YouTube is the world's most famous video streaming platform, in which you can watch thousands, millions of short videos, long form videos of different categories. The most interesting thing is that these videos watched on YouTube are completely free. However, while watching these free videos you also have to watch advertisements, which spoils your video watching experience.
Apart from this, if you are watching an interesting video then it spoils the fun. But if you use YouTube Premium then you will not have to watch a single advertisement. However, you will have to pay a monthly or annual fee to use YouTube Premium. After which YouTube gives you an ad-free experience. Apart from this, YouTube Premium also gives you the option of background playback. For this you will have to pay Rs 129 per month. But if you are a student then the monthly subscription fee can be reduced.
YouTube Premium offers students a discount on the subscription amount, as most students do not earn any money. But the process of taking student membership is different from normal premium membership. To avail student membership it is mandatory for any student to provide certain information including the name of the school or university. If you are a student and want to take YouTube Premium Membership then you have to pay attention to the information given below.
According to YouTube, any higher education institution that is located in the YouTube student membership zone can avail the benefits of this scheme. However, students who wish to avail the benefits of student membership must be registered with SheerID, the identity verification platform at the institution in which they are studying.
How to get student membership?
First of all, open YouTube in your phone, tablet or computer browser and go to the stunt plan page. If you are a new user of premium subscription and do not currently have it then you can get a free trial. Now click on Try it Free. Here you have to enter the name of the school, college or university. Name will be verified on SheerID. You can get student membership of YouTube Premium plan only if your organization is on SheerID list. SheerID will also ask you for your enrollment number and email address provided by the University. This data will also be verified. After doing this you can use the free trial of YouTube.
According to YouTube, you can use the student subscription plan for 4 years, and every year the student must re-verify their ID with SheerID.