The Financial Express – Online Web

Both countries also have a mutual interest in creating a stronger partnership in the education sector. India’s New Education Policy allows institutions of higher learning to open campuses within the country along with a booming EdTech market that is expected to reach $1.96 billion by 2021.

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The Hyderabad-based edtech startup, founded by Ajay Sakhamuri and Ravindra Adusumilli in 2010, will use the funds to expand its offerings to 50 lakh students across 10,000+ schools and enter the Middle East and Southeast Asian markets.

The New Indian Express – Online Web

The State has launched various initiatives over the last six years to promote a culture of entrepreneurship. The creation and the growth of organisations such as T-Hub, TSIC, RICH, We-Hub, T-Works, and Emerging Technologies wing stand testimony to the commitment of TS towards boosting the ecosystem,” Rama Rao said. T-

Tech Story – Online Web

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a curse for education in India but in some way, it provides an alltogether different angle to interactive study sessions with online classes and edtech startups being funded phenomenally by investors considering the promising growth potential in the sector.

The Hans India – Online Web

Dr Vivek Singh, a Political Science professor at Allahabad University, Uttar Pradesh, joined edutech startup TeachMint in September. “I’ve been a professor for close to six years now. When the lockdown period started o?, the university asked us to take up classes online. I took regular classes via Zoom and Google Meet, but it had its own challenges since the method of video calls with class-full of people turned out to be a cumbersome process.

Times Now News – Online Web

Zishaan Hayath, CEO and Founder, Toppr, feels that this is just the beginning of a market hitherto unexplored. This year has not only changed education as we know it, but it has also coerced all stakeholders of education to find better learning solutions.

Indian Television – Online Web

Additionally, giants like Facebook, Swiggy, and Instagram entering the local market with thier own shopping platforms, growth of edtech companies like WhiteHat Jr, Vedantu, and Instagram releasing a new content section called Reels, were some new found opportunities for the digital industry to explore.

The Times of India – Online Web

The year also saw startups engage in heightened consolidation moves. Over 87 M&A deals worth more than $1.3 billion involved at least one startup in 2020, according to VI. In addition to marquee deals such as Byju’s buying WhiteHat Jr, and Reliance acquiring majority stake in Netmeds, there were several smaller strategic acqui-hires and distress sales among startups.

Money Control – Online Web

But when that outsized exit becomes elusive, venture capitalists get jittery. Their investors start asking uncomfortable questions. And that is what has happened for many years in India. Barring a few exits like that of Flipkart to Walmart, or more recently Whitehat Jr to Byju’s, exits have been far and few in India.

Deccan Herald – Online Web

This happens in spite of all the EdTech Companies and smart classrooms at tuition centers. Technology is just a medium. In India, we dont suffer from a dearth of technologists, but of Educationalists.

Digitallearning Eletsonline – Online Web

EdTech firm MyClassboard Educational Services (MCB) raised Rs 45 crore from ICICI Bank. MyClassboard is an endtoend school software that helps schools in automating and streamlining all their academic and administrative processes.

Times Now News – Online Web

Tap to unmute Square Panda presents Early Learning Matters: Watch Ep 1 Square Panda presents Early Learning Matters partnered by Times Network an educational series that focuses on discussing the changing trends, challenges and potential opportunities for progress in the educational sector.

Exchange 4 Media – Online Web

Arvind Kumar has elevated as Business Head of Hello English app. Hello English is Indias largest language learning app with over 55 Million user base and the app is available in 14 different Indian languages.

Business World – Online Web

Edtech startups will move towards these 5 major pedagogical trends next year. As the pandemic hit this year, it exposed a major gap in school education that was not able to meet the needs and expectations of the students. As a result, children and their parents increasingly turned to online programs in search of more learning tools and the edtech sector struck gold.

Your Story – Online Web

The bootstrapped edtech startup said its annual revenue rose 150 percent to Rs 325 crore, as the coronavirusinduced lockdown boosted demand for its learning courses aimed at equipping professionals with new skills.

Navashakti – Online Web

Practically, a new e-learning app, designed to make learning experiential and increase retention among students of class 6 to 12, has kickstarted its first-ever brand campaign around the theme – ‘Bring Learning Alive’.

The Hans India – Online Web

Teachmint, an EdTech company focused on India relevant digital tutoring solutions revealed that teachers who have made a switch to online tutoring from the conventional physical classroom setup have witnessed an average 400% growth in their teaching business in eight weeks of signing up.

Business World – Online Web

Edukemy is India’s first test prep EdTech company in the non-STEM segment based on progressive evaluation techniques. It was founded by Mr Chandrahas Panigrahi, Cofounder and CEO, Mr Shabbir A Bashir, Cofounder and CAO and Mr Deb Tripathi Cofounder and CTO in April 2020.

Entrackr – Online Web

Edtech startup Pariksha has raised a new financing round led by Bharat Inclusive Technology Fund. The fresh proceeds appear to be Series A round for the Pune-based startup. The company has allotted 31,885 preference shares and 30 equity shares at an issue price of Rs 4,122.65 per share to raise around Rs 13.16 crore, regulatory filings show.

News Track Live – Online Web

India’s leading EdTech company Teachmint has revealed that teachers who have made a switch to online tutoring from the conventional physical classroom setup have seen an average four times growth in their teaching business in eight weeks of signing up. This data is based on the analysis of the spike in the number of student enrolments observed among active teachers on the platform.

The Hans India – Online Web

For many reasons, the year 2020 has been significant for the education sector in India. To start with, the year saw a renewed focus by the government on online education and the recognition that technology will play a key role in the sector not just to increase its reach but also to create more inclusiveness of higher education in the country.

Your Story – Online Web

Vedarsy Technologies Pvt Ltd, a peer to peer collaborative learning edtech startup, has raised Rs 1 crore as part of a preseed round of funding. The Bengaluru-based startup said in a statement that GSF Accelerator, an early stage venture firm, led the financing round, which also saw participation from angel investors including founder of Razorpay, Shashank Kumar.

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Listen to this Article HVB Global Academy founded in 1963 by visionary educationists and eminent industrialists who are committed to empower learners with future-ready skills and attitudes. Under the exemplary leadership of Dr (Ms) Chandrakanta Pathak, Principal & CEO, the legacy of quality education continues at HVB a fully authorized and affiliated to Cambridge Assessment International Education School.

Inc 42 – Online Web

New York-based hedge fund Tiger Global is also back in the fray now that Chinese investors are on the backfoot and SoftBank seems to have grown somewhat riskaverse. Its most recent investment (reportedly in the range of $75100 Mn) in Unacademy came in November 2020, valuing the K12 edtech company at $2 Bn.

Your Story – Online Web

Recently, Dimple got an opportunity to participate in a women edtech cohort organised by Qualcomm. Attending the virtual programme gave me a well-planned crash course in addressing the issues inherent to being an entrepreneur.

Telangana Today – Online Web

Ram Alluri, an engineering graduate from Hyderabad, who dreamt of pursuing Masters abroad in 2020 had to postpone all his plans due to the lockdown and pandemic. He says, “I began my preparation for Ielts and was looking for admission in a foreign university in March, suddenly lockdown was announced and I had to postpone my plan for 2021. I hope things will settle down by next academic year.”

Telangana Today – Online Web

To keep the learning curve intact, we started with training teachers to enable them to teach in an online environment. We were able to train over 10,000 teachers and imbibe them with the skills essential for teaching online.

Live Mint – Online Web

They looked at a number of edtech platforms but felt dissatisfied with how these offerings aligned with what they wanted for their kids, which was inquiry-led learning. I didn’t want my kids to learn to remember things; I wanted them to learn to apply it to real-world problems, says Aradhana.

The New Indian Express – Online Web

While 2020 was a terrible year over all, necessity is the mother of invention, or in this case, innovation, as the field of education saw a huge spurt towards digital learning this year. As schools were forced to shut and students had to turn to online classes and learning, various educational groups launched apps and tools to help children at home.

Business Standard – Online Web

The Covid19 crisis has catapulted a new breed of startups to stardom which are lapping up the opportunities thrown by the pandemic and disrupting old business models with their innovations.

The New Indian Express – Online Web

Forget playgrounds or the war between first and last benchers. This was the year of virtual discussions for a classroom with tremendous growth in the EdTech sector. Enter private schools and classrooms are online and assignments are uploaded for correction.

The blogger – Online Web

Remember when it was news that venture capitalists were open for business Or when Zoom investing was only done by that one guy in Ann Arbor (ha, I kid!) These past few months have felt busier than ever, with no holiday slowdown in sight when it comes to startup growth, hot IPOs and new financings. (Edtech)

Pressroom Today – Online Web

Considering todays dynamic business environment and the changing role of executives in the corporate world, Mumbai-based edtech company, Jaro Education has rolled out a two-month Leadership Development Program for its employees. Based on their work performances in the organisation, about 50 top performers have been shortlisted for the program.

The Times of India – Online Web

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ADgully – Online Web

Codeyoung, a fast-growing Edtech startup based in Bangalore, has appointed Mr. Mohit Khandelwal as Chief Growth Officer. In his new capacity, Mr. Mohit would be responsible for driving growth through a mix of linear and nonlinear initiatives and would work closely with the founders to help the organization scale from x to 10x in a sustainable w

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India is the second largest market for e-learning in the world after the US. The EdTech industry was expanding even before the pandemic emerging as an alternate delivery mechanism owing to issues such as inequality of opportunities and poor quality of teaching. Now it is set to grow only faster bringing with it policy challenges along the way.

Prahaar – Online Web

Brainly, a learning platform, has announced that it has completed raising $80 million in Series D round of funding led by existing investors such as Learn Capital and included Prosus Ventures, Runa Capital, MantaRay, and General Catalyst Partners.

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There is little doubt that technology is the immediate and mid-term future and this crisis, in a way, has raised the challenges for all stakeholders. But for institutions like IIM Kozhikode, that pioneered the Interactive Learning (IL) programme for working executives in the internet’s formative years in 2001-02, the transition has been a lot smoother.

India Today – Online Web

Metamorphosis-Edu is a virtual school that teaches entrepreneurship to high school students from class 6th 12th. The Hyderabad based edtech platform was founded in 2018 by Pavan Allena when he felt the need to empower young minds with entrepreneur skills and guide them on a path of leadership and innovation.

Lifestyle Livemint – Online Web

A staggering 1.57 billion students have been impacted by the pandemic the world over. Thankfully, we had the technology to make a swift transition to online classes, though this was a function of privilege and access to dedicated devices.

Hindustan Times – Online Web

Among the many consequences of the Covid19 pandemic, perhaps the most visible and immediate impact has been in the field of education. Schools were ordered to shut overnight for an indeterminate period to prevent children from getting infected as social distancing emerged as, and still is, the most-effective solution to contain the virus spread.

Business World – Online Web

Let’s look at some key shifts that happened in 2020 and how they have prepared the ground for a quantum leap for EdTech in 2021. 2020 has been a watershed year for the Education sector across the world but more so for India.

My Big Plunge – Online Web

DeepLearn Solutions, an online EduTech startup based in Chandigarh, launched their first product SprintUPSC – India’s first fully bilingual (Hindi/English), independent and unbiased practice platform for UPSC-IAS aspirants.

News X – Online Web

Canadian Indian EdTech venture, Live Learning founded in 2020, in the midst of a pandemic by Krishna Gupta entrepreneur and innovator has been aiming to improve teaching standards around the globe.

Afaqs – Online Web

Committed to resolving the tech employability issue, the leading edtech platform, edWisor, has launched edWisor Online Academy. The academy aims at training students and freshers from Engineering and Management backgrounds, in Sales, Business Development, MERN Stack, Data Analysis, and Business Intelligence functions online.

APN News – Online Web

Childhood is very important as it is considered as the learning stage for most children. Fortunately, the internet has a swath of resources that aim for education with entertainment value, they make it easy and effortless to learn English in unique and interesting ways. Plus, when you avail these English Learning apps, you learn with fun and entertainment all along. Hence, we have curated a list of best 5 fun-learning English apps for children.

CNBC TV18 – Online Web

Shereen Bhan spoke to the unicorns of 2020 Harshil Mathur, cofounder of Razorpay; Vikram Chopra, CEO & cofounder of Cars24; Anchit Nayar, CEORetail & CMO at Nykaa; and Himesh Singh, cofounder & CTO of Unacademy.

Trinity Mirror – Chennai

Chennai, Dec 23: Zermelo Technologies, an award winning EdTech startup, announced that its platform ZeClassroom has been specially designed to conduct Online Classes in the rural and urban areas where Internet and bandwidth availability is a challenge.

India Today – Online Web

With an aim to make education truly interesting, Edtech startups are changing the education landscape. The emphasis today is not on rote learning but to nurture the right skills from a young age.

News Patrolling – Online Web

Mumbai, 23rd December 2020: With an aim to maximize marks by attaining an edge above the rest, Edukemy, Indias first test prep EdTech company in the non-STEM segment today announced three new enrichment courses for UPSC Optional Courses.

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In a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Nicola Bianchi of North-western University and his co-authors explore the outcomes of China’s 2004 reforms that connected its best school teachers to 100 million rural students through computer-aided learning.

Business World – Online Web

Speaking on the launch, Rohan Krishna, CEO, EdSanta Education said, The pandemic emphasized the skill gaps in the existing workforce. A plethora of Edtech brands emerged to make the most of the market condition, making the sector highly fragmented.

Curriculum – Online Web

upGrad, online higher education company, announces its entry into the test preparation market with the 100% acquisition of The Gate Academy (TGA) for an undisclosed amount.

Curriculum – Online Web

Arjun Mohan, CEO-India, upGrad said “This collaboration intends to disrupt the educational stereotypes associated with the eLearning model and make prestigious degrees accessible to all along with affordability and flexibility.

Curriculum – Online Web

Bangalore-based EdTech company, Wonderslate Technologies has released a video book for UPSC aspirants. From prelims strategy to subject selection to answer writing techniques, the book is segmented into various short videos that address all queries surrounding various stages of UPSC examination.

Edtimes – Online Web

It was in 2004 when an idea struck in Sals mind for teaching his cousin over the internet across the globe, using Yahoo! doodle to teach her lessons for mathematics. Soon the demand for his tutorials went up from his relatives and Sal decided to put them on the internet by making a youtube page in 2006. Khan academy then quickly gained popularity.

The New Indian Express – Online Web

Online learning platform, AhaGuru, have opened registrations for live online coaching classes for IIT-JEE, CBSE and NEET aspirants. Registrations are open for the new academic year starting April 2021 and live online classes will be held till the end of the academic year.

First Post – Online Web

Indian edtech startups have seen a total investment of $2.22 billion in 2020 as compared to $553 million in 2019, according to Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (IVCA) and PGA Labs data.

India Today – Online Web

We have been, for a long time, working on the traditional school system. There were no other alternatives than school or classroom education for children to perceive their conceptual knowledge. The Coronavirus Outbreak has led to a new-age and revolutionary EdTech experience for children all over the world through Digitalisation and Online learning solutions.

Business World – Online Web

EdTech startup Bada Business has entered into a series of partnerships with educational institutions across India to offer management and business skill training to students and make them more job-ready as they step into the industry.

India Education Diary – Online Web

Committed to resolving the tech employability issue, the leading edtech platform, edWisor, has launched edWisor Online Academy. The academy aims at training students and freshers from Engineering and Management backgrounds, in Sales, Business Development, MERN Stack, Data Analysis, and Business Intelligence functions online.

India Education Diary – Online Web

Speaking on the launch, Mr. Rohan Krishna, CEO, EdSanta Education said, The pandemic emphasized the skill gaps in the existing workforce. A plethora of Edtech brands emerged to make the most of the market condition, making the sector highly fragmented.

Money Control – Online Web

The COVID19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of technology in the education sector. India is the second largest market for e-learning in the world after the US. The EdTech industry was expanding even before the pandemic emerging as an alternate delivery mechanism owing to issues such as inequality of opportunities and poor quality of teaching.

Inc 42 – Online Web

From edtech to fintech, Unacademy to Razorpay, the startups that entered the unicorn club this year, also gained traction because of the unique challenges that the Covid19 lockdown had presented As experts have pointed out, the core propositions of these startups were ones that actually solved challenges for individuals and businesses during the lockdown for a large portion of the year

Hindi Business Standard – Online Web

The IVCA report ‘The Great Un Lockdown: Indian Edtech’ released on Thursday stated that 92 players received funding in 2020, out of which 61 players received seed funding. Byju’s and Unacademy have raised the most capital, $2.32 billion and $354 mllion, respectively, in 2020, while B2B edtech received a total funding of $31 million in 2017 2020.

The Times of India – Online Web

Arora added that teachers and head masters should be encouraged to devise easy techniques of learning that the students find easy and can adapt to them. Praising an initiative of erstwhile Dungarpur collector PC Kishan in preparing a book Vagad Bandhu, Arora said the book aimed at teaching English language to rural students in their local dialect.

The Statesman – Delhi  The Statesman– Kolkata

Colleges and schools are integrating traditional methods with online learning management systems or LMS platforms into their web portal. Students can login to access their subject material and attend live sessions.

The Times of India – Online Web

India is currently witnessing a boom in the edtech sector and owing to the Covid19 pandemic our dependency has further increased on online education to maintain continuity and provide uninterrupted learning. Online education is expected to grow from $470 million in 2019 to $1,765 million by 2022, a 3.8x growth in mere three years.

Indian web2 – Online Web

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Entrepreneur – Online Web

How are edtech platforms helping Other than providing a robust and deep digital content library, edtech industry players have been facilitating online live classes for many schools. Teachers are relieved to have a single platform for all their classes and assessments.

India Education Diary – Online Web

Globus Virtual Classroom is one of the best online live classes software in India. Being a Make in India brand, we have installed our Online Teaching Solution/Software in many educational establishments like schools, colleges and higher education institutes.

Yahoo Finance – Online Web

TipRanks After a true annus horribilus, were all ready for better times The US equity strategy team at Goldman Sachs, led by David Kostin, sees those better time ahead, and in the nearterm The team is predicting a 25% gain for the S&P 500 within the next 24 months or to put it in absolute numbers, they believe the index will hit 4,600 by December 2022 The team is predicting a 25% gain for the S&P 500 within the next 24 months or to put it in absolute numbers, they believe the index will hit 4,600 by December 2022(EdTech).

Millennium Post – Online Web

The e learning content of the Delhi government schools have been getting global recognition with users from about 20 countries accessing it during the COVID19 pandemic, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Monda.

Times Now News – Online Web

Key segments like eCommerce, FinTech & EdTech have had strong growth, driven by the increase in online adoption. Leaders in these segments are gaining market share and improving unit economics. Paytm has recorded 150200 active million users with a valuation of $13 billion. Byjus has recorded over 70 million with valuation of $11 billion.

The Financial Express – Online Web

One of the most successful platforms within the edtech industry has been the one catering to finance related educational courses. By Vineet Patawari, The heydays of Covid19 instilled in many the feelings of hopelessness and fear. The mighty human civilisation had, for the first time in recent history.

Daily Pioneer – Online Web

However, despite these depressing statistics, the pandemic has had some positive impact as well. EdTech seems to be rising steadily, and the industry is gearing up to hit 350 billion USD worth in the next five years. With Open Source Education like Khan Academy and YouTube, millions of lives are transforming for fre

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In 2019, EdTech start-ups raised investments of $553 million. As many as 92 players received funding in 2020, of which 61 players received seed funding, the report showed. BYJU’s and Unacademy raised the most capital, $2.32 billion and $354 million, respectively, in 2020. B2B EdTech received total funding of $31 million in 2017-20.

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These include Byju’s two largest rivals Unacademy and Vedantu as well as Camp K-12, whose founder had helped develop Scratch, a coding language designed for children, while he was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Scratch is one of the main platforms used by WhiteHat Jr.

Yourstory – Online Web

The list is long and distinguished, from CREDs Kunal Shah to PVRs Ajay Bijli, Book My Shows Ashish Hemrajani, Lenskarts Peyush Bansal to WOW Skin Sciences Manish Chowdhary, and Unacademys Gaurav Munjal, among several others.

India Education Diary – Online Web

Cambridge Assessment English has teamed up with leading English language learning provider in India, Enguru Live English Learning app, to launch Upskill, a new smartphone-based test of English.

Bhaskar – Online Web

Other business news New Investment: After the investment of Silver Lake, the valuation of Byju is close to 81 thousand crores, the company raised more than 7 thousand crores this year. After the investment of Silver Lake, the valuation of Byju is close to 81 thousand crores, the company raised more than 7 thousand crores this year.

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Byju’s, Unacademy and Vedantu accounted for the highest share of funding in the last five years, according to the report. Byju’s raised the most capital in the last five years at $2.32 billion (latest valuation at $12 billion), followed by Unacademy at $354 million (valuation at $2 billion)

Times Now News – Online Web

Edtech startups like Unacademy, Byju’s, Eruditus, Vedantu and Toppr among others have raised millions of dollars in funding, and Byju’s blockbuster acquisition of unicorn Whitehat Jr is an indication that a post-pandemic world is likely to be one where online models of learning will continue to form a critical component of pedagogical practices.

The Hindu Business Line – Online web

In 2019, EdTech startups raised investments of $553 million. As many as 92 players received funding in 2020, of which, 61 players received seed funding, the report showed. BYJU’s and Unacademy raised the most capital, $2.32 billion and $354 million, respectively, in 2020.

CNBC TV 18 – Online Web

In terms of funding, 92 players raised funds in 2020 out of which 61 players received a seed round. BYJU’S and Unacademy raised the most capital at $2.32 billion and $354 million respectively this year.

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The report, titled The Great UnLockdown: Indian EdTech, noted that Indian online education companies have raised USD 4 billion in the last five years (20162020) with companies like Byju’s, Unacademy and Vedantu accounting for the highest share In 2020, 92 players received funding, out of which 61 players received seed funding, the report by Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (IVCA) and PGA Labs, said

The Financial Express – Online Web

Byju’s alone secured over $1 billion from investors this year and is understood to be negotiating another $200 million deal. In an interview with FE in late September, founder & CEO Byju Raveendran had mentioned that the company added more than 25 million free users in the last five months compared with just above 40 million in the first four-and-a-half years.

The Financial Express – Online Web

Investments in the Indian edtech market led by the likes of Byju’s, Unacademy, Toppr, etc., was up 300 per cent in 2020, thanks to the pandemic and the following lockdown that gave the opening edtech market has been looking for to break out in terms of investors attention.

Yourstory – Online Web

It became India’s #1 learning platform by mid-April, going past homegrown apps like BYJUS, Vedantu, Toppr, among others. Google Classroom replicates an offline classroom like environment online, and enables schools and entire curriculums to go digital.

Yourstory – Online Web

The year has been a busy one for WhiteHat Jr; from big exit to legal battles, WhiteHat Jr has seen it all. This learn piece however is about how the startup got its first cheque of $1.3 million and had a $300 million acquisition to Byju’s.

Yourstory – Online Web

The right intent can solve the biggest of problems. It is important to focus on the deeper purpose and reason. Only then can tech be built. – Pulkit Jain, Vedantu You need to believe in yourself because you are selling your vision. – Manali Jagtap, MJ

Your Story – Online Web

Mayank Khanduja, Partner at Elevation Capital, added: Our past investments in the education, social and creator space such as Unacademy, Sharechat, and CampK12 have made us bullish on the opportunity to create large learning and community platforms in India.

Business World – Online Web

The period between 2012 and 2019 was the era of EdTech evolution, with as many as 4,450 EdTech startups getting launched in India with a different problem-solution model in the bucket.

Live Mint – Online Web

With most schools still shut and learning largely online, a bunch of edtech startups are offering extracurricular courses to engage children and make them future-ready. Going beyond the traditional test preparation and online tutoring programmes, these courses offer dance and music, chess, yoga, quizzing and makeup courses, and even provide opportunity to learn from celebrities in respective fields.

Business Wire – Online Web

Today, Seoul-based EdTech startup Mathpresso announced that its mathsolver app, QANDA has solved over 1.3 billion questions and used by over 7 million monthly active users, a 370% growth within 1 year.

Business World ANI News  – Online Web

Vocab Guru is a smart learning platform that provides complete vocabulary, English learning and personality development training for a general audience, and several courses like GRE, CAT, Bank Po, Govt jobs, college and school students, etc. with amazing, unique audio-visual techniques.

The New Indian Express – Online Web

Brainly, an online learning platform, surveyed its Indian user base to find out the most prevalent and preferred languages amongst students. The survey, called ‘Popular foreign languages considered by Indian students’, registered 3,206 responses and gave in-depth insights into the increasing demand for native and non-native languages.

The Hans India – Online Web

Covid-19 has posed such an emergency situation that the whole educational system has switched to e-learning in order to keep the students engaged in their academics.

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Indian edtech startup upGrad has acquired a recruitment and staffing solutions firm Rekrut India. startup has acquired a and staffing solutions firm Rekrut India. The acquisition will make way for learners on upGrad to take advantage of Rekrut’s hiring network.

India Today – Online Web

While talking to India Today Aditya Bharath said, Having personally seen my younger brother feel more at ease when I was teaching him the concepts instead of a tutor, I reached out to my friends to explore the idea of an EdTech platform.

Business Standard – Online Web

Edtech startup Classplus on Monday announced former Indian cricket captain, Sourav Ganguly as its brand ambassador and nationwide celebrity endorser. In addition to his role as brand ambassador, Ganguly has also invested in Class-plus in his personal capacity.

Entrepreneur – Online Web

Edtech solution platform Camu on Monday announced that it has moved to its headquarter from Chennai to Singapore. However, its development, support and business development teams of India will continue to operate from its office in Chennai.

India Education Diary – Online Web

Learning Spiral which was formed with a vision to provide services and solutions geared towards effective management of applicant and online examination system has now become one of India’s leading assessment conducting agencies and handles examinations for 35+ Universities & 16 Million Aspirants annually. (EdTech)

Tech Crunch – Online Web

Edtech boom continues as IntellectoKids raises $3M from Allrise Capital and others The rush to capitalize on the shift to online learning, post-pandemic, continues. IntellectoKids, a developer of educational apps for children aged 3 to 7 years, has raised $3 million in a Series A financing led by U.S.-based Allrise Capital and other investors, including Genesis Investments.

Your Story – Online Web

As a result, migration to online platforms took place at a breakneck speed. Edtech startup’s also raised record funding in 2020. Here are the top trends that encapsulate edtechs eventful year.

The Telegraph – Online Web

Today, we have apps that can help children with speech and language problems. Some of these apps support Indian languages too. Though there are specialists and special schools that deal with this kind of disorder, you may not have access to them.

The New Indian Express – Online Web

The growth in online education, due to the pandemic, has benefited the vast informal Indian tutoring community. A survey by Teachmint, a Bengaluru-based EdTech startup providing digital tutoring solutions, shows that Karnataka is one of the top five states that have taken to online lessons.

The New Indian Express – Online Web

The boom in online education technology triggered by the pandemic has not remained limited to the formal schooling industry. In fact, a rcent survey released by Bengaluru-based edtech startup Teachmint shows that the informal tutoring industry has also moved online and leading this charge are Indias small towns and villages.

India Education Diary – Online Web

Both districts have commissioned a 60hour educator empowerment program. Educators will be trained to comprehend the neuroscience of early learning along with an enhanced comprehension of foundational literacy and numeracy.

India Today – Online Web

English is a complicated, but popular language. Its one of the most popular languages in the world, in fact, and its prevalent in many countries. Learning English has become now easy with the help of English learning apps.

Goa Chronicle – Online Web

Mr. Rishi Ahuja, Founder, Klip VR Immersive Technologies Pvt. Ltd. said, It’s a great honour to receive the award of The Rising VR Company of the Year 2020 and would like to thank AIXR. Virtual Reality holds immense potential in India and in the next few years it can really transform the quality of teaching by offering an immersive experience and simplification of hard to understand topics.

India Today – Online Web

Here are 5 edtech platforms you should check out to upskill yourself. Upskilling means learning new skills to enhance competencies. In a fast-paced world like todays, both learners and their parents feel the pressure right from an early stage and understand the importance of lifelong learning.

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We must consider the role of affordability of the technology in making Edtech platform so desirable. Recent times have seen a much-needed change in the B2C segment with respect to Edtech platforms.

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Codeyoung is a private startup that provides live online coding classes to K12 students. It was founded by IIT Delhi alumni Shailendra Dhakad and Rupika Taneja in December 2019 and is based in Bangalore, Karnataka.

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The event was judged by Senior English Language Teacher, Madhurya Bandyopadhyay. The winners of the event are: Class IV: Aanya (I place), Keertana (II place). Class V: Arya Shah (I place), Akshara P (II place) while from class VI Ronak (I place) and Saanvi (II place).

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Parents can play several games with children to help develop their analytical thinking, spatial awareness, conceptual learning, critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills. Some of the fun activities include Simon Says, Hide and Seek, Blocks, Colouring Books, etc.

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English is a complicated, but popular language. It’s one of the most popular languages in the world, in fact, and it’s prevalent in many countries. Learning English has become now easy with the help of English learning apps. There are a myriad of apps out there that can help you learn as you go, all based on your level and your needs.

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upGrad, India’s largest online higher edtech in a first-of-a-kind arrangement becomes a recognised enrollment partner to the UKs leading University of Essex, thereby further strengthening transnational education in India.

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Raising the bar for the Indian Virtual Reality industry on the global stage, won the prestigious VR Award for hosted by the. The recognition comes at a time when Indian AR & VR industry is buoyant for a bright future, as per NASSCOM, the Indian Immersive Media Market was estimated at USD 0.55 Bn in 2018 and is expected to grow to USD 6.5 Bn by 2022.

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New to the market and delivered amidst the pandemic, EdTech venture Live Learning is built to operate on simple technology and provide various benefits, especially to individual teachers and educators where they can engage in creative and flexible project-based teaching.

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6. Khan Academy Another robust area of advanced learning, Khan Academy offers free PC coding courses to the students. Despite the fact that there are restricted choices every module is intended to guarantee that the wannabes get hands on the best programming assets and will turn out to be knowledgeable up to date on PC coding.

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Referring to the significance of chatbots in the education sector, pioneering Edtech platform Digital Aristotles founder Dev Roy said, With the advent of models like GPT3 that have shown an amazing ability at understanding and constructing sentences, we see a very large opportunity for them to be applied in the education sector especially for doubt clearing.

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With the disruption caused owing to the sudden emergence of Covid19, the education system has completely transformed from offline to online. Riding on the growth of the EdTech sector, Indian Edtech major Meritnation, a subsidiary of test preparation leader Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL), has recorded an impressive growth in terms of paid users during the lockdown.

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From physical classrooms to the modern era of EdTech, the Indian education system has undergone a paradigm shift in a relatively short period of time. The plethora of tools introduced by EdTech firms app-based learning, animated lessons and AR/VR immersive experiences have definitely piqued an interest to learn more effectively.

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Veranda Learning Solution, a newly formed education technology startup from the Kalpathi Group Monday acquired Tamil Nadu based test-prep institute ‘Chennai Race’ for Rs.100 crore.

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Mumbai-based edtech startup LEAD School on Monday announced the strategic acquisition of QuizNext, an AI-powered gamified student assessment and practice platform. With this acquisition, LEAD School will further enhance its overall product offerings and help schools maintain their high standards of education and deliver a 100 per cent complete school experience.

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Is 2020 bringing more edtech rounds than ever, or does it simply feel that way Venture capital activity is high at the moment, making it difficult to keep up with the influx of new rounds that are being announced.

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Ankur Agarwal is the CEO of VR-based edtech startup Veative Labs that provides interactive STEM modules for distance learning and virtual classrooms Image: Courtesy Veative Labs

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Recently, the edtech startup has announced to acquire a gamified practice application, QuizNext which leverages Artificial intelligence to create interesting game-like practice quizzes for children of classes 6th to 10th.

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The internship programs focus on enhancing candidates skills through real-life based industrial project exposure in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Web Development, Android Development, Python Programming, PCB Designing, VLSI Design etc. The duration of the internship program will be of 6Weeks and 6Months for 2nd/3rd year and Final Year students, respectively.

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rom physical classrooms to the modern era of EdTech, the Indian education system has undergone a paradigm shift in a relatively short period of time. The plethora of tools introduced by EdTech firms — app-based learning, animated lessons and AR/VR immersive experiences have definitely piqued an interest to learn more effectively.

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E-learning provides children with easy access to education remotely at their convenience. With both classroom and online learning modes available to families, they can pick the one suiting their interests to ensure uninterrupted learning.

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With offline education facing a crisis, e-learning platforms stepped up. Edtech startups also raised record funding in 2020. Here is how Bengaluru-based Fresh-To-Home became EBITDA profitable in two cities and raised $121 million in Series C funding.

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According to Inc42 Plus report, India’s edtech sector has enrolled around 335 Mn students In August this year, Lead School had raised $28 Mn in Series C funding round led by WestBridge Capital Mumbai-based edtech startup Lead School has acquired student assessment startup QuizNext for an undisclosed amount.

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Debugs-Bunny, the Edutech startup, that is making online coding classes accessible and affordable for students across age groups, today announced that it has completed a Rs 1.4 crore angel round of financing.

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As e-learning has become the new normal amid the coronavirus pandemic, the UP government is roping in education diploma trainees to give a push to the Diksha App, which so far has been accessed by only 1% students in the state. The App is designed to make learning and understanding various subjects in an interesting way.

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Bengaluru: Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar launched Vidyawin, an educational App aimed at ascertaining the learning ability of students in respect of online education, at a programme organised in the State capital on Wednesday.

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Another interesting fund round was announced by edtech startup Kyt. Founded by ex-Uber Eats top executive in India and South Asia Bhavik Rathod along with his wife Tripti Ahuja, Kyt raised $2.5 million.

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Edtech startup NinthSem enables engineers to learn the latest industry-specific skills to become suitable for new-age jobs. Cos during the Stripe days Cosmin Nicolaescu, CTO of Brex, has previously helped build Azure and Office 365 at Microsoft, and the fintech systems at Stripe.

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Debugs-Bunny is an online coding education technology startup that makes coding affordable and accessible to students. In recent activity, the platform has announced to raise INR 1.4 crore in its first angel investment round.

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Reason to logic: Many EdTech entrepreneurs reason that learning coding at the age of three or four will improve the child’s logical skills and creative thinking, but when children are asking why two plus two equals four, why feed them the logic of squares and cubes

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iNSTRUCKO EdTech Company Raises Pre Series A Funding from a Clutch of Global Investors NewsVoir20201204 iNSTRUCKO, an EdTech Company, is the world’s first one-to-one language learning platform committed to providing high-quality tailored language lessons to students aged 312 years.

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If you’re looking for a more formal online course to get the ball rolling, First Step Korean is the highest-rated Korean course on Coursera. The curriculum is also created by Yonsei University, one of the top-rated universities in South Korea.

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This is a preview. Sign up here for our free subscription program and receive Chinas VC/Startup ecosystem newsletters, Chinese market and industry reports, and invites to exclusive closed-door events. Key trends we observed An increase in investment activity was observed in the week of 22 29 November.

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Whatever your reason, there’s no need to take classes with an expensive tutor. These four incredible apps will help you learn the language(s) of your choice in record time. Plus, were offering these highly rated apps at their lowest prices all season. Be sure to snag these lifetime subscriptions while they’re still available.

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Throughout the five pillars, countries can effectively harness the power of education technology or EdTech, encompassing hardware, software, digital content, data, and information systems to support and enrich teaching and learning and improve education management and delivery.

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EdTech startups iSchoolConnect (India), providing optimized admissions systems, and ELN Limited (Pakistan), offering online vocational training, serve as timely solutions for today’s online educational shift.

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eduTinker, an Edtech startup, has recently launched its revolutionary app to automate the physical classroom activities and drive efficiency in the era of remote learning. Developed with an idea to provide comprehensive students activity management platform, the app is the ones top solution that makes it convenient for teachers to make all class-related communication available on a single platform.

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Debugs-Bunny News Summary Debugs-Bunny, the Edutech startup, that is making online coding classes accessible and affordable for students across age groups, today announced that it has completed a Rs 1.4 Cr. angel round of financing.

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With inorganic growth becoming the flavour of the season in the edtech space, online professional course provider Great Learning is scouting for startups in the higher education space that would add value to the company’s offerings.

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Srini Raghavan, co-founder and chief executive of edtech firm Educational Initiatives (EI), says his company’s revenue in financial year 2020-21 is expected to come in at Rs 84 crore, significantly lower than its target of Rs 120 crore, because of the impact of Covid-19. Raghavan’s firm might be the only one in the edtech space to admit to a lowering of revenue due to Covid-19.

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While adjusting to the new normal during the pandemic, there is one more thing that we have all gotten used to and that is EdTech. But will EdTech continue to be part of the new normal, even as the vaccine comes, is what will be discussed in this episode of Startup Central Nayantara Rai holds this very interesting discussion, with a group of panelists which include Saurav Saxena, Ankur Mittal, Anuradha Aggarwal, and Archin Shah.

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In January, Sjogreen saw that his education app, Seesaw, was experiencing a drastic uptick in new accounts in Asia. By the following month, some students were posting projects on it at 10 times the normal frequency.

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Evidently, the rapid climb of edtech startups happened thanks to an exponential rise in internet penetration. There are 687 active million internet users at present with a consistent increase in internet accessibility compared to five years ago, when the internet penetration rate was just around 27 percent.

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Tinker Coders, an online coding platform for K12 students, has raised an undisclosed amount in the seed funding round from its parent company, STEMROBO Technologies, an EdTech company, providing one-stop learning solutions in STEM and Robotics to K12 Students.

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TechSamvad Bengaluru-based edtech startup KopyKitab has raised an undisclosed funding amount from a clutch of institutional and angel investors. The investors include the likes of Pacatolus (Singapore), Stanford Angels (led by Paula Mariwala), and other angel investors such as Praveen Gandhi, Jeenendra Bhandari, Mohit Dubey, and Manoj Mehta.

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ConveGenius (an EdTech platform) and Sanjhi Sikhiya have partnered with the Department of School Education to launch a WhatsApp based teaching and learning solution under its My Phone My School program.

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edWisor: It is a leading edTech and HR-tech e-learning platform aimed at skilling the workforce for technology careers and making learners readily deployable in tech portfolios. It has held 12,000+ hours of live classes and arranged 10,000+ job interviews since its inception.

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The course costs US $ 9.99 and is one of the most complete on the platform. In the case of acquiring the course and paying by credit card, 35% tax will not be charged since the new stocks do not reach educational platforms. Monthly payments on platforms like Coursera, Khan Academy, edX are exempt from the resolution. After purchasing the course through Udemy, access to content will be forever.

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Maryam and all of the impressive finalists demonstrated a keen appreciation for science. Khan Academy is proud to partner with the Challenge to expand minds all over the world with deep ideas in science and math.

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Kyt, a global EdTech platform, announced on Monday that it has raised $2.5 million (18.4crores approx.) in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge. The learning platform is one of the 17 startups which are a part of the fourth cohort of Surge which is a biannual rapid scaleup program run by Sequoia Capital India for startups across Indian and South Asian regions.

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The event has been held annually since 2011 and is traditionally dedicated to the discussion of legal translation, professional ethics and foreign language communication in the field of international law, as well as the relationship between language and law. This year, due to the difficult epidemiological situation, the conference was held in a remote format.

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Edtech startup, eduTinker, launched its app to automate the physical classroom activities and drive efficiency in the era of remote learning. Developed with an idea to provide comprehensive students activity management platform, the app is the one-stop solution that makes it convenient for teachers to make all class-related communication available on a single platform.

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A Rajkot based Edtech Company; Learning Delight launched a mobile application in order to provide free access to education to children, especially the ones coming from the bottom of the socioeconomic pyramid.

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The Indian edtech sector has undergone rapid development over the last few months. It was India’s second most funded sector after fintech and financial services in H1 2020, according to YourStory Research.

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The cabinet minister also appealed the corporate companies, NGOs, community leaders, panchayats, benevolent persons and school staff to contribute for this noble cause of digitization of schools and donate generously for the better future of next generations. He added that the state government has also strengthening digital education infrastructure in government schools through E-books, EDUSAT lectures, E-content and online classes through TV, Khan Academy lectures and Video lectures prepared by the teachers.

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Guiding my children through the world of virtual learning has also opened me up to all the benefits it can offer any student. In the wake of COVID19, I’m in good company. Record numbers of parents are exploring alternatives to traditional school systems. Khan Academy is a good place to start for parents new to remote learning platforms and home-schooling.

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In spirit the NEP is a much needed, forward-looking policy, however the benefit of this policy will be moot if the implementation is not adequately backed by technology in addition to adequate budgetary allocation.

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Now, the top 100 universities in India have been permitted to offer online courses, which opens the door to collaboration between universities and EdTech platforms. Also in the reforms is permission to build an Academic Bank of Credits where credits are build based on individual courses rather than programmes.

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The Kalpathi Group, today announced the launch of their new edtech venture Veranda Learning Solution, India’s first comprehensive 360degree online education platform. Veranda comes from the Kalpathi AGS group that has immense experience in education, technology, and top-quality production with proven expertise in the past.

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The MBD Group has evolved from being a publishing house into an Education company that provides 360 degree education solutions. The group has made inroads into the Skill Development sector, Stationery, e-learning and m-learning space.

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To curb the risk of falling behind due to school closures aimed at containing the spread of COVID19, the Uttar Pradesh Government is sparing no effort to promote online education in the state.

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Learning a language is a combination of reading, writing and speaking it properly. When you are teaching English to kids, it is important to focus on pronunciation. In the initial years of learning, taking the help of phonics books will help you to teach the right pronunciation to your kids easily.

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Paving the way for lifelong learning, educational technology platform Kyt has announced funding of USD2.5 million from Sequoia Capital India’s Surge to expand its onlinefirst, global academy for extracurricular learning.

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I’ve tried to relate that to parents. They might have to watch the lesson twice. They might have to watch a Khan Academy video. We have to focus on the persevering, she said. And, like NCTMs Wilkerson, she said that this year requires a lot of grace, and a lot of communication.

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Digital tools, like Khan Academy, worked well for skill practice and procedural fluency, but kids were having trouble making the jump to applying these skills in context, she said. (Khan Academy )

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Online education firm upGrad is eyeing a larger play in the lifelong learning space through the merger and acquisition route, as it looks to leverage on the renewed demand for virtual learning amidst the Covid19 pandemic.

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Times have now changed. Long gone are the days when education was related to textbook learning, teachers using the blackboard to students writing notes in notebooks. Today, online learning has paved its way into the education system of India which is replacing the conventional offline classroom training.

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According to sources, the edtech startup also plans to fund The Gate Academy with INR 100 crore investment and aims to develop over 20,000 watch hours of content in multiple Indian languages. This business plan will benefit The Gate Academy by providing it with the opportunity and allowing access to over a million GATE test applicants in a year.

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Simplilearn, the world’s largest digital certification training provider and number one Online Bootcamp for digital economy skills training, has been recognized as one of the Top IT Training Companies for 2020 by the prestigious Training Industry Inc.

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Almost half of the worlds 1.6 billion primary and secondary students won’t return to school this year, Insights for Education estimates. More than 80% of these live in lower-income countries. In 52 nations across the economic spectrum, Covid19 infections have actually increased during academic breaks.

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To facilitate a comprehensive self-learning experience for every student, India’s leading smart learning solutions provider, Next Education Pvt. Ltd., has recently come up with a new feature, LearnNext+.

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In a bid to provide classroom-like education experience at home and reduce educational loss due to lockdowns, Jharkhand school education and literacy (SEL) department is all set to launch two educational applications for students of class 1 to class 12 on December 3, officials said.

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To discuss the different challenges and opportunities in the education sector, BW Education hosted a panel discussion with the stalwarts of the domain Minal Anand, CEO, GuruQ; Vineet Patawari, CoFounder, Elearnmarkets.com; Achin Bhattacharyya, Founder & CEO, Notebook; Manoj Chawla, CBO, Tribyte Technologies and Kounal Gupta, Founder and CEO, Henry Harvin Education (Session Chair).

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Bangalore-based online coding platform for K12 kids Codingal on Monday announced that it has raised $560,000 (Rs 4.2 crore) in its seed round from Rebright Partners, Java Capital, and GSF Accelerator.

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Instructional knowhow platform Kyt on Monday stated to have raised a funding of $2.5 million from Sequoia Capital India’s Surge to develop its onlinefirst, international academy for extracurricular studying.

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WideOpenSchool takes a different approach, by offering a wide range of free activities structured around a daily schedule, sourced from more than 75 collaborators such as National Geographic, Khan Academy Kids, PBS Kids and GoNoodle.