. If your school is in a low-bandwidth context, write to us anyway - we want to understand the constraints even if a pilot has to wait.
Our purpose is to build conceptual understanding and reasoning. Children who understand a topic deeply tend to do better on exams that test that topic - but we do not market ourselves as a board-prep or competitive-exam tool, because that is not what we are.
No. We do not white-label. The product carries one identity for every child who uses it.
English today. Hindi and Tamil are on the near-term roadmap. We will tell you honestly when they are ready, not before.
Only a first name and the interactions needed for adaptation. No surname, no precise location, no photos, no voice or biometric data. Designed under India's DPDPA framework. Parents can request deletion at any time and we honour it within seven days.
Tell us about your school

No deck. No demo theatre.
One honest email starts a real conversation.

We read every one. We respond inside three working days.