Competition
Transfers Educational Institution: Akash captured by Baijus Balajiedit
The Sub Editor – Online Web
It has been reported that Byjus, an online education service provider, has signed a deal to acquire Akash Educational Services, a training institute for medical and engineering entrance exams. The sale is said to be worth around $ 1 billion. Akash runs an education service with the support of the Blackstone Group. Its CEO is Akash Chaudhary.
byju’s buy Akash: Baijus to buy Akash Education … This is one of the biggest edutech deals in the country .. byju’s buy Akashedit
TV9 Telugu – Online Web
Bangalore based Baijus has made its mark in conducting online classes domestically. Baijus? has expanded its services to most states in the country. Promoting Bada with movie stars in various languages, it is emerging as No. 1 in the field of online education.
Do children really need to learn to code?edit
Deccan Herald – Bangalore Deccan Herald – Mysore
After the outbreak of the coronavirus, her school went online in March and a faceless screen rose between Vaidehi and her classmates. Around then, unknown to my little daughter, Karan Bajaj, an Indian entrepreneur, signed a $300 million deal to sell his company WhiteHat Jr. to Byju’s, the world’s largest educational tech company.
Byjus young genius Lydian Nadaswaram, know how his experience wasedit
Hindi News 18 – Online Web
Byjus young genius Lydian Nadaswaram, know how his experience was In the young genius of Byjus, we introduce you to the stars who are very young but they know the whole country by their work Through this program, we came across one such genius, named Lydian Nadaswaram.
Industry
eLearning push: Students to get access to global researchedit
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
‘Want govt to focus on education sectoredit
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.
ZP airs English lessons on radio for rural pupilsedit
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.
Union Budget expectations: Lower taxation can support edtechedit
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.
Scholastic India forays into edtech worldedit
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)