Pritam Kumar Agrawal, Founder & Director, Hello Kids
Pritam Kumar Agrawal is an MBA from Indian Institute of Planning & Management, New Delhi. He is an active member of Early Childhood Association, (ECA) India and represents ECA as Vice President – India as its National Core Committee Member. He has 15+ years of experience and has travelled widely to understand the preschool industry in India.
Sunitha Jain CEO & Director Hello Kids
Sunita Jain is a BE in Computer Science. As the CEO and Director of Hello Kids, she is heavily invested in the functioning of the preschools. Ms Jain has shown immense resilience in catering to every child’s needs. At Hello Kids, she ensures that children learn key life skills to head on to their future journeys. She has been instrumental in making the pre-school a FUN-SCHOOL where enlightening children by entertaining them is the key focus.
Hello Kids is one of the largest preschool franchises with over 860+ centres across India and Bangladesh. The preschools have been developed with a vision to amalgamate eastern culture with western competitive mindset. The fraternity aims to preserve and enhance the highest standards of culture and intelligence to prepare a winning generation for the 21st century. AT Hello Kids, children learn to be accommodative, caring, sharing, and bright individuals.
Curriculum
Hello Kids offers a curriculum that a well aligned to the various educational boards of the country such as, NCERT, CBSE, ICSE, Cambridge, IB and other State Education Boards. The well researched and age-appropriate curriculum focuses on integrating Experiential Learning, Life Skills, Theory of Multiple Intelligence and Montessori that is immensely beneficial for the child. The curriculum is drafted with a global perspective in mind.
A lot of emphasis is also laid on teacher training. Subjects and sessions on English – reading and writing readiness, Maths – arithmetic readiness, Storytelling, Rhymes, Blocks, Phonics and Non-Phonics, Circle Time are all designed to establish key life skills in students. Teachers are well trained in foundational literacy; they have essential teaching skills and are able to cater to the special needs of children. Apart from this, there are many training sessions and workshops that are organised for teachers and the management to address the challenges in early-childhood education.
USP in the Business Model
Hello Kids is India’s first No Royalty model preschool chain. It is the fourth largest preschool chain in the industry that offers extensive business and teachers training. The channel partners are offered 100% business training by the founder himself. 24/7 and 365 days business support is provided to all channel partners from the top management. 50+ business training sessions are accommodated in a year. 30 to 40 academic training sessions is organized by reputed trainers across India and overseas to keep the staff and management abreast with top-notch skills and educational updates. Hello Kids has the highest percentage in retention of franchises in the preschool industry.
Unique Features of Hello Kids Preschools
Hello Kids offers its franchises school managements with mobile application to help them in easy branch transfers. Weekly LIVE sessions are conducted by experts from India and the overseas, with monthly meetings and interactions among founders and parents. There is 0% fee financing support for parents as well. Weekly Newsletters keep all channel partners updated with the recent happenings in the education sphere and the franchise schools. CCTV, fire safety features is a compulsory at all Hello Kids preschools. Also, there is a digitally supported curriculum.
