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UP schools threaten to stop online classes if not allowed to reopen

The government had issued directives regarding closure of all schools in Uttar Pradesh for offline classes from January 16 to 23. Later, the closure was extended till February 6

Working with AWS to meet growing demand for online learning: upGrad

upGrad has moved the vast majority of its IT infrastructure to AWS, a move that has helped the higher education technology provider rapidly scale to meet the burgeoning demand for online education

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 ..

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

Digital divide still a challenge in remote teaching, learning: Experts

Over one-and-a-half years since the Covid pandemic broke out in India, the digital divide continues to pose challenges in remote teaching and learning, according to experts. Teaching and learning activities had to move online when the pandemic forced the closure of schools and colleges. While technology ensured that learning is not completely suspended, the digital divide continues to make remote learning an "operational nightmare". A study by the Azim Premji Foundation showed that almost 60 per cent of school children in India cannot access online learning opportunities. A similar study by Oxfam India found that even among students of urban private schools, half of the parents reported issues with Internet signal and speed. A third struggled with the cost of mobile data. Only 20 per cent of school-age children in India had access to remote education during the pandemic, of whom only half participated in live online lessons, according to a new national sample survey by ICRIER and .

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

The US accounted for 17.3 million learners, followed by India

'Edtech sector to consolidate in investments as schools, colleges open'

The pandemic aided in the exponential growth of the edtech sector

Unacademy buys top K-10 online tuition platform Swiflearn for unknown sum

Founded in 2019, Swiflearn is an online platform for academic courses, which provides personalised home tuition experience from top quality teachers

43% teachers unhappy with online mode of teaching in pandemic: survey

Around 43 per cent of teachers said they were not satisfied with online teaching during the pandemic while nine per cent of them expressed complete dissatisfaction with it, according to a survey.

Live online tutoring startup Vedantu in unicorn club with $1 bn valuation

Vedantu has raised $100 mn in funding. The firm which is competing with Byju's, Unacademy, Simplilearn, UpGrad and Amazon Academy is also planning an IPO by 2024

Vedantu is India's newest unicorn after $100-mn funding from ABC World

The Bangalore-based startup becomes the fifth Indian edtech unicorn after Byju's, Unacademy, UpGrad and Eruditus, and the third to reach the milestone this year.

Hybrid learning here to stay, like work: Re­port by PwC and CII

The management of the institutes are actively looking to partner with edtech firms, according to the report

India's edtech firms aim global as a massive consolidation plays out

Some players are worrying about factors that could topple over this nascent edifice

How online mindfulness training can help students thrive amid the pandemic

One year into the pandemic, students are showing signs of wear.

Teaching can't be business as usual once schools reopen: Bikkrama D Singh

'The teacher needs to alter behaviour and do flexible, iterative work', said Central Square Foundation's co-managing director

Covid conundrum: Students caught in a logjam in the run-up to Fall semester

With Canada, Australia extending restrictions, admission seekers are deferring their studies or looking elsewhere

Need for quantum leap to make education system future-proof: Experts

There is need for a quantum leap to make Indian education system's delivery and evaluation future-proof in the post-pandemic era, according to experts.

Ed-tech giant Byju's eyes $1 billion revenue in US in three years

Byju's has quietly moved into other global markets such as the UK, Australia and New Zealand

New crop of niche edtech players help solve less obvious problems

Some use behavioural science and cognitive skills to help execs level up across crucial career cusps, others bank on AI-enabled counselling for students