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Google-backed Cuemath appoints former Swiggy COO Vivek Sunder as CEO

As a chief operating officer, Sunder had scaled Swiggy's business manifold.

Aakash transforming into hybrid edtech firm after Byju's $1 bn acquisition

Aakash Educational Services will launch 106 new centres across the country in the next 5 months including reaching Tier-3 and Tier-4 cities and towns.

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

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

A tune of the times: Online classes hit the right note amid Covid blues

Virtual distance helps aspiring musicians to shed their inhibitions and reach out to learn from the best

Vedantu ties up with AI-based interactive digital books platform Pedagogy

The Tiger Global-backed edtech firm intends to make Pedagogy's unique product accessible to Vedantu's 30 million students at an affordable price.

Education ministry releases guidelines for children's home-based learning

The guidelines advise schools to involve parents by providing information and ideas on helping students with homework and other curriculum-related activities

Deepak Kanakaraju launches new startup LearnToday, aiming to make online learning effective by infusing technology and psychology

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Edtech firm Byju's and Google tie up to offer learning solution to schools

Integration of Google Workspace for Education with Byju's will offer a personalised digital platform for classroom organisation, available free to participating institutions

Edtech startup Teachmint raises $16.5 million in Series A funding round

Online teaching platform Teachmint on Tuesday said it has raised USD 16.5 million (around Rs 120 crore) in a Series A funding round led by Learn Capital. This investment round also witnessed participation from CM Ventures, and existing investors like Lightspeed and Better Capital, the company said in a statement. This is Teachmint's third round of investments within 10 months of its launch in May 2020, raising more than USD 20 million in capital. The ed-tech firm will use these funds for hiring top talent, R&D on teaching technology, strategic acquisitions and further market expansion. We are excited to welcome Learn Capital who have been partners to the journeys of some of the largest education companies globally. We look forward to learning from their experience across global markets. We are also thankful to CM Ventures as well as our existing investors Lightspeed and Better Capital for their continued support towards our cause, Teachmint co-founder and CEO Mihir Gupta added.

Over 70% international candidates to go ahead with overseas MBA plans

Only 13% are willing to consider online learning; 50% of domestic candidates are pursuing management education due to skill gap in their current roles

Seeking professional success: Harappa goes back to the drawing board

Harappa offers 25 courses at a price of Rs 899 per course for newcomers

Edtech player Doubtnut raises Rs 224 cr for vernacular base expansion

DIG, James Murdoch's Lupa Systems and and existing investors Sequoia, Omidyar Network and Waterbridge Ventures participate in funding

A year later, counting the Covid-19 pandemic's toll on school education

Price paid by India's less advantaged students: Likely fall in girls' enrolment, migration from private to govt schools, a deep loss of learning

Upgrad entering competitive exam preparation space with 'Upgrad Jeet'

The small town-focused Upgrad Jeet, which is a souped up version of its recent The Gate Academy, will be mostly focused on the Hindi-speaking small town folks who are looking for mid-scale govt jobs

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Amazon takes on edtech cos Byju's, Unacademy with launch of Amazon Academy

Live lessons help students strengthen their JEE preparation. They can also track their progress over time, identify strong and weak areas, get insights on overall test-taking strategy

US public school enrolment dips as coronavirus disrupts education

Virtual learning on the rise

8 predictions by Amazon CTO on how tech will change our lives next year

Though predictions are always tough, Vogels sticks his neck out and makes eight predictions on how technology will continue to change our lives in the coming year