Competition
Chennai budding paleontologist to feature on ‘Young Genius’edit
News Today Trinity Mirror – Online Web
A child prodigy from Chennai, 12-year-old Aswatha Biju, will soon be seen in the Young Genius show, for her knowledge in Paleontology. A press release said, Aswatha has collected nearly 120 specimens of fossils.
When R Madhavan felt under accomplished after meeting kids from WhiteHat Jredit
Business Insider – Online Web
WhiteHat Jr EdTech startups students Manya, Agastya and Yuvraj recently interacted with celebrated actor R Madhavan to share their thoughts and motivation, which led them to create the apps PicKaboo, Pat a Pet and Med Maze, respectively.
Kahoot Weighs U.S. Listing to Ride Boom in Educational Gamesedit
Bloomberg Quint – Online Web
Kahoot is currently listed on Euronext Growth Oslo, a venue for small and midsized companies, and is set to move to Norways main market over the next two months The company, which counts SoftBank Group Corp and Creandum AB as investors, is weighing a listing in the U and Creandum AB as investors, is weighing a listing in the U(Byju)
Indian startups are flush with money but are they staring at a valuation bubbleedit
Money Control – Online Web
Even Byju’s, India’s most valued edtech startup is valued at $12 billion with about $700 million in expected revenue an aggressive, but far lower multiple of 1617 times. The signs are typical.
How Blackstone may double its investment in Aakash in less than two yearsedit
VC Circle – Online Web
How Blackstone may double its investment in Aakash in less than two years Blackstone-backed Aakash Educational Services Ltd (AESL), which is in talks to be acquired by edtech unicorn Byju’s, was.
Future will witness an enhanced & cohesive relationship between employee and employer: Pravin Prakash, Chief People Officer, BYJU’Sedit
People Matters – Online Web
The pandemic has shed a light on what can be improved. Like BYJU’S and other edtech platforms have driven a necessary rethinking for the world of education, similarly, COVID-19 brought technology to the forefront in making remote-working possible.
Ed Tech startup Udayy raises $2.5 million fundingedit
Elets Online – Online Web
Startup Edutech Udayy announced that it had raised $ 2.5 million as part of the funding round led by Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI) and InfoEdge Ventures. Better Capital, Kunal Shah and other angels also participated in the seed capital round, according to a statement.
Byju’s Young Genius: Meet Ashita, the youngest paleontologist this time, has discovered evidence of dinosaursedit
News 18 – Online Web
The second episode of Byju’s Young Genius is going to air on January 23. In this episode, the audience will meet 13-year-old Aswatha Byju. Byju is said to be India’s youngest paleontologist, or paleontologist.
Byju Raveendran, Kunal Bahl and 26 others nominated to National Startup Advisory Counciledit
The Statesman The News Minute – Online Web
‘The government on Tuesday nominated 28 nonofficial members on the National Startup Advisory Council. These members include Byju’s founder Byju Raveendran, and Snapdeal Cofounder Kunal Bahl, Kris Gopalakrishnan from Axilor Ventures, among others.
African edtech startup uLesson lands a $7.5 million Series A TechCrunchedit
Tech Crunch – Online Web
E-learning startups have been booming in the wake of the coronavirus. Its led to an influx of tutoring marketplaces and content that promises to serve students. One of the most valuable startups in edtech is Byju’s, which offers online learning services and prepares students for tests.
Industry
How learning multiple languages can make your kid future readyedit
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.
Education sector sheds 6 mn jobsedit
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.
Budget 2021 Expectations for education sector: Education sector seeks higher spending on school infra & research and booster for edtechedit
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.
Lessons learned during the pandemic about how to teach flipped classes most effectively (opinion)edit
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.
Effort to Debunk Education Technology Falters by Overstating Its Own Caseedit
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)
Entrepreneur Magazine Ranks Kumon in the Top Ten of the Franchise 500 Listedit
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.