E-learning

Microsoft, LinkedIn empower 7.3 mn learners in India, announce new skills

The company said it will provide free access to 350 courses, six new 'Career Essentials Certificates' and 50,000 'LinkedIn Learning Scholarships' to millions of learners in India and globally

Ronnie Screwvala-led upGrad to hire 1,400 amid edtech sector turbulence

Signs up new leases for 335K sq ft space in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune and Noida

Internet firm Sulekha says will focus on ed-tech, Saas businesses

Company aims to have 125 million people using its English language learning app

How Apple is rewiring Indian teachers to prepare students for digital era

As the world celebrated Teacher's Day today, Apple said that it is helping thousands of educators in India via its 'Apple Teacher' free professional learning programme

Private education training firms subject to GST, rules Kerala AAR

Ernakulam-based company is not a formal school but an institution providing special training, it says

Tata Tea entity to provide e-learning to workers' children in West Bengal

APPL trustee Amitava Sen said that this facility will open the doors for accessing better job opportunities in future

Edtech firm Vedantu launches platform for immersive live learning

W.A.V.E 2.0 technology measures more than 100 parameters using artificial intelligence and machine learning.

We're forgetting the world belongs to humans too: XBillion Skills Lab CEO

In a Q&A, Samyak Chakrabarty says jobs surviving automation will need skills involving communication, critical thinking, negotiation and storytelling

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

75% kids see literacy loss as most schools remain shut, says survey

Most parents want physical classrooms to reopen

E-learning platform Vidyakul raises $500,000 led by We Founder Circle

Vidyakul is aimed at providing after-school e-learning for the state board students in vernacular languages

Upgrad doubles learners base in eight months, crosses 2-million mark

The pandemic-driven work-from-home and the resultant demand for upskilling/reskilling have helped higher education major Upgrad, which recently turned a unicorn with a valuation of USD 1.2 billion, double the learners base on its platform in just eight months, crossing the 2-million mark. During the first wave of the pandemic, the platform had doubled its customer base to 1 million in ten months (by January 2021) and had set a target of crossing the 2-million mark in 18 months since then, but it achieved the same in just eight months. By crossing 2 million learners base as of today, Upgrad has become the largest online higher education platform in the country, co-founder and chairman Ronnie Screwvala told PTI on Monday. The company, in which investors such as Temasek, the IFC and IIFL collectively own close to 30 per cent, said the faster growth has been propelled by its strategic merger and acquisitions (M&As) as well and includes international learners driven by the brand's ...

uFaber ups its presence in k12 segment with "Real School"; bets on the new offering to fuel its planned exponential growth to Rs. 100 crores in revenues for FY 21 -22

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Boost your skills via e-learning to enhance your career in Covid times

Online courses work as well as offline ones today, for those seeking a career shift or pay hike, or for those out of jobs

Nazara Technologies clocks 84% jump in FY'21 revenue at Rs 454.2 cr

This was driven by strong growth momentum in segments like gamified learning and e-sports.

E-learning, work from home power up notebook and laptop sales: IDC

For Q4CY20, PC shipments grew by 27 per cent year-on-year, said data from the IDC.

Indian PC market delivers another strong quarter, grows 27% in Q4CY20

e-Learning and remote working boosts notebook and laptop sales, says IDC

YouTube's look back at 2020 in video list features CarryMinati, BB ki Vines

While CarryMinati emerged as the top creator, rapper Badshah's 'Genda Phool' was the top music video of the year

Story in Numbers: Students move from private to government schools

With most schools closed for the larger part of 2020, inevitably, there has been an impact on children's education

India PC market clocks 9.2% growth to 3.4 mn units in Sept quarter: IDC

HP Inc retained the top position in the overall PC market with a share of 28.2% in September 2020 quarter