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Excel Academy

By Amit Sakrani, Founder
Spellbound by the teaching-learning process since the early days of education, Amit Sakrani, the founder of Excel Academy never missed a class in school or college because of vague reasons. Especially while attending the language classes, Amit developed his interest in teaching by seeing the teachers and professors imparting tough lessons in the simplest ways. In fact, when Amit was about to complete his education, his mind was coagulated with the idea of opening up a language institute. This idea was triggered when he witnessed a major portion of the corporate professionals with indistinguishable skills struggling to reach corporate apex due to language barriers. Moreover, he saw globalization affecting every sector and demanding people to hold a strong grip over different languages. As a result, Amit proceeded with his idea and started tutoring students and professionals at homes. With him he took a few quality trainers to ensure he could fulfill the education demands anytime.

Turning Dreams into Reality


Witnessing success within a very short period, Amit decided to incorporate the different language classes under one roof. That's when the name 'Excel Academy' came into vicinity as Amit incepted the language training center at the north of Mumbai in Malad suburb. From the very beginning, Excel Academy started offering courses on spoken English, personality development. It established a partnership with the British Council for examining students' IELTS preparation. Apart from IELTS, at that time there were courses on demand for other English proficiency examinations too. These made Amit introduce PTE (Pearson Language Tests) and TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) examination-oriented course. Besides English courses, Excel Academy offers training in foreign languages like French, German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, and the Portuguese. For all the language courses, Excel Academy has introduced certification programs that they deliver in the most constructive and strategized manner.

"Ensuring that students walk into Excel Academy and leave it only after acquiring meticulous knowledge on their choice of courses, the academy guarantees that the students receive the full value of their spending"

Ensuring that students walk into Excel Academy and leave it only after acquiring meticulous knowledge on their choice of courses, the academy guarantees that the students receive the full value of their spending. "More importantly, everyone here dedicates time to make learning worth. We are very accommodative with the students and identify their needs. The students gain a good deal of knowledge and return home satisfied. They learn in a smaller teacher-student ratio from experienced certified trainers, who give lots of personal attention," asserts Amit. Excel Academy believes that language is not something which one can master by solving textbook exercises, but by having timely communication sessions. Therefore, the trainers stay vigorously involved in making the teaching-learning process utterly interactive. The trainers are also able to review the students' progress closely because of less number of students in every learning session. At Excel Academy, the students get a plethora of learning materials in the form of informative language books, audios and videos. There is another exclusively designed training paradigm 'Motion Type Method'. Under this program, the students gain knowledge of vocabulary concepts done through physical movements.

Backing Students throughout the Process


Although Excel Academy has so many programs in its rack, it first analyzes how to impart them based on the individuality of the students. Like if a student is going abroad for higher education, Excel Academy's course specialists try to find out what is absolutely necessary for that student and then suggest the best-suited course. The trainers help them to select the right exam and guide accordingly. They teach all the modules related to any particular exam. The trainers themselves have completed certification on training before joining Excel Academy. They are well versed with all the indispensable teaching techniques. It is due to their hard works; the students finish language learning with flying colors.

There are more than countable instances that exhibit Excel Academy's success. One such moment when a student came to the academy just before a week they had scheduled the IELTS examination. The student didn't even know the examination details. However, the trainers supported the student's cause and steered the student through IELTS syllabus in rapid mode. The student was able to score more than decent marks and got qualified. And there was another girl, who appeared for IELTS thrice and failed in the writing section. This girl came to Excel Academy seeking help. After taking regular classes, the girl qualified in the writing section at the very first attempt. Similar to such scenarios, there are many students who received assistance from Excel Academy and accomplished their dreams. These students already have spread words of excellence about Excel Academy and made the language training academy the prime choice. In support of the students' edification, today, Excel Academy has become a gratifying and one of the best language learning centers in India.