WhatsApp for education
Admission season brings thousands of enquiries in a few weeks. An AI agent on your WhatsApp number answers each one immediately, finds out what the student needs and books the counselling call.
Admissions
Students and parents ask the same things: courses, fees, eligibility, batch timings, hostel, scholarships. The agent answers from the facts you give it, then works toward a counselling call or a campus visit.
It captures, for each enquiry:
| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| Course | B.Tech Computer Science |
| Class 12 score | 88% |
| City | Nagpur |
| Counselling call | Tuesday 6 pm |
| Parent or student | parent |
Your admissions team gets a sorted list of who is serious, instead of a WhatsApp inbox to scroll.
Campaigns to past enquiries
Upload last year's enquiries and send an approved template when admissions open. The agent answers every reply, and anyone who opts out is never messaged again from that number.
Current students
Fee reminders, class changes, exam schedules and results notices go out as utility templates, Meta's cheaper category. Replies ("can I pay in two parts?") go to the agent or to your office, as you choose.
What it costs
₹0.115 per utility message and ₹0.8631 per marketing message from Meta in India today, plus ₹0.30 per conversation the agent handles. No subscription and no per-seat fee for your counsellors. See pricing.
Questions
How do coaching institutes use WhatsApp?
To answer admission enquiries from ads and websites, share course and fee details, book demo classes and counselling calls, and send fee and class reminders to current students.
Can the AI agent answer questions about fees and eligibility?
Yes, from the details you give it. It does not invent fees, dates or scholarship rules, and hands over to your admissions team for anything you list, such as fee concessions.
Can we message students who enquired last year?
Yes, if they gave you their number to hear from you, using a Meta-approved template for the first message. Opt-outs are honoured automatically.
Can counsellors see and reply to the conversations?
Yes. Every conversation is in Conversations, and a counsellor can reply while WhatsApp's 24-hour window is open.
Try it on your own number
Describe your agent in plain words, test it in a chat, and put it on your WhatsApp. $5 free to start, no subscription.
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