English focused edupreneur
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Highly articulate educator and serial entrepreneur Kavish Gadia is the founder-CEO of Gurugram (Haryana)-based Stones2Milestones Pvt. Ltd (S2M, estb.2008, headcount: 300). This edtech start-up offers schools, teachers, and parents diagnostic, affordable, and research-based English reading and literacy solutions for children in the 5-12 age group. Through its globally benchmarked flagship fREADom mobile app — a vertically integrated pedagogy stack for learning English as a second language — launched in 2016, young learners can improve their English reading, writing, and conversation skills.
Omidyar Network India leads seed round in edtech platform Kutuki
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Kutuki, a learning platform focused on children between the ages of three and seven, has raised Rs 16 crore (around $2.2 million) in a seed round led by Omidyar Network India. Also last month, Kyt Technologies Pvt Ltd, which operates a platform focused on extracurricular learning for children, raised $5 million led by Alpha Wave Incubation. Other startups in this space that have raised funding in recent months include Udayy, PurpleTutor, Yellow Class, and Stones2Milestones.
The Year Of Indian Edtech — Will The Bubble Burst In 2021?
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Edtech startups raised more than $1.43 Bn across 100 deals between January 1 to December 15, 2020. The pandemic and subsequent lockdown forced both parents and educational institutions to turn to tech enabled learning solutions to ensure children’s education wasn’t left in the lurch, resulting in the sector being the most funded in the country. All eyes are on 2021 now. Will this momentum sustain, as schools in most states start resuming in-person classes for K-12 grades in February?
5 Edutech platforms to help kids learn fluent English quickly
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3. fREADom:
India’s first comprehensive learning platform for children aged 3-12 to strengthen their English reading, speaking and conversation skills, designed to go leaps beyond rigid textbook learning, they have enabled thousands of children to enhance their reading, writing, and conversational skills.
Apps To Help Kids Improve Their Reading Skills
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Stones2Milestones: The platform is dedicated to children’s reading skill and assessment. With their innovative approach and different products, they are working to build a nation of readers.
Education: Breakout Year For Edtech
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Kavish Gadia, CEO & Cofounder, Stones2Milestones, bets on this momentum continuing. When the pandemic hit, it was a demonetisation moment for parents all over again. They were suddenly confronted with turning to edtech solutions to ensure their children’s education could continue.
Role Of Reading In Development Of A Child
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In his seminal book The Language Instinct, the eminent linguist and author Steven Pinker says that human beings have an “instinct” for language when we are young.
How can children’s learning and reading continue during this pandemic
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Encourage your children to write down their thoughts. Even better, help them maintain a journal for writing about their day. Who knows, they could be the next Anne Frank! And if you want any more ideas for boosting learning, you can always download and effectively use reading apps like fREADom.
Year Ender 2020: 5 ways you can make sure your child can keep up their learning and reading habits
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Encourage your children to write down their thoughts. Even better, help them maintain a journal for writing about their day. Who knows, they could be the next Anne Frank! Article by Kavish Gadia, Co-Founder and CEO, Stones2Milestones.
India: Cuemath raises $40m led by LGT Lightstone Aspada, Alpha Wave
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The edtech sector in India has of late witnessed a spate of deals as schools remained shut since March owing to the coronavirus outbreak. Some of the startups to have recently raised funding include kyt, Yellow Class, FrontRow, Lattu Kids, Stones2milestones, and BitClass.