Grades 8 to 12
Learnacy is our interdisciplinary mentorship for curious learners in Grades 8 to 12 and undergraduates. A network of practitioner-mentors builds the arc around your child, guiding them through real research, original writing and the world’s most respected competitions, and growing the confidence and self-direction that outlast every exam.
Rolling admissions · We read every application ourselves · Need-based scholarships available
For parents
The years around school decide whether a child keeps learning for themselves, or stops when the marking does. Learnacy is built for the first.
Not a class of thirty. We map your child’s interests and gaps, then pair them with practitioner-mentors who design the journey around them.
The 5 C’s, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, curiosity and communication, built through real projects, not memorised for a test.
Your child leaves with published white papers under their own name and the rigour to enter the world’s most respected competitions, proof they can show a university.
We read every application ourselves, admit on a rolling basis, and offer need-based scholarships. No pressure, and no false promises.
See it for yourself
Learners and families on what the mentorship changed, and more voices on the Learnacy page.
What it is
Learnacy is our mentorship program, the living practice of our founding philosophy, and it shares its name with the book by our founder because it is the same idea, put to work. A longer, interdisciplinary arc, it builds 21st-century skills, general awareness and leadership over time, designed to grow with the learner and connect the fundamentals of their education to the world they’re about to inherit.
A network of practitioners and specialists supports each participant’s goals.
Bind science, mathematics and social sciences to real current events.
Critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, curiosity and communication.
The arc
Designed around the learner, not a fixed timetable.
We map the learner’s interests and gaps and pair them with mentors, the arc is designed around them, not a fixed timetable.
Interdisciplinary sessions, real projects and original research build the 5 C’s and the habit of self-directed learning.
Learners turn the work outward, original white papers, and the rigour to take on international competitions like the John Locke Institute essay prize.
One part of the journey
They are never the point. The point is a learner who can research, argue and create for themselves. Competitions are simply one honest place to put that to work. When a learner is ready, a mentor helps them choose the right fit and prepare properly, on work that is genuinely their own.
A case-study policy-making competition for high-school girls worldwide, free to enter, with cash prizes. Built to put young women’s voices into real policy.
Our competition Global Essay Challenge ↗ One Young India · launching soonOur global student essay competition, launching soon. Register your interest on the site to be first in line.
And the ones we help a learner aim at, chosen for fit, never for a trophy shelf. The 🎯 tracks include a step-by-step prep track in our writing studio.
Based in India, learners also enter the CBSE Expression Series and CBSE-CVC Essay, Yuvamanthan Model G20, and the science pathways IRIS, INSPIRE-MANAK and the National Children’s Science Congress. Deadlines rotate yearly, and a mentor plans the right cycle. We only ever help with work that is genuinely the learner’s own.
What your child leaves with
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There’s no fixed cohort, we design the arc around the learner. Tell us a little about your child, and our team will be in touch to shape the right fit.
Questions
Learners in Grades 8 to 12 and undergraduates who want to keep growing beyond the syllabus.
It runs primarily online and as an ongoing, interdisciplinary journey guided by our mentor network, so a mentor’s guidance reaches your child wherever you are. Get in touch and we’ll design the right fit.
It flexes around school. The arc is built around your child’s pace, regular sessions with their mentor plus their own project time, without crowding out academics.
Original work under their own name, published white papers, and entries for respected competitions like the John Locke Institute essay prize. A real portfolio a university can see, not just a certificate.
Yes, we offer need-based support for eligible learners, and we read every application ourselves.
Mentors guide the work, but the achievements are genuinely your child’s. We don’t overpromise outcomes, and we never put a student’s name to work that isn’t their own.
