CrossRoads Initiative

CrossRoads Initiative is a digital mentor network which helps Bangladeshi high school students receive Higher Education Abroad by connecting them with Foreign University Bangladeshis. 

Besides running 11+ seminars to reach 1800+ People physically and 36000+ people digitally in Facebook Live,CrossRoads' pilot called ‘Super 50’ trains 50 students across the country in a bootcamp to help all of them receive scholarships and university education.

Objective 1.Helping Bangladeshi expats have a contribution channel and financial incentive to give back to Bangladeshi students.

1. Spreading career planning and higher study abroad in digital centers in Bangladesh.

2. Connects students to their desired Bangladeshi mentors in reputed universities.

3. Community among Parents, Teachers of new students and Parent, Teachers of successful previous students (Cultural shift).

Accomplishment: Abinta Kabir Foundation Startup Champs, Founders Institute Startup Champs, Facebook Business Page growing 800% in 3 months to 2600+ Followers, First batch of students got into Harvard, Princeton and Columbia University. 

Every year, 700,000 Bangladeshi students dropout after Intermediate Examinations. Not because of their incapability, but that of our governments to ensure University seats/capacity for retaining students.

For every student, University Education makes the most crucial factor for deciding careers. In Bangladesh only 40% graduates receive jobs after graduation, and only 48% students go to university after completing intermediate exams (Dhaka Tribune,2019). 

In such a scenario, 60,000 students go abroad for studying, and they need a contribution channel to help Bangladesh. If we can create a marketspace where these expats can help the local students, we can create an information and knowledge sharing hub, which can help students receive Higher Education Abroad, and necessary skills for getting Jobs after graduation.

Our Team is from 8 countries including America, Korea, India, Germany, Argentina, England, Taiwan and Singapore - which gives us a unique positioning to scale and helps thousands of students worldwide.

Currently we have run 11 seminars across Bangladesh – reaching 1800+ People in Dhaka and Cumilla, conducted Facebook Live Classes for 36000+ people. Creating a pilot called ‘Super 50’ where we train 50 students across the country in a digital bootcamp and help all of them receive scholarships and higher education. 

Collaborations made:

1. Startup Bangladesh

Initial funding of 10 lac Bangladeshi Taka for developing Prototype and scaling.

2. Education USA and EMK Center

These Forerunners of spreading Higher Education in Bangladesh helps CrossRoads reach in the divisional hubs of EducationUSA and target student communities which need support.

3. Prothom Alo, Kaler Kontho and ABC Radio

These media organizations helps CrossRoads reach students, parents and teachers through Print media, Digital media, Social Media etc.

4. Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Duke and Minerva Schools Bangladesh Student Community

WE collaborate with Bangladeshi students community in the USA, to help Bangladeshi High School students receive higher education.

Through creating physical seminars we interact with students and convert them to customers. Through digital media we help them receive the information they need and connect them with mentors. Through local and university collaborations we create the contribution channels.

CrossRoads Initiative is a digital mentor network which helps Bangladeshi high school students receive Higher Education Abroad by connecting them with Foreign University Bangladeshis. 

Besides running 11+ seminars to reach 1800+ People physically and 36000+ people digitally in Facebook Live,CrossRoads' pilot called ‘Super 50’ trains 50 students across the country in a bootcamp to help all of them receive scholarships and university education.

Services Provided:

A to Z support for a student – SAT and IELTS preparation, Statement of Purpose, Scholarship Application with CSS Profile, Career Coaching, Visa Support, Flight Booking, Resume Writing and more.

Through our Facebook Business Page, we connect students with their mentors through filtering student preferences. Then we created a knowledge sharing platform which helps mentors guide students in a syllabus guided method and also community learning platform.

In our video we demostrate how our pilot program in 12 districts of Bangladesh is catering to 600+ students currently, and through each 50 students we generate a revenue of 3,00,000 BD Taka which we use to train these students in becoming mentors for the next batch of students.

We create collaborations with Education USA, Prothom Alo, and ABC Radio to provide knowledge through all contribution and communication channels in Bangladesh. 

Our Team is from 8 countries including America, Korea, India, Germany, Argentina, England, Taiwan and Singapore - which gives us a unique positioning to scale and helps thousands of students worldwide.

Bangladesh's fist digital and local mentor platform!

100,000 Students by 2023.

100,000 students by 2023.

Obstacles:

1. Lack of mentors who can help us grow: preferably people who have good experience and successful track record with Startup.

2. IT people who could help us create the digital platform (website).

3. Connections with people who could give us more access to students (Ministry of Education) or help us run a government-driven pilot ‘Super 50’

4. Access to digital centers across Bangladesh and create retention among students.

Collaboration with Startup Bangladesh, and Bootstrapping in out 8 operating countries.

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Our Team is from 8 countries including America, Korea, India, Germany, Argentina, England, Taiwan and Singapore - which gives us a unique positioning to scale and helps thousands of students worldwide.

National University of SIngapore

Minerva Schools at KGI USA

Munster University Germany

University of Dhaka

Startup Bangladesh

Education USA

Prothom Alo Newspaper

ABC Radio

To give quality education to the world