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'Free at first glance': Education Ministry cautions about edtech firms

People must avoid automatic debit option for payment of subscription fee, says advisory.

Govt issues advisory to citizens urging caution against ed-tech companies

Avoid credit/debit cards registration on apps for subscriptions. Place an upper limit on expenditure per transaction, suggests govt

Ronnie Screwvala-led upGrad takes aggressive global expansion route

Partners with Clark University, US, to offer Master's degree in data analytics, IT and project management; appoints Jerry Czub as Vice President-University Partnership, North America

Experiential learning app Practically raises $5 mn in strategic investment

The experiential learning app will leverage these investments to expand its operations across India, Middle East and SouthEast Asia

upGrad KnowledgeHut eyes annual revenue run rate to reach Rs 300 cr by Mar

A study commissioned by Amazon India in September 2021 revealed that nearly 51 per cent of job-seeking adults wanted to pursue opportunities in industries in which they had negligible or no experience

Byju's 13th most valued unicorn, first Indian start-up to reach $21-bn

India could surely have had more $10 billion plus start-ups in 2021 had it not been for the pandemic

Ed-infra startup Teachmint launches in 25 countries, eyes more markets

Available on both Google Play Store and App Store, its platform has also been localised in languages like Arabic, Thai, Indonesian Bahasa and Vietnamese to meet the needs of educators in those regions

Microsoft, WhiteHat Jr partner to offer game-based learning experiences

Microsoft India and WhiteHat Jr on Thursday announced a collaboration to provide students and teachers access to personalised and immersive learning experiences with Minecraft

upGrad to acquire higher education firm Talentedge for Rs 400-500 cr

This would be one of the largest consolidations in the Indian Higher education space, in which the No. 1 player in the space is acquiring the No. 4 player

Unacademy announces programme to educate 500,000 girl students in India

Online education startup Unacademy on Friday announced a new programme - Shikshodaya - that aims to educate five lakh girl students in the country. Unacademy, which is backed by investors like Tencent and SoftBank, said the initiative will transform the lives of 20 lakh people, as an employed woman is likely to have an impact on a family of 4-5 members. Educating a girl child not only impacts the individual but also her family and society, Unacademy Group co-founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal told reporters here. "Unacademy's vision is to democratise high quality education for everyone irrespective of their demographics and economic status. With Shikshodaya, we want to enable some of that transformation and look forward to creating social impact on a large scale by empowering 5 lakh girl students," Munjal said. Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog, said edtech has the potential to provide innovative, cost-effective methods to transform education and can play a powerful role in achieving ...

upGrad files Rs 3 cr trademark infringement suit against edtech firm Scaler

Accuses Scaler of using its brand name 'upGrad' through Google Ads to appear on top of search results on Google Search Engine and in turn gaining illicit benefit

upGrad makes first overseas deal, snaps up Australian Global Study Partners

Leading edtech player upGrad on Monday said it will acquire Global Study Partners (GSP), the largest study abroad company in Australia, for AUD 16 million, with a commitment of a further AUD 10 million in future. upGrad, which has been growing through acquisitions and has earmarked an M&A war chest of USD 250 million, has entered into an acquisition agreement to buy 100 per cent of GSP for AUD 16 million with a commitment of a further AUD 10 million in future, the Ronnie Screwvala-promoted firm said in a statement on Monday. GSP is slated to close its current financials at a gross merchandise value of over AUD 10 million. Founded in 2015, the Sydney-headquartered GSP has a network of over 600 institutions in Australia, Britain, Canada, and the US, and over 1,300 recruitment partners that include education and migration agents, schools, test preparation centres, alumni associations etc. The acquisition marks the first international acquisition for upGrad and strengthens its foray ..

Ronnie Screwvala's upGrad to merge arms, become integrated global edtech

As an integrated higher edtech global player, it would be offering short-form courses, campus programmes and government test preparation courses.

TikTok owner ByteDance to shut edtech business in India, says report

China-based ByteDance, which is the parent company of short-video making app TikTok, is quitting its edtech business in India

Statsguru: How well did children learn at home amid Covid-19 pandemic

The latest Annual Status of Education Report of 2021 (ASER 2021) throws light on the status of school reopening in rural India, and the quality of learning in rural homes.

How Vedantu is empowering teachers with technology amid the pandemic

Its TTE programme provides rigorous training to offline teachers and academicians to bring them up to speed in the world of online teaching

Genleap raises Rs 60 crore from marquee investors in seed round

The edtech platform made the announcement regarding the funding on Tuesday

India has 13.6 mn learners on platform, 2nd highest globally: Coursera

The US accounted for 17.3 million learners, followed by India

EduTech startup HomeSkul launches afterschool e-learning App

EduTech startup HomeSkul has launched the first home-grown afterschool e-learning app which provides AI and Augmented Reality (AR) -powered personalised learning experience for students.

India can become world's edtech capital: NITI Aayog CEO Kant

Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Friday said India can become the edtech capital of the world, with the private sector playing a key role and the public sector acting as a facilitator.