Local owner Zibaa Gowani opened a Sylvan Learning Center franchise in Katy at the end of March.

The details

The Cinco Ranch location will provide year-round supplemental and enrichment education for kindergarten through 12th-grade students.

The tutoring service helps curve the residual effects from pandemic-related learning loss and is timely for the upcoming summer break, according to a May 3 news release.

Sylvan has provided its services for more than four decades and has more than 710 locations worldwide, per the release. It utilizes a technology-based curriculum designed to give each student a personalized, trackable plan to achieve their educational goals.


Looking forward

Gowani plans to open two additional centers in the Greater Houston area, according to the release.

“I’m proud to open my first of three centers in Cinco Ranch,” she said in the release “I’ve always had a passion for education, and now I get to build a career out of it. Education empowers students, and my hope is to foster an environment where they can discover or reignite their passion for learning.”

A timeline and specific locations for Gowani's upcoming franchises were not included in the release.