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Edu platform responds to principal’s call for phonesedit
The New Indian Express – Hyderabad
In a statement earlier, Vedantu said it had launched the new initiative as a part of ‘Daan Utsav/Joy of Giving’ to help and make education accessible and affordable to students in rural India.
Indian edtech startup Habitat raises $679k in seed roundedit
Tech In Asia – Online Web
According a report from RedSeer and Omidyar Network India, the country’s edtech market is expected reach US$3.5 billion by 2022. Other players in the space include Byju’s, Unacademy, Vedantu, Eruditus, and UpGrad.
Bridge ‘learning gap’ later, don’t stress: Edu Boards to teachersedit
The Times of India –Delhi Bangalore Chennai Hyderabad Mumbai Kolkata
Bombarded with queries during the theme, “Syllabus Reduction”, at a webinar Keep Learning, an initiative of The Times of India, powered by BYJU’S, CBSE secretary Anurag Tripathi said, “The decision to cut the syllabus was taken keeping in mind the organic shift to the digital medium and lack of personal connect between teachers and students during the pandemic.
Byju’s, Paytm Among Top 20 Unicorns Of The World! Unicorn Startups Double In 2 Yearsedit
Trak – Online Web
Byju’s, Paytm Among Top 20 Unicorns Of The World! Unicorn Startups Double In 2 Years The Count Of Unicorn Startups In The World Crossed 500 Last Week . The Number Of Startups Emerging As Unicorns Doubled Over The Last Two Years. Looks like the economic recession caused because of the rise of COVID 19 pandemic has not affected the ability of investors to fund startups.
Unacademy Raises Huge Investment At $2 Billion Valuationedit
Todays ecommerce – Online Web
Unacademy leading online educational platform has raised huge investment from its value investors for expanding their educational business through the internet platforms. Educational startups in Indian has been upgrading itself to meet the demands of the school and college student.
5 Indian startups becoming career incubators for engineersedit
India Today – Online Web
Unacademy is one of India’s largest learning platforms. According to the company data, in a span of 6 months, over 300,000 students have benefited from over 2,400 online lessons and specialised courses on cracking various competitive examinations.
Covid effect: Edtech firms corner $1.95 bn funds so far this yearedit
The Indian Express – Online Web
Accelerated adoption of technology products in the education sector and a robust demand scenario due to the pandemic has led to the edtech segment in India mainly controlled by startups like Byju’s, Unacademy, Vedantu, Toppr etc raising a record $1.95 billion from private equity and venture capitalist (PE/VC) funds this year.
765 deals worth $8.4 billion: the state of Indian startup funding amidst the COVID19 pandemicedit
Your Story – Online Web
As the graph below depicts, the first quarter (Jan-March) showed signs of fluctuations, with unicorns like BYJU’S, ReNew Power, OYO Rooms, Swiggy, and Zomato holding the funding mast from dropping.
Unitus Ventures, Whiteboard invest in edtech startup Habitatedit
VC Circle – Online Web
Byju’s, India’s first edtech unicorn, also raised fresh capital this year. It also bought venture capital-backed WhiteHat Jr, which focuses on coding education, for $300 million in August. Unitus Ventures.
Rebright, Java Capital, GSF bet on online coding platform for kids Codingaledit
VC Circle – Online Web
In August, edtech giant Byju’s acquired coding focussed WhiteHat Jr for $300 million in a deal that offered blockbuster exits to investors. In the same month, VCCircle reported that venture capital firm Sequoia Capital invested in a Pune-based edtech startup focused on teaching coding to school students.
Hrithik Roshan bats for WhiteHat Jr… What will this do to the brands imageedit
Afaqs – Online Web
No other brand has evoked as many emotions as Byju’s-owned WhiteHat Jr, an edtech platform which teaches coding to kids, has. From its ads to social media communication to marketing strategies, WhiteHat Jr has been under scrutiny from all sides in the past few months.
Byju’s gets another $200 million, valuation touches $12 billion; Cars24, Cashfree, and others too raise fundsedit
Money Control – Online Web
Byju’s: The poster boy of the edtech ecosystem in India, Byju’s has been a darling of investors the world over. This week news broke out about it landing another $200 million from large equity investors like T Rowe Price and BlackRock.
Industry
How right implementation of NEP can turn India’s education system into a global modeledit
India Today – Online Web
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.
Online education in India set for a boom in volumesedit
Consultancy – Online Web
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.
Veranda Learning A New EdTech Venture, from Promoter of SSIedit
Indian web2 – Online Web
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.
MBD Group wins four awards from The Federation of Indian Publishers for Excellence in book production 2020edit
India Education Diary – Online Web
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.
UP Sets Target, Asks Teachers to Convince Students to Download the Diksha Appedit
India News – Online Web
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.
Phonics books for kids that can help in improving pronunciationsedit
The Times of India – Online Web
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.
EdTech platform Kyt Raises USD 2 5Medit
Business World Express Computer The Week – Online Web
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.
How Parents and Schools Can Work Together to Keep Math Learning on Trackedit
Edweek – Online Web
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.