Industry
Governments rising focus on edtech would lead to 100% literacyedit
The Hindu Business Line – Online Web
The government has gone one step further to ensure full support to ed-based tech solutions in learning through the creation of National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) to provide a platform for the use of technology to enhance learning, assessment, planning, administration, and so on. Through the NEAT, the government proposes a public-private partnership model with edtech companies to develop adaptive technology in classrooms. This only shows us that the government investment in education technology is only rising.
Edtech startups: Integrating the best of online learning and classroom educationedit
The Times of India – Online Web
Edtech, surely, has arrived. Even facts are indicative of that. With about 9.5 million users, India is the second-largest market for eLearning after the US, says India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF). And, this ever-growing market is set to touch $3.5B by 2022, according to a RedSeer and Omidyar Network India report. Not to mention the total investment of $2.22 billion in 2020 (as compared to $553 million in 2019) received by startups in the space, as per Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (IVCA) and PGA Labs data. The pandemic, indeed, has done more good than harm to the Indian edtech space.