Competition
upGrad Bullish On Bolstering Its International Universities Networkedit
Bloomberg Quint UNI India – Online Web
Talking about partnerships, Phalgun Kompalli, cofounder, upGrad said, 2020 has been the year when we grew over 100% in terms of both, national and international university partnerships. We introduced Global MBAs and made them one of the highest revenue making verticals. Now with the recent tie-ups, we have grown three times our program portfolio to cross 100+ programs. The figures are set to double in 2021.
iSchoolConnect launches CSR initiative for educationedit
Business World – Online Web
Their campaign, which is a people driven movement, urges citizens to donate their smartphones, which would be refurbished and powered with Byju’s content before being distributed to children with no access to education.
Beyond just a learning app: MyClassboards software was the need of the hour for schools during the pandemicedit
Your Story – Online Web
India’s online education system got a shot in the arm when the COVID19induced lockdown shut schools and colleges for months on end. Although the edtech sector in the country was booming with learning apps like BYJU’s, Vedantu, Cuemath, and others leading the space, it was still a long road to get students habituated to digital classrooms, and schools to follow an electronic operating model.
Industry
Union Budget 2021: Govt should provide 12-15% higher allocation to online educationedit
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.
Digital Learning Is the Inevitable Future: Notebook CEOedit
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.
Data driven school management and instructionedit
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.