Competition
Vedantu’s new campaign gets India ready for ‘Learning Ka Comeback’edit
ET Brand Equity – Online Web
Vedantu has launched its new ad film across all channels for its student-centric initiative V.O.T.E. (Vedantu Online Talent Exam) to address the academic gaps and loss of learning in 2020. The organization is democratizing India’s education through a National, student-centric program that will help kids prepare first-hand and achieve their academic goals this year.
Unacademy takes over e-learning site Handa ka Fundaedit
Live Mint – Online Web
Online learning platform Unacademy has acquired Handa Ka Funda and onboarded founder Ravi Handa, a prominent educator for CAT and MBA entrance exams. Handa ka Funda is a website started by Handa that offers online courses for various exams.
Industry
One year of lockdown: 10 Indian startups that rode edtech’s hockey stick curve in the pandemicedit
Yourstory – Online Web
In the last 12 months of the pandemic, online education (edtech) has not only topped user growth and VC funding, but also Twitter trends and Google searches. Between April and December 2020, ‘edtech’ searches gained 60 percent on the Indian internet, according to Google Trends. Searches for individual companies such as BYJU’S, Vedantu, Toppr, and others that cater to India’s 265 million school-going students — the highest in the world — gained even further.
Embedding Technology in Education: The Potential of India’s Solutions in East Africaedit
ORF Online – Online Web
India and the countries of Africa share common challenges in their education systems, among them, weak teacher capacities and lack of basic infrastructure. In India, technological interventions have been able to address some of the challenges at scale. Africa has met with less success in this regard, as governments prioritise the provision of hardware without addressing the systemic issues that hamper the adoption of such technologies. Current research on diffusion of technology for development focuses on creating an enabling environment for the private sector, and in particular, startups. This brief argues that in education, technology transfer should not just comprise the private sector but also the broader ecosystem (comprising of civil society ...
Edtech major to impact One million plus workforce through its B2B offering, upGrad for Businessedit
India Education Diary – Online Web
upGrad, India’s largest online higher edtech, is all set to add yet another milestone to its credit by impacting additional one million plus professionals in the workforce through its B2B offering, upGrad for Business.
Coursera aims at around $4 billion valuation in U.S. public listingedit
Tech Story – Online Web
Coursera is a Mountain View-based online education technology start-up that is known for partnering with colleges, universities and organisations in order to provide classes and courses on its platform. Recently, according to the regulatory filings, it has been revealed that the EdTech platform is looking to target for over USD 4 billion valuation in its United States Initial Public Offering.
Collaborative Learning Is Keyedit
The Pioneer – Delhi
It will reinvent the online learning space in the years to come. Through AI, student learning abilities will be estimated, which in turn will help us to bring modifications in the learning process.
Alibaba-Backed Edtech Startup Hires CFO Ahead of Likely U.S. IPOedit
Bloomberg Quint – Online Web
Loosely translated as homework assistant, Zuoyebang is a spinoff of Chinas search engine titan Baidu Inc Founded by former Baidu executive Hou Jianbin in 2015, the startup has raised at least $34 billion from investors including SoftBank Vision Fund, Goldman Sachs Group Inc 4 billion from investors including SoftBank Vision Fund, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.