Competition
Breakingviews – Online education will weed out stragglersedit
Reuters – Online Web
Tutoring apps also attracted fresh funding that quickly inflated valuations. Capital injections put Byju’s in India at about $12 billion and China’s Yuanfudao at $16 billion, according to media reports.
To develop futureready kids, teachers cast their nets wideedit
The Times of India – Online Web
A chargedup discussion put together by The Times of India, powered by BYJU’s, Blackboard To Digital Screens: How Teachers And Schools Are Adopting To The Change brought various issues to the fore will the digital classrooms stay post pandemic Will the future learning processes be different Will the parental participation be the same post Covid and more.
Tech in 2020: The year that helped explore new territories, transform lives like never beforeedit
India Today – Online Web
The edtech startups were the biggest beneficiaries during the period and enjoyed a massive growth. Byju’s, the country’s largest online education startup valued at $8 billion, offered its products for free. Others like Unacademy and Toppr followed the suit.
How AI is transforming education: From chalk-and-talk to click-and-learn Web Hostingedit
Dailyhostnews – Online Web
Byju’s built its success on the one-on-one personalized experience that appeals to students as they are guided throughout the learning process in an individualized manner using AI. HireMees ProEx mobile application addresses the online proctoring problem with its powerful AI-based solution that identifies test takers seeking external help or looking away from the testscreen and flags them, helping institutions take an informed decision on the integrity of the test attempt.
Edtech startup TagHive is building interactive classroom solutions to make education accessible to alledit
Your Story – Online Web
The K12 segment is fast growing in India. Apart from unicorns and giants like BYJU’S, the K12 segment is growing with players like Lido Learning, Tinker Coders, and more recently Kyt, which is a part of Surges fourth cohort.
Edtech startup Doubtnut expands its ESOP pooledit
Entrackr – Online Web
Edtech startup Doubtnut has expanded its ESOP pool by adding nearly 293 fresh equity options. With this, Doubtnut has joined the likes of Aye Finance, Lendingkart, Oyo, Byju’s, Pine Labs and ShareChat who have also swelled their ESOPs pool recently.
EdTech firm Vedantu introduces child safety policyedit
Elets online – Online Web
Pioneer in Live online learning Vedantu, has become the first and only EdTech player in India to make online learning completely safe and secure for 100K daily active students studying from home. This milestone has been achieved in collaboration with Space2Grow, a niche Social Impact consulting firm that specializes in child protection.
BYJU’S student from Kolkata scores a 161 inthe British MENSAedit
UNI India – Online Web
Students learning from BYJU’S, India’s largest edtech company and the creator of Indias most loved school learning app, have showcased immense talent and ability to excel and grow in diverse fields of life.
BRIEF-3P Learning Ltd Says In Advanced & Continuing Discussions With BYJU’sedit
Investing – Online Web
UPDATE ON BYJU’S PROPOSAL AND BLAKE PROPOSAL
* CO IS IN ADVANCED & CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS WITH BYJU’S
* NO CERTAINTY THAT EITHER BYJU’S OR BLAKE PROPOSAL WILL RESULT IN BINDING TRANSACTION
Adopting cloud tech, adopting innovationedit
Fortune – Online Web
For instance, BYJU’s – —India’s leading edtech and online tutoring firm, —saw 7.5 million new users on its platform, while Vedantu crossed a watch time of one billion minutes across its platforms and channels. To further improve the ‘classroom experience’ of students, companies like fotonVR, a Gujarat-based edtech startup, is introducing VR to explain scientific concepts and experiments in 3D.
Year-Ender: Why 2020 has been the year of children on TVedit
The Financial Express News Deal Nation Scoop – Online Web
“Due to the new normal where everything was going digital, we saw a bunch of new advertisers such as Vedantu, Whitehat Jr, Byju’s as well as ecommerce and e-wallets platforms like, Phonepe and AmazonPay coming on board, We had a good share of 50-50 kid and non-kid advertisers because of this,” Jaipuria stated.
Unacademy’s IOI 2021, Go-For-Gold Initiative Startsedit
Curriculum – Online Web
Unacademy, a leading learning platform, has announced the Go-For-Gold Initiative for Indian school students participating in the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) 2021. The IOI is one of the most prestigious UNESCO-recognized Olympiads in programming and informatics for school students.
Unacademy Group Raises fundsedit
Curriculum – Online Web
Unacademy has raised a fresh round of funding from Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment Group. The funding round values Unacademy Group at $2 billion.
Industry
EdTech announces ZeClassroom for online classesedit
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.
Yearender 2020: 5 innovative educational technology practices that India saw in 2020edit
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.
Edukemy Introduces Three Enrichment Courses for UPSC Optional Coursesedit
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.
Edtech can bridge the rural-urban divideedit
MINT –Hyderabad Delhi Mumbai Kolkata Bangalore Chennai
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.
EdSanta Education Rolls Out AIpowered Elearning Platform Eliteedit
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.
upGrad forays into Test Preparation market in India, Acquires The Gate Academyedit
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.
Mumbai University launches its first ever online program in Marathi in partnership with UpGradedit
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.
EdTech Platform announces videobook guide for UPSC aspirantsedit
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.
Khan Academy’s Salman Khan: Journey From Harvard To Being Worlds First Super Teacher With 20 Million Students Globallyedit
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.