Competition
Dheemant Vyas appointed as Chief Creative Director of Byjuedit
Dainik Yashobhumi – Online Web
Byju, an education technology company offering online education to students, has appointed Dheemant Vyas as the chief ‘creative’ director. Company spokesperson said, Dheemant Vyas will take care of making all the products of the company more interesting and quality.
This 15-year-old has built an edtech marketplace for teachers and students to connect, teach, and learnedit
Your Story – Online Web
The co-founder adds that OLL is competing with YouTube, Udemy, and WhiteHatJr, but believes that its USP lies in its live classes.
Interview: Digital Transformation will take India to new era of economic development Alok Agarwaledit
Financial Express – Online Web
Many courier companies like DTDC started picking up the packets from the houses and delivered zero contacts. The majors of Edutech sector BYJU, Vedantu and Unacademy attracted a large number of students. There was a huge increase in his business.
Food, logistics startups witness funding boomedit
Live Mint – Online Web
Edtech mopped up $2.1 billion, the highest of all sectors, against $426 million in 2019, largely led by Byju’s, which raised over $1.25 billion. However, ecommerce, which typically bags the bulk of funding, saw a dip in 2020, raising only $779 million less than a fourth of the $3.3 billion raised in 2019.
The Argument against children learning to codeedit
DT Next – Online Web
WhiteHat Jr which operates in Indian and the United states mounted an advertising bitzkrieg, in India telling parents that out children need to learn coding from the age of 4,5 or 6 or they will fall behind in life, Indian Celebrities promoted the brand and spread the fear of losing out among families.
Industry
WFH, E-LEARNING THE NEW NORMALedit
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.
Top edtech trends for 2021edit
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.
Teachers must learn to keep up with their digital native studentsedit
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.
Over 1 million students have used EdTech major UpGrad till December, platform generates Rs 230 cr as revenueedit
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.
New learning framework 2021: Evolution of the Indian education systemedit
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
Edtech in 2021: How elearning will move beyond K12 segment for startups in post-Covid yearedit
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.