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Blessing in disguise: Pandemic gives a leg up to Edtech major upGrad

UpGrad 2.0 will expand focus from professionals to include fresh graduates as it enters a new phase of its own evolution

When phones replace textbooks

It wasn't much of a long-term plan given that schools may not be able to open any time soon

Jack of all trades: edX CEO Agrawal on his journey from Mangalore to MIT

In terms of users on both edX.org and all its open source offerings, edX is by far the largest player in the field

Workout at home: With gyms shut, fitness firms go online for sessions

With gyms continuing to remain shut, fitness firms are offering live online training sessions to help people keep up with their exercise routines

Letter to BS: Online education can help maintain continuity in curriculum

Online classes are convenient, financially beneficial, bring education home, teach self-discipline and expose students to a global college

Sudden rise of online higher education

Will Covid-19 permanently change higher education?

Letter to BS: Online classes offer a unique opportunity for parents

Now there is an opportunity to get directly involved in classes which they must make use of

Congress calls for decision to be reversed: US lawmaker on F-1 visa issue

The Trump administration has announced those F-1 and M-1 (non-academic and vocational students) visa holders planning to take online classes only will not be allowed to remain in the U.S

Students taking combination of in-person, online courses can get visas: US

State Department clarifies visa rule announced by Homeland Security department, says 'international Students are welcome'.

Stanford Rebuild is our answer to Covid-19 pandemic, says Stefanos Zenios

Zenios tells Anjuli Bhargava that rapid innovation is, and will continue to be, necessary due to the upheaval of the pandemic

IITs consider shifting classes online after Bombay makes first move

Some in fact, have already moved at least few courses online

Building a resilient school education system

It is imperative that we increase the use of technology to deliver quality education

Engineering colleges mull online courses, phone viva to get academics going

Some have even done away with final exams and are instead looking at other options like according merits from previous internals

Covid-19 : HP sees spike in demand for PCs with work from home, e-classes

Reported declining revenue on supply-chain disruption

Letter to BS: Schools, colleges should be reopened with maximum caution

While educational institutions have readily embraced online learning, it cannot be presumed to have benefited students from every strata of the society

Partnering govts to help people get reskilled: Coursera's Raghav Gupta

He talks about the latest trends, initiatives and the fallout of the pandemic

Edtech firms make hay amid Covid-19 as blended learning becomes new normal

They are betting on blended learning being the new normal in the post-Covid world, thanks to a more receptive and savvier customer emerging from the crisis

E-learning to be new normal as govt plans TV channel for schoolkids

Infectious disease hospital blocks to come up in all districts; public health labs to manage pandemics

Chinks in the armour

The Covid crisis has revealed many shortcomings in India's school education system

Reimagining Nai Talim

The virus lockdown exposes five regulatory hurdles, holding back an important pillar of learning's future: degree-linked apprentices