Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Red Fort address on the 80th Independence Day announcing a nationwide free online coaching initiative for competitive examinations, educators across the country have stepped forward in support, with PhysicsWallah founder Alakh Pandey pledging complete, non-profit backing to the central government.
The ambitious plan aims to lift the immense financial burden that commercial coaching centres place on ordinary households, earning quick praise from digital educators who have long pointed out that affordable tech is the only realistic way to bring high-calibre test prep to every corner of India.
Taking to social media platform X shortly after the speech, Pandey welcomed the policy and highlighted how digital classrooms have already broken down geographical barriers for students living in small towns and remote villages. Moving beyond simple praise, the EdTech founder offered his platform’s digital infrastructure, curriculum frameworks, and teaching expertise to the Union government entirely free of cost.
Pandey made it clear that while policy vision is critical, the true test will be execution on the ground, stressing that quality exam prep ought to reach every deserving aspirant without corporate profit motives creating artificial bottlenecks. The support from grassroots educators gives immediate practical traction to the government’s proposal, which directly targets the heavy economic and mental toll borne by middle-class and rural families chasing competitive exam seats.
By opening access to structured digital guidance directly on mobile screens, the initiative seeks to cut down the need for students to spend lakhs of rupees on private tuition or pack their bags for crowded, high-cost coaching hubs like Kota, creating a fair, merit-driven playing field for major engineering, medical, and public service entrance tests.