The Times of India – Bnagalore

The programme, is part of a range of English-language programmes that the US Mission to India brings forth while partnering with Indian education administrators and teachers,” says Ariel Pollock, US Embassy spokesperson while talking to Education Times.

Business Standard – Online Web

Founded by Ronnie Screwvala (currently serves as Executive Chairman) and Mayank Kumar (currently serves as Managing Director), upGrad is one of the leading players in edtech, offering certificates, diplomas and degrees in data, management, technology, law and other subjects.

India Education Diary – Online Web

Through this collaboration, the content was made available in Hindi and English language for the grades 6 to 12 to the two schools in Patna, Bihar. Along with this, STEPapp will be providing adequate training to the meritorious students for preparation of competitive exams including IIT JEE and NEET.

Times Now News – Online Web

Square Panda India fulfils early learning needs of children Early childhood learning plays a crucial role in building a strong foundation of a child’s social, cognitive and emotional capabilities.

Tech Observer – Online Web

EdTech: In the midst of a global pandemic, unprecedented disruption, and widespread turmoil, if theres something that has thrived, it is resilience. Industries and businesses have not just found ways to recover from difficulties but transformed themselves to survive, revive, and improvise; and technology has fuelled this transformation in ways unfathomed before.

Indian web2 – Online Web

Master Mentors is India’s first user immersive learning experience providing an online education OTT platform that hosts different courses constructed around different fields ranging from the experimentation of various artforms like music, tattooing, hairstyling, acting, art direction, and more, to the process of personal development through both physical and mental fitness

Your Story – Online Web

The Indian government must simplify the tax regime, ease compliance burden for edtech companies, and encourage newage lenders to capitalise on the online learning opportunities that have arisen after the COVID19 pandemic, education-focused entrepreneurs and financiers said.

India Education Diary – Online Web

Jadishwar Charitable Trust, Supported by Aarav Solutions, a pioneer in the global product engineering and IT consulting services space, today launched Sanvid, an EdTech initiative that aims to provide equal learning opportunities in computer education, digital technology, life skills, language skills and personality development for school students in rural India.

Prahaar – Online Web

The world’s largest online learning platform, Brainly, conducted a survey on the International Day of Education. The survey had a sample size of 2,190 participants and gave in-depth insights into various aspects of online and offline education.

UNI India – Online Web

ZestMoney, India’s leading AI-driven EMI financing and Buy Now Pay Later (Pay Later) platform, today revealed the findings of its annual report which outlines how Indian customers opted for BNPL solutions in 2020.

News Patrolling – Online Web

Skill management EdTech startup, Elite announced the launch of Elite Points India’s first Rewards based eLearning, where learners can accrue points towards every minute they spend on learning on the Elite platform.

The Tech Panda – Online Web

This opens new horizons for EdTech startups. The introduction of NEP 2020 focuses on extracurricular and vocational learning with no separation from academic streams across the country. According to NASSCOM, India’s EdTech market expects to rise to US$3.5 billion by 2022, which, if achieved will normalize the country’s economic curve post-pandemic.

The Week – Online Web

It accounts for a total waste of time and energy without the person getting anything substantial out of it. Gauging this issue, a likeminded individual decided to form a platform that OTT Ventures is and provided an E-learning platform that is everything valuable a learner looks for. (EdTech)

ANI News – Online Web

Lifology, a Guinness World Record holder and India’s first Career Ecosystem for Parents, witnessed an exponential rise in their engagement in 2020. The Edtech startup is known to enable parents to explore the world of career and equip them to make an informed decision on the basis of their child’s unique capabilities and career suitability.

The Tech Panda– Online Web

The pandemic has turned around the entire situation in the education sector. The transition from traditional learning to digital methods has helped in the growth of EdTech startups and existing companies.

India Education Diary – Online Web

Owing to the emergence of Covid19, the already flourishing Edtech industry has undergone a paradigm shift due to the adoption of cuttingedge technology by consumers across the world.

First Post – Online Web

Startups that attracted maximum funding in 2020 include Zomato ($1.02 billion), Byju’s ($922 million), Phonepe ($807 million), Unacademy ($260 million) and Ecom Express ($250 million), as per the HexGn report.

First Post – Online Web

With the Union Budget 2021 all set to be announced soon, there are pertinent proposals to enhance the digital/online education sphere that edtech companies are waiting to hear about with bated breath.

CXO Today – Online Web

The COVID19 crisis has been a major catalyst in enhancing the learning process not just for students and educators, but also for investors and edtech startups. Even in the prepandemic era, digital learning was undergoing major developments, but in 2020, it became inevitable as educational establishments around the world were forced to adopt digital learning and quickly came to rely on edtech platforms almost overnight.

The Times of India – Online Web

In my earlier TOI blog Assessment: The evidence of Learning, I have shared how use of assessment data by teachers and school heads can initiate a cycle of continuous improvement in the learning outcomes of every child because data allows schools to look at the complete picture of a learner and plan a holistic learning experience that considers not only the test scores but all other factors such as demographics, personal and family information, records related to physical, emotional and cognitive development, learning disabilities and behavioral issues etc.

Wtvm – Online Web

Jessica Shehane, first assistant of Kumon Learning Center in Columbus, thinks a child’s success in their method of learning is contingent upon parental involvement and a child’s ability to adapt.

IT News Online – Online Web

Savva’s Learning Company , a next-generation learning solutions leader for K12 education, is excited to announce it is integrating its popular my Perspectives English Language Arts (ELA) program with Turnitins Revision Assistant , a standards-aligned, digital revision tool that allows students to take their writing to the next level.

The Hans India – Online Web

With the Union Budget just around the corner, Hyderabad-based startups are expecting a slew of measures from the Centre to offset Covidinduced losses and help them tread on the growth path.

Deccan Herald Live Mint India Tv News  – Online Web

However, sectors like transportation and logistics, and travel and tourism saw more than 90% drop in investments in 2020 as compared to 2019, it added. Startups that attracted maximum funding in 2020 include Zomato ($1.02 billion), Byju’s ($922 million), Phonepe ($807 million), Unacademy ($260 million) and Ecom Express ($250 million), as per the HexGn report.

Exchange 4 Media – Online Web

Look no further than the edtech category with brands like Byju’s, Whitehat Jr., Upgrad and Extramarks. Each brand adopted a different approach to leverage the IPL broadcast to create an impact that moved the needle on the number of downloads and business growth in a big way.

India Education Diary – Online Web

EdTech’s real potential hasn’t yet been unlocked in India 2 and India 3 despite growing internet penetration, and the dearth of contextual content is one of the major reasons for this.

IT News Online – Online Web

To analyze the study patterns and design effective education models for Indonesian students, a Seoul-based edtech startup Mathpresso surveyed 3,419 of their users in Indonesia. According to the study, Indonesian students chose live streaming classes as the most preferred learning method over textbooks or a traditional classroom setting.

The Better India – Online Web

But, there are alternative ways of familiarising them with English by making it relatable to their native language. Once teachers can break that ice and establish a channel of communication, English is no more a foreign concept, says Singh, who teaches 83 students, from Class 6 to 8.

Business World – Online Web

Intellectual and cognitive development go hand in hand with language learning. The act itself not only improves the brains executive function, but also helps with key soft skills such as problem-solving, concentration, planning, and multitasking. Learning multiple languages can enhance a child’s intellectual and cognitive development while improving their brains executive function.

Analytics India Mag – Online Web

Hunt LEAPS (hereafter referred to as LEAPS), an innovative experiential edtech platform, developed by Analyttica Datalab, focuses on applied data science and bridges the gap due to the lack of applied contextual learning and upskilling in the field of analytics and data science.

Business Today – Online Web

Interest in staples delivery fresh food, groceries, and the like has grown quite significantly in recent months, in addition to online retail and gaming. That has driven a lot of investment. Then there’s edtech.

The New Indian Express – Bangalore

The pandemic has caused a paradigm shift in education and also in the way we work. There is a need to give special focus to education and jobs in 2021. More than 32 crore students were affected as schools and colleges remained shut for most of last year.

The New Indian Express – Chennai

As the COVID-19 pandemic struck, government schools and colleges faced obstacles due to the lack of resources to transition to online learning. Overcoming such unprecedented situations calls for timely and technology-driven interventions like providing free smartphones and gadgets. This requires proper funding.

The Print – Online Web

Educational technology or edtech entered public consciousness over the past year as the COVID19 pandemic moved learners young and old out of the classroom and into the virtual world of remote education.

The Financial Express – Online Web

Many startups across verticals such as health care, financial services, digital marketing, and Ed tech, have seen a surge in the demand for their core products and services during the pandemic.

The New Indian Express – Online Web

Acquisition of new and complementary skills via Online Executive Education or Online Degrees will strengthen the gig economy in India where professionals will continue to work on multiple assignments remotely, which has already started to happen, says Aditya Malik, CEO and MD, Talentedge, an e-learning platform.

Your Story – Online Web

Edtech startup Udayy raised $2.5 million in a seed round led by Alpha Wave Incubation. It also saw participation from Better Capital, Kunal Shah, and other angels. Beyond Kool raised $2 million in a seed round from Tomorrow Capital. Elevation Capital has invested $1.63 million in live game streaming and community platform Turnip.

India Education Diary – Online Web

Practically, a product of 3rdFlix Visual Effects Pvt Ltd, has a cuttingedge product Practically School Solution catering to school teachers. The solution from Practically enables teachers to conduct their own virtual classes absolutely free for designing and delivering content with teaching material, streamlined by topics across STEM subjects for classes 612.

Business World – Online Web

New Delhi, 21st Jan 2021: Rapidly growing EdTech startup Bada Business has announced the appointment of Nimish Choudhary as its Chief Financial Officer. The appointment comes at a crucial time in the organizations growth trajectory with the startup looking at a major country wide expansion and fund raising targets.

The Asian Age – Delhi

While most services sectors have been recovering in the past two quarters, the education sector has been witnessing a different trend. The sector has rather lost 5.4 million jobs by the end of the December quarter.

Punya Nagari – Mumbai

National Education Policy (NEP 2020) has already set the pace for enormous skill development for the youth. We are expecting that Government will increase the education expenditure in the current education budget.

Business Standard – Online Web

Shah, who had cofounded Freecharge and is an active investor, has backed a number of startups including Udayy, Kyt, Khatabook, BharatPe, Unacademy, Razorpay and Avail Finance, among others.

India Today – Online Web

Here is how your child can be future ready by learning several languages. Currently, there are more than a thousand living languages in India. A developing, diverse, and multilingual society, the country is displaying an increasing demand and need for speaking more than one language.

Deccan Chronicle – Chennai Deccan Chronicle – Hyderabad

While most services sectors have been recovering in the past two quarters, the education sector has been witnessing a different trend. The sector has rather lost 5.4 million jobs by the end of the December quarter. Interestingly, the job losses had started even before the lockdown.

The Financial Express – Online Web

Booster for edtech: With students and professionals spending most of 2020 indoors, edtech companies have done a commendable job to fuel the teaching engine. It is time government provides much-needed recognition to this industry, whether in terms of tax incentives and/or encouraging startup space within this industry.

Inside highered – Online Web

The development of the internet and video-streaming services has prompted many educators to reimagine instruction. Salman Khan began Khan Academy by teaching his cousin and then making videos, which people have watched hundreds of millions of times.

Education next – Online Web

In Failure to Disrupt, Justin Reich aims to reset the hype around education technology and replace it with a more realistic set of expectations for what such technology can and cannot accomplish. (Khan Academy)

Franchising – Online Web

Kumons overall Franchise 500 ranking of No. 6 is the highest its ever received, up an additional six spots from their spot on last years list. 2021 is also the 20th year in a row that Kumon has been named the No. 1 tutoring franchise in the Franchise 500 Lists tutoring category.

The Times of India – Online Web

Scholarly is an EdTech company which recognized this problem. Scholarly brings College Credit courses from US universities to international students in the comfort and safety of their home.

The Times of India – Online Web

Sectors seeing tailwinds from Covid19 such as Software as a Service (SaaS), ecommerce, health tech, edtech and logistics closed venture debt deals during the year Dunzo, ShareChat, Bounce, BoAT Lifestyle and LivSpace were a few companies that raised venture debt in 2020

Business World – Online Web

Oakridge International Schools spread across 4 cities (Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Visakhapatnam and Mohali) in India are part of the Nord Anglia Education family. In his new role, Simon will set up and lead Nord Anglia’s Education Technology (EdTech) division.

ANI News – Online Web

HeyCloudy, an audio story learning app, is a perfect blend of this age-old philosophy and the new-age learning. What makes their concept unique and innovative is the screen-free and ad-free approach to digital education. With more than 10,000 kids already reaping the benefits of this app, HeyCloudy has been highly rated by parents at 4.9 on the google play store.

CNBC TV18 – Online Web

Livelearning edtech platform Udayy has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round led by Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI), managed by Falcon Edge Capital and InfoEdge Ventures. The round also saw participation from VC Better Capital, Cred founder Kunal Shah and other angel investors.

Republic World – Online Web

The partnership will start a preincubation programme for 240 women entrepreneurs in the EdTech, MedTech and Fintech sectors in the two states out of which a total of 20 will be shortlisted for the final coincubation programme. This initiative is scheduled to commence from first week of February.

The Financial Express – Online Web

Open up FDI in school education, allow international fund infusion to help amalgamate the most important alliance between EdTech and Academia with focus on enhancing the innovations around teacher training, Experiential Learning, integration of Sports and Performing arts into mainstream education, etc Drive Budgetary provisions to cater to healthy publicprivate partnership (PPP) models for better efficiencies in the education sector.

Siliconcanals – Online Web

To minimise the spread of COVID19, many schools, across the world, have shut down and remote learning has become the only solution to move forward. Many edtech startups have stepped up their game to help teachers, students, and parents to navigate the new normal of teaching.

Times Now News – Online Web

On this episode, we focus on the unique role that the Anganwadi’s and Balwadi’s ecosystem play in fostering India’s literacy and numeracy conversation. Watch the riveting panel discussion that focuses on understanding the changing trends, challenges and opportunities in early childhood education.

Nagaland Post – Online Web

Step by Step School (SSS), Zunheboto launched its first e-learning app on January 16 at the schools hall by DC Zunheboto, Peter Lichamo. The app was developed by Hika Zhimo.

The Tribune – Online Web

The CricketPang Kindergarten App has recently passed 60,000 downloads in a month since its launch, which confirms the demand for such services and a need to start expanding the platform.

Yahoo Finance – Online Web

TipRanks What can you make of the markets standard disclaimer, past performance cannot guarantee future returns Should you avoid every stock that has shown enormous growth in recent months Or should you ignore it, and focus on the fast-appreciating equities

The New Indian Express – Chennai

With online learning gaining popularity and acceptance across the board, it is up to the students to keep track of their progress for them to be successful. We certainly live in times when the hybrid system of learning, in which both classroom teaching and online mode of teaching largely occupy space in the usual academic environment.

The New Indian Express – Hyderabad

Making online classes engaging can be a challenge for teachers. A Hyderabad-based app called Practically is trying to make that process easy. Designed to make learning come alive, the app combines game engine, immersive learning assets and AI-assisted study buddy at one place.

DT Next – Online Web

The Tamil Nadu government will soon provide online access to a detailed database of research papers from across the world for students of higher education institutions in the State

Hindustan Times – Delhi  Hindustan Times – Mumbai

It’s been 10 months since Anand Gupta, 26, left his hostel room at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai complex, shortly before the nationwide lock- down was announced in March 2020 to curb the spread of the coro- navirus.

Pune Mirror – Online Web

While online classes are still on, these added sessions will ensure that even after schools start physically, ZP takes more initiative to teach English to students, claimed officials. Authorities also pointed out that it is important that extra efforts are taken to improve English skills among students.

The Financial Express – Online Web

Union Budget 202122 Expectations for education: The Covid19 pandemic has turned around the education sector. The transition from traditional learning to digital methods has helped the growth of edtech startups and existing companies, and it will most likely continue.

The Hans India – Online Web

The newly introduced online programme offers interactive live classes in small batches of up to six students conducted by experienced coaches, based on a scientific learning methodology to provide an engaging peer learning experience to every child.(EdTech)

India Today – Online Web

Reality technologies such as augmented reality (AR) enable this. With EdTech catching on, these newage technologies can be widely adopted to increase stickiness. It has been noted that learning intertwined with immersive storytelling and reallife examples increases retention of concepts by 90 percent!

The Times of India – Online Web

In 2020, the year that forced nations into lockdown, there has been a spurt in the hobby learning segment of the edtech space. Himanshu Periwal, the cofounder of Unlu, one of the startups in this sector, says since June, when their platform launched, they have been seeing a doubling in revenues every month.

The Economic Times – Online Web

Kids Early Learning App, a character based learning app that weaves education with entertainment is on an expansion drive in 2021 with a goal to customise the app to childrens learning needs. Launched in 2020 by Creative Galileo, the app has seen one million downloads so far, according to a release. Its also planning to raise venture funds.

Tech Radar – Online Web

TCL has announced three different rugged Android tablets in India. These kidfriendly tablets are ideal for remote learning and education as TCL claims that these are not only tested to be drop safe but they come loaded with subscription based Kidomi super app that offers access to books, games, and videos for children between 313 years.

Nyoooz – Online Web

Tribune News ServiceAmritsar January 15The Punjab Educare mobile app launched during the lockdown to help students in online learning has become the epicentre of digital education sourcing as the date sheet for board classes has been released by the department

Edexlive – Online Web

Lockdown caused by ongoing Pandemic appears to have provided much needed necessity to businesses to invent alternate ways for staying in business. IT sector was the first to turn to the Internet and Edtech sector, arguably was a close second.

Franchising – Online Web

Although she was a computer scientist and engineer by trade, her main passion was ensuring a full education for her children. Bharthi felt confident that Kumon helped complete that puzzle in her family.

BW Disrupt Business World – Online Web

For the first time since its launch in 2018, over 1200 startups across India and Southeast Asia applied for Extreme Entrepreneurs program. Of 17 finalists, 6 have women cofounders and 4 are from Southeast Asia + 13 from India. Finalists are building across diverse sectors such as Health, Fintech, Agritech, Gaming, Social, SaaS, EV, Social Commerce, and Content. For the first time since its launch in 2018, over 1200 startups across India and Southeast Asia applied for Extreme Entrepreneurs program.

Hindustan Times – Delhi

On the third day of the week-long Delhi education conference, organised by the Delhi government, policy experts from the United King- dom, Netherlands, and also from India led a panel discussion focusing on improving profes- sional development for teachers.

The Statesman – Kolkata The Statesman – Delhi

Soon, technology will be the most relevant and sought-after industry, providing employment on a large scale. The students need to enrol for training in new-age skills such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, cyber security and big data, which are the most rapidly growing sectors at present.

India Today – Online Web

2020 has been a watershed year for the Education sector across the world but more so for India. The naysayers have been silenced and the policymakers too have moved the needle substantially towards building an India where inclusiveness of education is a key agenda.

News Gram – Online Web

Internshala Trainings, the e-learning arm of Internshala, has brought out a report highlighting the major skills that Indian students learned in 2020, preparing themselves for the career opportunities of 2021.

India Education Diary – Online Web

Little Singham: Kids Early Learning App launched last year by Creative Galileo has hit a million downloads in just six months with an average rating of 4.70. Creative Galileo is an e-learning app that weaves together the best of education and entertainment to create personalised, integrated learning experiences for young minds.

Radio and music – Online Web

There are many young geniuses in our country but surpassing everyone’s expectations are the BYJUs Young Genius guests who are surprising the living legends of India with their extra ordinary skills. These child prodigies on Young Genius will leave viewers on the edge of their seats and Piano expert Lydian Nadaswaram is one of them.

The Economic Times – Online Web

Domestic tech leaders, including Vue.ai CEO Ashwini Asokan, Byju’s founder Byju Raveendran, Udaan co-founder Sujeet Kumar, Blackbuck co-founder Rajesh Yabaji, Urban Company’s Abhiraj Bhal, and InnovAccer co-founder Abhinav Shashank, will also participate.

Fortune – Online Web

Edtech as a business need to have a customer connect, delivery, and customer satisfaction. And all of it Amazon can provide. Amazon getting into the play versus Byju’s are two different animals as far as investors and funding are concerned, argues Bisen, explaining that Amazon is not depended on investors.

The Economic Times – Delhi

For weathering a crisis in 2017 and returning to build one of India’s largest ed-tech companies, the award for Comeback Kid naturally went to the founders of Vedantu —Vamsi Krishna, Anand Prakash and Pulkit Jain.

Inc 42 – Online Web

After rebranding its JEE Ready app to Amazon Academy, as reported exclusively by Inc42 last year, Amazon India is all set to jump into India’s massive testprep space with a revamped app and learning platform.

Business World – Online Web

On welcoming Zubin to his new role, Ronnie Screwvala, Co-Founder & Chairman, upGrad, said, Zubin brings an enviable track record of starting and scaling successful businesses and I’m excited for the potential we can unlock with his leadership.

Business World – Online Web

With the help of no code platforms, EdTech can design and deploy the bestinclass apps for a variety of purposes. No code platforms are the future of app development. Gartner predicts that 65% of app development will be through these platforms by year 2024.

Business World – Online Web

The era of accelerated EdTech Led push of digital India movement, technological development in India especially got fresh wings, clubbed with some geographical confrontations pushed intelligent minds to make in India and be selfdependent, this clubbed with a sudden outbreak of pandemic acted as a required catalyst to accelerate the growth of EdTech industry in India.

Business World – Online Web

Little Singham: Kids Early Learning App launched last year by Creative Galileo has hit a million downloads in just six months with an average rating of 4.70. Creative Galileo is an e-learning app that weaves together the best of education and entertainment to create personalised, integrated learning experiences for young minds.

The News Minute – Online Web

Amazon India forays into Edtech, launches academy to help engineering aspirants Amazon Academy is set to equip students with indepth knowledge and practice routines required for the JEE with curated learning material, live lectures and assessments.

Menafn – Online Web

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has donated $5 million to e-learning platform Khan Academy. In a video posted on Twitter, Khan Academy founder Sal Khan said he wants to give a huge shout and thank you to Elon Musk and everyone at the Musk foundation.

The Economic Times – Delhi

Spokespersons for Simplilearn, Helion and Mayfield declined to comment. Kalaari Capital did not respond to an emailed query till press time on Tuesday. Founded in 2009, Simplilearn provides online training in disciplines such as cybersecurity, cloud computing, project management, digital marketing, and data science, among others.

The Tribune – Online Web

Kids Early Learning App which was launched last year by Creative Galileo has hit a million downloads in just six months with an average rating of 4.70. This educational app is a paradigm shift from traditional teaching practices and is targeted towards children from ages of three to eight years to teach them about colours, numbers, shapes, phonics, etc.

Entrepreneur – Online Web

Basically supported by technology, education was forced to accelerate some of the transformations that were already being prepared, especially in the digital world. Although this translates as an advance in the sector, the rapidity of the change also evidenced the areas of opportunity that online learning has.

Your Story – Online Web

Mumbai-based edtech startup PurpleTutor has raised a seed funding round of about $300,000 led by IvyCap Ventures. The round saw participation from other investors, including Krishna Kumar (Founder and CEO Simplilearn).

Inc 42 – Online Web

Out of 101 edtech startups that were funded last year, about 51 startups received seedstage funding, according to Inc42 Plus analysis In 2020, edtech segment managed to attract close to $1.43 Bn funding, compared to $1.8 Bn raised by edtech startups across 303 deals between 2014 and 2019

Outlook Your Story Money Control – Online Web

The world’s richest person and business magnate Elon Musk donated $5 million to Khan Academy by means of Musk Foundation. The Khan Academy is an American non-profit educational organisation which works to boost online education.

The Economic Times – Online Web

The jury members included Kalyan Krishnamurthy, CEO, Flipkart; Byju Raveendran, founder and CEO, Byju’s; Sanjeev Bikhchandani, founder, Info Edge; Bejul Somaia, partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners; Roopa Kudva, MD, Omidyar Network India; Satyan Gajwani, vice chairman, Times Internet Ltd; Larry Illg, CEO, Prosus Ventures (formerly Naspers Ventures); Sahil Barua, cofounder and CEO, Delhivery; and Albinder Dhindsa, cofounder and CEO, Grofers.

Live Mint – Online Web

Learning coding at an early age has created a buzz in the education industry. It is a much debated topic which is more about letting children learn coding to put pressure on their young minds vs. letting them learn coding to stay ahead of peers in the future.

Business Insider – Online Web

Indian investors say they will continue to bet on sectors like ecommerce, edtech, fintech and SaaS, while there’s room for sectors like SpaceTech and Agritech to grow. The year ahead could see consolidation in India’s tech ecosystem as well.

Business World – Online Web

These young students may sign up for additional skills or specialised qualifications through the plethora of online courses that are now available. MOOCs will play an important role in this context.

Edexlive – Online Web

COVID19 has been able to accomplish what armies of dissatisfied parents, charismatic speakers like Ken Robinson and Sugata Mitra, and piles of research on education policy could not do give innovation a chance. We are currently in the midst of a worldwide experiment led by the digital and ideological transformation.

Express Computer – Online Web

Bengaluru-based edtech startup, Newton School, has introduced an all women tech program with an aim to encourage women to re-enter the workforce equipped with industry oriented skills.

India Education Diary – Online Web

In today’s world, where there are colossal options for online training, its significant for the aspirants to know about the right EdTech companies that can help them navigate through their dreams and reach their goals.

India Today – Online Web

The survey conducted digitally as schools remain closed was carried out to better understand the needs of government school teachers who are using remote learning tools to teach students during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Hindu Business Line – Online Web

The Covid19 pandemic has not only changed education, but it has also forced the Edtech industry to up its game. Edtech emerged to be one of the strongest domains since the start of this worldwide pandemic. Online education has been a familiar term, but 2020 has changed the notion of virtual learning forever.

Your Story -Online Web

As an undergraduate student of NIT Kurukshetra, Lucky Rohilla realised many peers and college pass outs feel out of their depth when choosing a career path or joining the corporate world. To ease their doubts and put them on a confident footing, he started Quantel in 2019 with friend and batchmate Rishabh Garg.

Business World – Online Web

Content curation and edtech solutions such as learning management systems (LMS) have streamlined education and paved the path for a new era of learning in India. In this past decade, we’ve witnessed a massive shift in the way teaching and learning takes place in India. For ages, physical textbooks and libraries have been the only source of education and development.

Devdis Course – Online Web

For the less affluent, before they had nothing … Now, they’re using resources like Khan Academy, he said. I think you’re going to see a leveling of the playing field. As digital learning loosens capacity constraints, that will also make education more equitable, he said. I think as we go forward, were getting to a more egalitarian society.

Hindustan Times – Delhi Hindustan Times – Mumbai

Last, the elephant in the room must be addressed. The Bar Council has too many functions — law reform, disciplining lawyers, setting standards — to do justice to a full-time job like legal education.

Entrepreneur – Online Web

According to HolonIQ, the global EdTech market is growing at 16.3% and will grow 2.5x from 2019 to 2025, reaching a total of $404B in global expenditure. On top of that, it is expected that more than 100 education companies will have market caps over $1B by 2025.

Edexlive – Online Web

What can be done is to base the coursework around what people actually do in the industry, says Suryanarayanan. This is what prompted the duo to develop their EdTech platform SkillLync, which focuses on imparting industry-relevant skills to engineers.

The Hindu Business Line – Online Web

Education rising on the digital learning curve With regard to tech adoption, we definitely need to address related infrastructural issues primarily related to online education delivery to schools in semi-urban and rural India.

Kr Asia – Online Web

With the ongoing pandemic and e-learning becoming the new normal, Byju’s is reaping the benefits with over 57 million students on its platform and eyeing overseas expansion in six new countries — UK, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Germany with White Hat Jr to provide quality education across the globe.

Trinity Mirror – Online Web

STEPapp (Student Talent Enhancement Program Application) has received a mandate from the Indian Ministry of Tribal Affairs to implement its gamified learning app across all Tribal Schools in India in a landmark development.

Hindustan Times – Online Web

Delhi education minister Manish Sisodia, in association with the US Embassy, on Saturday launched a certificate training programme for English language teachers in government schools, to enhance their skills. In a statement issued Saturday, the Delhi government said a batch of 50 teachers will undergo the training initially.

Entrackr – Online Web

Kyt: Edtech startup Kyt has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round led by Alpha Wave Incubation with participation from Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, January Capital, Titan Capital and other angel investors.

The Hans India – Online Web

The youngest entrepreneur 15yearold Shreyaan Daga has built an edtech marketplace for teachers and students to connect, teach and learn. Shreyaan realised the impact of Covid19 on the education sector and founded Online Live Learning (OLL) along with Bhumika Sharma, Kushal Ghosh and Payal Pandit.

The New Indian Express – Online Web

This is what prompted the duo to develop their EdTech platform Skill-Lync, which focuses on imparting industry-relevant skills to engineers. Based out of Chennai, Skill-Lync was launched in 2016 with a major focus on Mechanical Engineering courses.

Sunday Guardian Live – Online Web

Despite the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, several Indian start-ups, including Unacademy and Nykaa, crossed the $1 billion mark in valuation and entered into unicorn tag.

Business World – Online Web

Predictably, Generation-Z will be every bit as technology-savvy as the Millennials. Change is the end result of all true learning COVID19 has not been all about challenges, it has brought with it several much-awaited opportunities as well. We have become the unintended beneficiaries of the situation thus created.

The Statesman – Delhi  The Statesman – Kolkata

Dcode-AI, an EdTech startup focused on Artificial Intelligence, has launched new DIY learning platform, including Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computer Vision (CV), Data Science for children aged between 12 and 18 years.

Hindustan Times – Online Web

University of Cambridge, renowned research institution in the UK, will provide training to teachers and students belonging to government schools in various municipalities in Andhra Pradesh in order to improve their English language proficiency.

Hindi Business Standard – Online Web

The edtech sector saw it all in 2020 — decacorns, unicorns, consolidations, and legal battles. Though online education has seen over 15 years of meaningful existence, 2020 will be known as a milestone year for the sector, with the Covid-19 pandemic forcing students and parents to embrace e-learning as the most viable way of studying.

Trinity Mirror – Online Web

To address this, Mumbai-based EdTech company LEAD School has introduced a Bridge Course for students entering Class 10 in 2021. Class 10 is an important milestone in the academic journey of students.

Digital learning Elets online – Online Web

The Covid19 has ensured that coaching centers and educational institutes remain locked down, the idea of a virtual classroom has never been more central to our education system. Social distancing being the norm for the foreseeable future, the most complex piece on the system is to now determine how one can ensure there is no loss in the quality of education, while finding innovative ways to continue teaching students at their home.

India Education Diary – Online Web

Bangalore: Android Device Management Platform, Esper, announced its partnership with two non-profit organizations, Teach for India and iTeach Schools, this month. Both the NGOs run large scale programmes impacting over thousands of school kids in India. Through these partnerships, Esper will assist both the e-learning providers to streamline the deployment and management of low cost Android tablets.

CXO Today – Online Web

Despite a lower number of total startup deals in 2020, seedstage investments are recovering at a good pace as investor activity at lower ticket sizes has increased. Seedstage funding in 2020 recovered to more than 90% of 2019 levels.

Business World – Online Web

A Teacher Survey conducted by Sampark Foundation reveals that teachers across six states prefer in-class teaching over online classes as an effective method to teach students in rural India’s government schools.

SiaSat – Online Web

As per the memorandum of understanding, University of Cambridge will provide training to teachers and students under the municipal department in order to improve English language proficiency, said an official statement.

Telangana Today – Hyderabad

DcodeAl, an EdTech startup focused on Artifi-cial Intelligence (AD, has launched the new Dry learning platform includ-ing Natural Language Pro-cessing (NLP), Computer Vision (CV), Data Science for children aged between 12 and 18 years.

India Education Diary – Online Web

Mr Praveen Tyagi, Managing Director, PACE IIT & Medical; CEO & Founder, EduIsFun Technologies (STEPapp): “The pandemic situation has brought a massive change in the process of delivering education to the children this year.

Forbes – Online Web

Cracking most competitive exams, performing well at schools, colleges & job interviews or to excel in the professional career, a good command over English language is a necessity There is lack of organized and effective materials exist in the market for enhancing English & Personality Development skills There is lack of organized and effective materials exist in the market for enhancing English & Personality Development skills.

India Today – Online Web

The adoption of edtech solutions has considerably increased when we see the numbers from 2018 and 2019 as compared to 2020. The edtech segment saw an increase of 26% in user visits between the duration of April 2019 to March 2020, when compared to April 2018 to March 2019, as per a recent report by SimilarWeb.

Your Story – Online Web

Operating on a dual model of B2B and B2C, the edtech startup caters to information technology enabled Services (ITeS), manufacturing, automotive, pharma, and healthcare sectors. Some of its clients include IIFL Securities, Maruti Suzuki, and Enthrive, among others. And because its subscription-based, managers can keep a tab on their employees and teams progress as well.

Your Story  Live Mint The Economic Times – Online Web

Educational technology platform Kyt on Wednesday announced that it has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round. The investment is led by Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI), a venture fund managed by Falcon Edge Capital, and saw participation from Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, January Capital, Titan Capital and other angel investors.

Your Story – Online Web

Pankaj Makkar, MD, Bertelsmann India Investments, tells YourStory about the trends that will dominate Indian edtech in 2021: massification and privatisation of education, content production and distribution, and a blended learning approach.

Business Standard – Online Web

I spent four years learning something that was not my passion, says serial edtech founder Saxena Six months into his first job, he understood his interest was in education He could see the gaping holes

Edexlive – Online Web

Even though students are confined to their houses in these Corona times, they’re receiving enough challenges to keep them on their toes. One such opportunity was provided by Metamorphosis-Edu, an EdTech platform, in the form of their third Global Schoolpreneur Summit 2020.

Elets online Infotech Lead Business Insider SME TIMES The Hindu Inc 42 Entrepreneur – Online Web

Our progress so far is inline with our strategic growth plans and we are very well placed to tap the accelerated growth that the EdTech industry is witnessing today, said Subbarao Siddabattula, Founder & CEO, Practically.

The New Indian Express – Online Web

Zermelo Technologies, an award-winning edtech startup announced that its platform ZeClassroom has been designed to conduct online classes in the rural and urban areas where internet and bandwidth availability is a challenge.

Kr Asia – Online Web

Hla Hla Win, founder and CEO of a local edtech firm 360ed, agreed that rote learning features prominently in Myanmar’s education system. She said the education system is mostly teachercentric, leaving students to obey the orders of the teachers, with little emphasis on independent thought.

Business World – Online Web

Enhelion, India’s leading edtech platform announced that since inception, it has trained about 50,000 students and professionals across the nation. The company, founded by two lawyers Rodney D Ryder and Ashwin Madhavan in 2013, today offers over 400 online legal and interdisciplinary courses to students and professionals panIndia.

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Digital education, enterprise software, content and logistics were the biggest beneficiaries, while sectors such as cab and bike aggregation and financial technology struggled to attract capital. Some of the biggest fundraises included $660 million by Zomato; $500 million by Byju’s; $300 million by Firstcry; and $225 million by Dream11.

The New Indian Express – Online Web

ZERMELO Technologies, an award-winning edtech startup announced that its platform ZeClassroom has been designed to conduct online classes in the rural and urban areas where internet and bandwidth availability is a challenge.

Scroll – Online Web

Schools in India should prepare for a gradual reopening, experts told us. Younger children should be the first to go back to school as early learning is important to build on in the future years. Teachers would have to understand the level children are at, reteach core concepts as well as parts of the 2020 coursework before they start on the 2021 syllabus, they told us.

Bolly Inside – Online Web

The Covid pandemic was nothing less than a turning point for the electronics technology industry. The Indian edtech market is estimated to reach $ 3.5 billion by 2022. In the coming years, however, edtech will no longer be limited to the K12 space but will go beyond the K12 and will include skills development and learning management systems.

The Week – Online Web

Talking about his new Edtech venture, Lloyd says, Edbus is hiring top faculties from premier institutions like Kota, Hyderabad etc where students will get a chance to get the best quality education from anywhere across the globe.

Free Press Journal – Online Web

The new year will be high on tech. Not just because phone makers will keep bringing new phones, but there is a quantum change expected in terms of technology with AI and machine learning taking the lead.

The Financial Express – Online Web

Here is an outlook and skilling trends for 2021: Educators found themselves having to quickly embrace online teaching methods, while training institutions had to equip themselves with the latest tools to facilitate quality training for online modes of teaching.

Times of malta – Online Web

The first virtual day was full of frustrations, security fears and disrupted lessons. Ironically, the students, being digital natives, were in their element as they quickly set up their own peer group Zooms, as they were introduced to a fun new forum.

Edex live – Online Web

The pandemic that has ravaged most of the economy, including regular education, has turned out to be a huge blessing for EdTech platform UpGrad, as its customer base has more than doubled to 1 million since the lockdown.

The Financial Express – Online Web

In 2021, we will see a more blended approach in education and an increased adoption of edtech platforms that are personalised and focused on diagnosing and resolving learning gaps. The author is chief product & technology officer, Educational Initiatives, an edtech company

The Financial Express – Online Web

The Covid pandemic has been nothing short of a turning point for the edtech industry. The Indian edtech market is estimated to touch $3.5 billion by the year 2022. In the coming years, however, edtech will no longer be limited to the K12 space but will move beyond K12 and include skill development and learning management systems.

Entrackr – Online Web

Pune-based B2B gig marketplace Gig-India has closed a pre-Series A funding round of $1 million from two angel investors Anjali Bansal, founder at Avaana Capital, and Vineet Patni, former president of Bajaj Allianz.

India Today – Online Web

If there’s one segment that has defied the trend in 2020 to register remarkable growth numbers, its edtech. According to some estimates, the Indian EdTech industry is the second biggest in the world and continues to rise with each passing day.

Daily Excelsior – Online Web

Perhaps it is no surprise this devastating year has thrown up new words. After all, language tends to evolve all the time and with time it folds into itself in new words. The best example is English which has gained many new words through the ages, getting faster especially when it colonised a vast terrain of the globe containing diverse cultures.

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The pandemic has turned out to be a huge blessing for edutech platform Upgrad, as its customer base has more than doubled to 1 million since the lockdown. The company’s revenue is on course to close the current year with over ~1,200 crore.

The Hindu Business Line – Online Web

Some of the most popular business models that attracted investor interest in 2020 were online selfpaced test preparation (BYJU’S, Unacademy), food delivery (Zomato, Swiggy), digital wallets (PhonePe, MobiKwik), internet first restaurants (Box8, Biryani By Kilo), ecommerce logistics services (XpressBees, Vinculum Solutions) real money esports gaming platforms (MPL, WinZo), vernacular news aggregator (InShorts, DailyHunt), horizontal B2B marketplaces (Udaan, Bijnis), among others.

The Print – Online Web

The regulations will also affect the Edtech sector because many of its services are specifically customised for children aged between 13 and 18. Monitoring a child’s progress is an essential business strategy, one that is used to design age appropriate products beneficial for children.

The Indian Express – Online Web

New mobile app for English language skills Cambridge Assessment English, a department of the University of Cambridge, UK has launched Upskill, a new mobile-based English test for employability in India.

The Hans India– Online Web

Our post graduate class was of 40 students. Out of 40 students, 30 students were from the city of Hyderabad who studied in English medium schools. The remaining 10 students including me were from rural areas and small towns.

Free Press Journal – Online Web

Schools should steadily adopt online learning solutions to aid the traditional classroom approach. A few more innovations that will reshape the education sector is Computer Based Test mode for examinations, Artificial Intelligence enabled remote proctoring, Machine Learning (ML)- powered exams and more,” said Beas Dev Ralhan, Co-Founder & CEO, Next Education India Pvt. Ltd.

Digitallearning Eletsonline – Online Web

Sumeet Mehta, Cofounder & CEO, LEAD School said Thanks to COVID 19, Edtech is not a choice anymore, it is an essential. Technological innovations like online classes, learning management systems, etc. are now becoming a part and parcel of our education system.

Udaipur Kiran – Online Web

The English language has a reputation for being one of the most difficult languages to learn, and that reputation is well earned. Between the many different types of grammar exceptions and the many rules regarding how certain phonetic sounds work in various words, its very lucky if you’re a native speaker of the language.

The New Indian Express – Online Web

The EdTech sector in the State may continue to grow with online certificate courses gaining more demand. National institutions like the IITs are already offering certificate courses for online or digitally skilled graduates catering to the needs of the market.

Business World  – Online Web

Role of educational publishers has evolved beyond traditional printing of books to include offerings such as tailormade learning experience to the unique needs of individual students based on a process of continuous feedback and evaluation through adaptive learning.

Afaqs – Online Web

The uniquely curated awards will support a cause that has emerged during the pandemic while emphasizing the need to celebrate the new normal Due to the ongoing social distancing, the shift to e-learning, India’s education system is going through a reform Due to the ongoing social distancing, the shift to elearning, India’s education system is going through a reform(Learning App)

Scroll – Online Web

The three hour NEETMDS exam comprised of 240 Multiple Choices, single correct response questions in English language only. There was 25% negative marking for incorrect answers. No marks were deducted for questions that were not attempted.

The Statesman – Online Web

According to Zishaan Hayath, CEO and Founder, Toppr, 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.

Free Press Journal – Online Web

Speaking to IT startup heads known for working in field, the growth rate in domestic market of education application is noted about 100 percent and about 30 percent globally was reported.

Pc Mag – Online Web

Khan Academy has free lessons in academic subjects, such as algebra and economics. Brushing up on core math and science never hurt anyone. Khan also has other subjects typically covered in U.S. high schools, including civics, history, and even LSAT prep.

India Today – Online Web

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