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  <!-- ================= Q1 · why we exist ================= -->
  <section class="q body-cell" id="what-we-are">
    <span class="marginal" style="top:clamp(56px,7vw,100px)">Q1.</span>
    <div class="q-head">
      <h2>What Kautuki is.</h2>
      <span class="marks">[read this part first]</span>
    </div>
    <p class="q-kicker">
      A live tutoring marketplace for Class 6&ndash;12, built for families in Tier 2, 3 and 4 India &mdash; hand-verified
      teachers, classes you pay for one at a time, and a study library that stays open in between. The five barriers
      we set out to remove are argued in full on the home page; what follows here are the four rules we design by.
    </p>
    <div class="abt-ticks">
      <ul class="ticks">
        <li><span class="redpen">&#10003;</span><span><b>Your pincode should not pick your teacher.</b> A live class travels; an auto rickshaw does not.</span></li>
        <li><span class="redpen">&#10003;</span><span><b>You should see the teaching before the bill.</b> Not a year&rsquo;s fee paid before a single chapter.</span></li>
        <li><span class="redpen">&#10003;</span><span><b>It has to work on the phone you own.</b> Entry-level Android, one bar of signal, shared with the family.</span></li>
        <li><span class="redpen">&#10003;</span><span><b>Someone has to have checked.</b> A person on our team, not a rating average.</span></li>
      </ul>
      <div class="q-cta">
        <a class="plain" href="index.php#why">Read the problem in five parts &rarr;</a>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="rough">
      <p class="rk">Rough work &mdash; the fare, before any tuition is paid</p>
      <table>
        <tr><td>Auto to tuition and back</td><td>2 &times; &#8377;20 = &#8377;40</td></tr>
        <tr><td>Six days a week</td><td>6 &times; &#8377;40 = &#8377;240</td></tr>
        <tr><td>Four weeks</td><td>4 &times; &#8377;240 = &#8377;960</td></tr>
        <tr class="tot"><td>Spent before one rupee reaches a teacher</td><td>&#8377;960</td></tr>
      </table>
      <p class="fine">Illustrative &mdash; fares vary by town. On Kautuki the class arrives on a phone the family already owns, so this line is &#8377;0. Teaching rates are set by each teacher and shown on their profile before you book.</p>
    </div>
  </section>

  <!-- ================= Q2 · the five promises ================= -->
  <section class="q body-cell" id="promise">
    <span class="marginal" style="top:clamp(56px,7vw,100px)">Q2.</span>
    <div class="q-head">
      <h2>What we promise.</h2>
      <span class="marks">[5 marks &mdash; one for each]</span>
    </div>
    <p class="q-kicker">
      Five commitments. They appear on every page of this site in the same words, because a promise that
      changes wording between pages is not a promise.
    </p>
    <ol class="steps">
      <li>
        <span class="n">01</span>
        <h3>Your first class is free</h3>
        <p>The first session with any teacher costs &#8377;0 &mdash; and you may sit a free first class with more than one teacher before choosing.</p>
        <span class="redpen" aria-hidden="true">&#10003;</span>
      </li>
      <li>
        <span class="n">02</span>
        <h3>You pay per class, never a package</h3>
        <p>No annual fee, no subscription, no deposit. The teacher is paid after the class happens, so a class that does not happen is never charged.</p>
        <span class="redpen" aria-hidden="true">&#10003;</span>
      </li>
      <li>
        <span class="n">03</span>
        <h3>Every teacher is hand-verified by a person</h3>
        <p>Aadhaar identity, qualification papers and a background check &mdash; each read by someone on our team. Any single failure ends the application. <a href="safety.php">See the marking scheme &rarr;</a></p>
        <span class="redpen" aria-hidden="true">&#10003;</span>
      </li>
      <li>
        <span class="n">04</span>
        <h3>1:1, or a batch of &le; 12</h3>
        <p>Small enough that your child can be asked a question by name, and small enough that they can ask one back.</p>
        <span class="redpen" aria-hidden="true">&#10003;</span>
      </li>
      <li>
        <span class="n">05</span>
        <h3>A free self-study library between classes</h3>
        <p>Video lessons, chapter notes, practice and a notebook &mdash; open without booking anything. <a href="selfstudy.php">See what is inside &rarr;</a></p>
        <span class="redpen" aria-hidden="true">&#10003;</span>
      </li>
    </ol>
  </section>

  <!-- ================= Q3 · how a class runs ================= -->
  <section class="q body-cell" id="how-it-runs">
    <span class="marginal" style="top:clamp(56px,7vw,100px)">Q3.</span>
    <div class="q-head">
      <h2>How a class actually runs.</h2>
      <span class="marks">[start to finish]</span>
    </div>
    <p class="q-kicker">
      From the profile you open to the report that reaches you at the end of the week.
    </p>
    <ol class="arc">
      <li>
        <span class="when">Before booking</span>
        <h3>You read the profile first</h3>
        <p>Subjects, board, languages and the teacher&rsquo;s own rate for each format &mdash; all shown before anything is booked. Nothing is hidden behind a phone call.</p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <span class="when">The first class</span>
        <h3>Free, and no card to start</h3>
        <p>Sign in with an OTP and sit the first session at &#8377;0. If the teacher is not right for your child, try another one &mdash; also free.</p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <span class="when">In the class</span>
        <h3>Built for one bar of signal</h3>
        <p>Adaptive video that falls back to audio with a synced whiteboard rather than dropping the class. 1:1 or a batch of &le; 12, live, never a recording played back at you.</p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <span class="when">Afterwards</span>
        <h3>The class does not disappear</h3>
        <p>The recording, the whiteboard and session notes stay in your account at no extra fee, and a weekly report tells the parent what was actually covered.</p>
      </li>
    </ol>
    <p class="arc-note">
      <span class="redpen" style="font-size:22px">&#9998;</span>
      Between any two classes the study library stays open &mdash; so the week your family does not book
      anything is still a week your child can work.
    </p>
  </section>

  <!-- ================= Q4 · what we won't do ================= -->
  <section class="q body-cell" id="wont">
    <span class="marginal" style="top:clamp(56px,7vw,100px)">Q4.</span>
    <div class="q-head">
      <h2>What we have decided not to do.</h2>
      <span class="marks">[no marks &mdash; but it counts]</span>
    </div>
    <p class="q-kicker">
      Some of these would sell more classes in the short run. They are written down here so you can hold us to them.
    </p>
    <ul class="kit four">
      <li>
        <span class="ki" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="#0F2557" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><circle cx="12" cy="13" r="8"/><path d="M12 9v4l2.5 2"/><path d="M9 2h6"/><path d="M4 5l16 16" stroke="#C93B2E"/></svg></span>
        <span class="tag">Never</span>
        <h3>Countdown timers and false hurry</h3>
        <p>No &ldquo;offer ends tonight&rdquo;, no seats-remaining counter, no price that quietly rises while you think it over. Decide in your own time.</p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <span class="ki" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="#0F2557" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M3 8l9-4 9 4v8l-9 4-9-4z"/><path d="M3 8l9 4 9-4M12 12v8"/><path d="M4 4l16 16" stroke="#C93B2E"/></svg></span>
        <span class="tag">Never</span>
        <h3>A year&rsquo;s package before you have met the teacher</h3>
        <p>We do not sell bundles and we do not ask for the year in advance. You buy one class, judge it, and decide about the next one.</p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <span class="ki" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="#0F2557" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M21 12.5V6a2 2 0 00-2-2H5a2 2 0 00-2 2v12a2 2 0 002 2h7"/><path d="M7 9h7M7 13h4" stroke="#C93B2E"/><path d="M16 17h6M19 14v6"/></svg></span>
        <span class="tag">Never</span>
        <h3>Fees you can only learn on a phone call</h3>
        <p>Every rate sits on the teacher&rsquo;s profile in rupees. No callback form standing between a parent and a number.</p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <span class="ki" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="#0F2557" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><rect x="4" y="10" width="16" height="11" rx="2"/><path d="M8 10V7a4 4 0 018 0v3"/><path d="M10 15.5h4" stroke="#C93B2E"/></svg></span>
        <span class="tag">Never</span>
        <h3>Your family&rsquo;s data as a side business</h3>
        <p>Personal data is handled under the DPDP Act 2023 and stored in Mumbai. We do not sell it. <a href="privacy.php">Read the privacy policy &rarr;</a></p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p class="kit-note">
      <span class="redpen" style="font-size:22px">&#9998;</span>
      We also will not claim a grade. Marks belong to your child and the work they put in &mdash; what we
      commit to is a verified teacher, a class that runs, and a record of it afterwards.
    </p>
  </section>

  <!-- ================= Q5 · questions about us ================= -->
  <section class="q body-cell" id="questions">
    <span class="marginal" style="top:clamp(56px,7vw,100px)">Q5.</span>
    <div class="q-head">
      <h2>Questions about us.</h2>
      <span class="marks">[open book &mdash; ask anything]</span>
    </div>
    <div class="doubts">
      <details open>
        <summary><span class="qm">Q.</span>Who is Kautuki for?<span class="plus">+</span></summary>
        <div class="ans"><span class="am">A.</span><p>Students in Class 6&ndash;12 and their parents, with Tier 2, 3 and 4 towns as the case we design for first &mdash; entry-level Android phones, uneven signal, and a family deciding carefully what a class is worth.</p></div>
      </details>
      <details>
        <summary><span class="qm">Q.</span>Are you open yet?<span class="plus">+</span></summary>
        <div class="ans"><span class="am">A.</span><p>Not yet &mdash; we are signing up families and teachers for early access and opening in phases. Leave your number below and we will tell you when classes start in your area. Joining the list costs nothing.</p></div>
      </details>
      <details>
        <summary><span class="qm">Q.</span>What does &ldquo;hand-verified&rdquo; actually mean?<span class="plus">+</span></summary>
        <div class="ans"><span class="am">A.</span><p>Identity against a government ID, qualification papers read by a person rather than scanned by a script, and a background check &mdash; all before a profile goes live. Verification is repeated if a teacher changes their documents, and a profile can be pulled on a parent complaint. The <a href="safety.php">full marking scheme is here</a>.</p></div>
      </details>
      <details>
        <summary><span class="qm">Q.</span>How is this different from what we are offered now?<span class="plus">+</span></summary>
        <div class="ans"><span class="am">A.</span><p>Mainly in when you pay and who has been checked: one class at a time instead of a package in advance, and a teacher a person on our team has verified. We set the two models side by side in the <a href="classes.php#compare">comparison table</a>.</p></div>
      </details>
      <details>
        <summary><span class="qm">Q.</span>Where is our data kept?<span class="plus">+</span></summary>
        <div class="ans"><span class="am">A.</span><p>In Mumbai, on AWS ap-south-1, handled under the DPDP Act 2023. The <a href="privacy.php">privacy policy</a> sets out exactly what we store and for how long.</p></div>
      </details>
      <details>
        <summary><span class="qm">Q.</span>How do we reach a human?<span class="plus">+</span></summary>
        <div class="ans"><span class="am">A.</span><p>Write to <a href="mailto:hello@kautuki.co.in">hello@kautuki.co.in</a>, Monday to Saturday, 9 am&ndash;7 pm IST. Teaching enquiries go to <a href="mailto:teachers@kautuki.co.in">teachers@kautuki.co.in</a>. The <a href="contact.php#contact">contact page</a> has the rest, including our grievance officer.</p></div>
      </details>
    </div>
    <div class="q-cta">
      <a class="stamp" href="#early">Get early access</a>
      <a class="plain" href="faq.php">or read the full list of doubts &rarr;</a>
    </div>
  </section>
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