Page 10 - Online Education

Education shifts online, leaving behind a disadvantaged segment of students

According to a National Statistical Office (NSO) survey, only 23.8 per cent households in the country have internet connectivity and only 10.7 per cent have access to computers

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

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

Coaching classes take online route amid Covid-19 spread: CRISIL SME Tracker

CRISIL's interactions show that most players, even SMEs, have managed to reach students amid the lockdown by switching to online channels.

Covid-19 put schools in a tight spot but this chain in Lucknow was ready

How Lucknow's City Montessori Schools managed to offer comprehensive online education to its 57,000 students during the Covid-19 crisis

Upgrade your skills, acquire a hobby with digital learning during lockdown

From enhancing professional skills, to film-making to piano lessons, online learning platforms have become go-to places for those suffocated by the current curbs on movement

Edtech firms' moment in the sun as lockdown forces institutes to shut

Closing of educational institutions during lockdown offers promise of huge gains

Budget 2020: Govt proposes online degree programmes for weaker sections

Budget's online education proposal to boost edtech sector

Best of BS Opinion: Govt denial, inadequate response not helping economy

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Edtech firm Unacademy raises $50 mn in Series D from Steadview, others

The online education firm said it is seeing unprecedented growth and engagement from learners in smaller towns and cities

Unacademy: Helping people turn educators to millions of students

The $117-million start-up gets over 100 million video views a month and has 400,000 daily active users; its promoters have a mission to make it the world's largest online education platform

The farmer's son who sold his ed-tech start-up to Byju's for $120 million

Born in a small village in Rajasthan, Pramod Sharma got into IIT without tutorial help, made his way into Google, left it to set up Osmo, which creates game-based learning solutions for kids

Executive education moves out of classrooms as online gains traction

Online programmes help firms look at long-duration learning journeys, against 3-4 days short-duration classroom programmes

Our main interest is to ensure education is available free to all: Mike Feerick

Interview with founder & CEO, ALISON, a for-profit social enterprise providing online workplace skills to learners all over the world