“There’s synergy. Students will use Byju’s Tuition Centres for classes 4-10 and then move to Aakash to avail coaching for entrance exams,” says chief operating officer Mrinal Mohit.
Live online classes, where the student-teacher interaction is real-time, can provide education irrespective of location. These classes are also more engaging and can be scaled up fast.
The disruption will lead to a more democratised context where merit and responsiveness to market needs would be paramount.
History has shown that every crisis comes with a hidden opportunity. Covid-19 is no exception. And its in education where we are witnessing some radical changes which will define this decade.
Wearing multiple hats—teacher, entrepreneur, content developer, mother—Divya Gokulnath has helped build India's largest edtech company.
As we increasingly rely on online education, the network is the lynchpin connecting teachers with students.
The deal values the Bengaluru-based edtech company at $1.45 billion, making it the latest entrant to India’s $1-billion valuation club.
If digital education is to be made more accessible, we may need to think of changing the way online teaching, learning, and evaluation is designed, and delivered.
While online versus classroom is an interesting debate, the former is not the ‘new normal’ for education.
In the future, online content will be integrated into the regular course curriculum as the education sector transforms with the introduction of new age pedagogy like flipped classrooms.
