5 new developments in edu-tech, the new frontier of education
8 years, 1 month ago

5 new developments in edu-tech, the new frontier of education

India Today  

The education technology revolution of the 21st century is over! Some of the most progressive schools around the world have already come together to create global e-learning platforms where children undertake virtual projects all year long. By creating such social learning platforms, schools share best practices in learning, co-curate best available content and identify best available technology solutions from around the world. The traditional teacher will soon become a dinosaur, ie will be extinct, paving way for learning leaders, coaches and facilitators who will instead focus on development of real world skills that will create future entrepreneurs and the kind of people future employers will look to hire. - With inputs from Sandy Hooda, Co-founder, Vega Schools Read: Oxford University to break its 700-year long tradition: First foreign campus coming up in France Read: Delhi: Now, mobile app for school management bodies For more details, follow India Today Education or you can write to us at education.intoday@gmail.com.

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AP Signs Pact with Amazon to Train Students in Computer Skills
1 year, 1 month ago

AP Signs Pact with Amazon to Train Students in Computer Skills

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Amazon India under the ‘Amazon Future Engineer programme’ for the second consecutive year. The programme will equip teachers with pedagogical, technical and leadership skills to effectively deliver computer science curriculum in classrooms through a training programme on ‘Computational thinking and 21 Century skills’. Samagra Shiksha project director Srinivasa …

Andhra Pradesh’s Higher Education Department signs pact with edX for offering online learning programmes
1 year, 7 months ago

Andhra Pradesh’s Higher Education Department signs pact with edX for offering online learning programmes

The Hindu  

The Higher Education Department of Andhra Pradesh and edX, a partnership of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University that offers Massive Open Online Courses, entered into an agreement for supporting the State government’s online learning programmes. On the occasion, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said the agreement with edX was a game changer in the higher education sector as …

Introduce IB Syllabus in Govt Schools After Thorough Study, AP CM Tells Officials
1 year, 7 months ago

Introduce IB Syllabus in Govt Schools After Thorough Study, AP CM Tells Officials

News 18  

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday told officials of the Education Department to work towards introducing the International Baccalaureate syllabus in government schools after a thorough study. “The study should serve the purpose of shaping students into world-class products in tune with the changing trends in science and technology, business, research and economic fields,” Reddy …

How EdTech is Transforming Teaching and Learning in India - News18
1 year, 7 months ago

How EdTech is Transforming Teaching and Learning in India - News18

News 18  

Education Technology, popularly known as EdTech, has revolutionised the education sector in recent years. Growth in the Indian EdTech sector has been backed by growing demand as well as innovative learning models offered by homegrown EdTech startups, aided by a facilitative new education policy. EdTech involves the use of digital platforms, software tools, and devices to facilitate education and enhance …

Education through digital format for Intermediate students in AP
2 years, 1 month ago

Education through digital format for Intermediate students in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has advised officials to finalise plans for introduction of the digital format education for Intermediate students on the lines of the digital studies in schools in the state. The Chief Minister asked the officials to submit proposals on arranging digital learning methods for Intermediate students, similar to the way IFP display panels are …

Digital learning: Way forward for education in tier II and tier III cities in India
2 years, 3 months ago

Digital learning: Way forward for education in tier II and tier III cities in India

India Today  

Recently, the government announced the M SHRI scheme to upgrade 14,500 of the one million+ government schools with modern and green infrastructure. Schools in Tier I cities perform better in terms of access, facilities, and learning results, but those in rural India still fall behind. RENEWED FOCUS ON EDUCATION However, the Digital India Mission and NEP 2020's renewed focus on …

Role of EdTech in empowering different sections of society
2 years, 4 months ago

Role of EdTech in empowering different sections of society

India Today  

Education dynamics are witnessing the biggest shift in recent years, especially in India and it's a rapidly growing technology sector. EMPOWERING TEACHERS AND STUDENTS It is the balance between these that helps institutions lay a strong foundation to enable young minds to prepare for the future. In the same context, there are two very different edtech platforms in India that …

Access the very best in higher education at Hindustan Times EduFest 2022
2 years, 5 months ago

Access the very best in higher education at Hindustan Times EduFest 2022

Hindustan Times  

India’s higher education sector is a mix of growth and challenges, a trend that only got underlined further with the pandemic where the education sector witnessed a lot of disruption. No wonder then that Indian students seeking admission to higher education institutes, and their parents alike, are a confused lot as they are flooded with so many options of courses …

Assam Education Board Developing App for School Students: Minister
2 years, 7 months ago

Assam Education Board Developing App for School Students: Minister

News 18  

A mobile application was being developed by the Board of Secondary Education in Assam for the benefit of school students, state education minister Ranoj Pegu said. He also said that the education department had been exploring digital education mechanisms in keeping with the growing use of technology in all spheres of life. Speaking at the launch of two mobile phone …

5 factors that are contributing towards digitisation of education
2 years, 10 months ago

5 factors that are contributing towards digitisation of education

India Today  

In India, various factors, the most important of which is technology, have revolutionized the education system, and conventional teaching-learning techniques have given way to more modern approaches. ONLINE TEACHING The conventional approach to teaching and learning is making way for technologically advanced audio-visual aids, state-of-the-art technology and new-age teaching tools and techniques. TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS FOR ONLINE CLASSROOMS Rapid …

EdTech: The new growth catalyst of Indian education industry
3 years, 1 month ago

EdTech: The new growth catalyst of Indian education industry

India Today  

The Education industry in India has witnessed maximum disruption during the pandemic. Coupled with the growing popularity of Massive Open Online Courses and distant education India’s EdTech industry is poised to reach $30 billion in the next 10 years. While the long-term impact of the pandemic on the education industry is yet to unfold, learning models are definitely going to …

Enabling policies can be brought in Budget 2022 to make India a ‘Vishwa Guru’
3 years, 1 month ago

Enabling policies can be brought in Budget 2022 to make India a ‘Vishwa Guru’

Live Mint  

The year 2021 has seen India witness several startups becoming unicorns and the country will continue on this path in 2022, with many soonicorns on the waiting list. Given the new contagion spread and people’s vested interest in online learning, increasing budget allocations towards technological advancement in digital education is the need of the hour. Another important area the Union …

Year-ender 2021: How Covid-19 pandemic enabled EdTech to become leading sector for growth
3 years, 3 months ago

Year-ender 2021: How Covid-19 pandemic enabled EdTech to become leading sector for growth

India Today  

The increased adoption by institutions, professionals, parents, and students marks the growth. Adoption of EdTech tools and products by students, teachers, and institutes The pandemic enabled EdTech to become the leading sector for growth. Even while educational technology, or edtech, has been around for a while, the worldwide lockdown caused by the pandemic was undoubtedly the driving force for its …

How a Teacher's Digital Push Is Revolutionising Rajasthan's Education System
3 years, 4 months ago

How a Teacher's Digital Push Is Revolutionising Rajasthan's Education System

The Quint  

Impressed by his model, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot initiated training in online education for government school teachers. He has formed a team of 40 teachers who record videos of the lessons for higher classes of the Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan, and post them online, the report added. Rajasthan's education department has also become the first to come up with …

School Closure, Digital Divide, Learning Gap: Post-COVID India Needs Resilient Education System
3 years, 4 months ago

School Closure, Digital Divide, Learning Gap: Post-COVID India Needs Resilient Education System

News 18  

Education remains the solitary ray of hope for many to break the vicious circle of poverty. However, the data released by the Unified District Information System for Education for the academic session 2019-20 shows that 78 per cent of schools in India don’t have internet facilities and more than 61 per cent do not even have computers. Approximately 12 crore …

Karnataka CM distributes Tablet PCs for 1.55 lakh students, creates 2500 smart classrooms to bridge digital divide
3 years, 9 months ago

Karnataka CM distributes Tablet PCs for 1.55 lakh students, creates 2500 smart classrooms to bridge digital divide

India Today  

Karnataka Chief Minister, BS Yediyurappa rolled out the ambitious initiatives of the government implemented at the cost of about Rs 195 crores on Wednesday to promote digital learning and to bridge the digital-divide in higher education. The initiatives launched by the chief minister at the Banquet Hall in Vidhana Soudha includes distributing Tablet PCs for 1.55 lakh students amounting to …

Odisha schools start smart classes in remote areas
4 years ago

Odisha schools start smart classes in remote areas

India Today  

Students of a high school in a remote area of Odisha's Koraput district are experiencing an all-new method of teaching as the administration has converted their traditional classroom into smart classes, an official said. Smart classes in Government schools "It's an attempt to bridge the digital divide and to provide students with a better classroom experience. Undoubtedly, the smart classes …

Enabling smart education for a smarter India
4 years ago

Enabling smart education for a smarter India

Hindustan Times  

The Indian education sector is perhaps undergoing its biggest reposition ever. The time has come to leverage technology to enable smart education for a smarter India, to help create future learning models which are not only engaging, but also adaptive and scalable. “The key ingredients of success can be classified under five headers – device and access, data, safety, compliance …

Know how Edtech startups are boosting India's digital education and careers
4 years, 1 month ago

Know how Edtech startups are boosting India's digital education and careers

India TV News  

The advent of digital education showcases how the Indian education system is going through a digital transformation. With the outbreak of COVID-19, the Indian education system has struggled to facilitate classes with the limited number of online resources available, causing a paradigm shift in making the Ed-Tech space a vital part of mainstream learning. The Bangalore- based online tutoring firm …

The blank pages in India’s online learning experience
4 years, 1 month ago

The blank pages in India’s online learning experience

The Hindu  

The world is presently grappling with the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the social, economic and political spheres. This is crucial as studies conducted on government-run schools in various States indicate poor performance — a majority of children, especially girl students, have missed out much on the various e-mail platforms offered. The long closure of schools has also …

How e-learning is transforming the education sector
4 years, 2 months ago

How e-learning is transforming the education sector

India Today  

The Covid-19 induced shutdown affected schooling and learning, including teaching and assessment methodologies. Learners who view online classes as education through edutainment continually set new learning goals for themselves. As technology develops, these new trends will also develop, but the pillars around which it will advance would be customised learning, accessibility, engagement, and user-centric learning. Overcoming challenges The challenges of …

How digitization in education is fuelling growth in India's ed-tech ecosystem
4 years, 2 months ago

How digitization in education is fuelling growth in India's ed-tech ecosystem

India Today  

This year has been an eye-opener in several ways. New-age platforms powered by cutting-edge technology Aside from the easy access to technology, another core element laying the foundation for ed-tech’s growth in India is new-age ed-tech platforms. An ed-tech-friendly National Education Policy The recently announced National Education Policy 2020 will have a positive influence on the country’s ed-tech ecosystem when …

Effective digital tools and learning methods for rural govt schools revealed in teacher survey across 6 states
4 years, 2 months ago

Effective digital tools and learning methods for rural govt schools revealed in teacher survey across 6 states

India Today  

A teacher survey conducted across six states by Sampark Foundation reveals that teachers across six states prefer in-class teaching over online classes as an effective method to teach students in rural India’s government schools. The survey conducted digitally as schools remain closed was carried out to better understand the needs of government school teachers who are using remote learning tools …

Year-ender 2020: 5 innovative educational technology practices that India saw in 2020
4 years, 3 months ago

Year-ender 2020: 5 innovative educational technology practices that India saw in 2020

India Today  

Disaster is a laboratory for innovation. Skill development by SOAL Upskilling means learning new skills to enhance competencies as it plays a critical role in a student’s life as well as career. The platform helps children to develop higher order thinking skills of logic, analysis, critical thinking, creativity, innovation, and communication, thus transforming them from being mere ‘knowledge acquirers’ to …

Explained: Will online classes blur the lines of quality of education between govt schools and private schools?
4 years, 5 months ago

Explained: Will online classes blur the lines of quality of education between govt schools and private schools?

India Today  

The unprecedented Covid-19 situation has severely impacted more than 1.5 billion learners across 190 countries. Among other transformations, online education will level the playing field for students both in government and private schools. In India, whether in modern metropolitans, developing towns or at a rural level, the quality of education is significantly different in government schools and private schools. The …

Why adoption of tech enabled solutions as part of mainstream education, is the way forward for Indian schools
4 years, 6 months ago

Why adoption of tech enabled solutions as part of mainstream education, is the way forward for Indian schools

India Today  

The Indian education system has recently realised the significance of technology adoption, in the face of the pandemic. When the lockdown forced the closure of physical classrooms, schools turned to technology enabled solutions for conducting virtual classes, which has helped accelerate the growth of edtech sector manifold, within a short time span. Why adoption of tech enabled solutions as part …

Top 6 Ed-Tech trends in India post Covid-19
4 years, 7 months ago

Top 6 Ed-Tech trends in India post Covid-19

India Today  

The ongoing Covid-19 crises and the resultant lockdown over the past few months, has accelerated the adoption of technology across sectors, including education. And long after the pandemic, once the lockdown is eased and schools do finally open, a lot of parents may opt for complete or partial provisions for home schooling via virtual classrooms. Digital learning with on-demand content: …

India's Online Education Landscape Has Changed Because Broadband Was Ready - News18
4 years, 7 months ago

India's Online Education Landscape Has Changed Because Broadband Was Ready - News18

News 18  

The Covid pandemic has proved to be the biggest change agent for the education system. In India, the technology impetus within education is irreversible and the New Education Policy has also laid emphasis on this with the proposed creation of the National Educational Technology Forum. The lack of physical or facility-based instruction across the globe has created a fertile ground …

It is time to move India’s higher education online | Opinion
4 years, 8 months ago

It is time to move India’s higher education online | Opinion

Hindustan Times  

Education plays a dominant role in addressing the challenges a country faces and coming up with possible solutions. In 2020, the Internet penetration rate in India is 50%, and is rapidly increasing Covid-19 has given us the opportunity to reflect upon what should be the structures of higher educational institutes, and in what forms we can ensure accessible education during …

Online education: Bored students and exhausted teachers
4 years, 8 months ago

Online education: Bored students and exhausted teachers

India Today  

The COVID-19 pandemic has made “online education” a popular buzzword. Digital Education is a comprehensive ecosystem that not only includes innovative tools and technologies for teaching and learning, but also encapsulates a number of critical areas in the context of higher education. However, what we are seeing now in the name of digital education can be summed up as ”bored …

Here's how online teaching can reshape education in rural India
4 years, 9 months ago

Here's how online teaching can reshape education in rural India

India Today  

"Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Providing multimedia teaching tools to teachers and students and utilizing smart classroom equipment like virtual classroom, digital board, digital teaching system, digital content, digital language lab, etc can help teachers boost education scenario in rural settings. Even when the teachers and students in rural India have …

In sync with technology
4 years, 9 months ago

In sync with technology

The Hindu  

India’s FY21 budget had a slew of announcements for the education sector. The most radical was that the government allowed the top 100 universities to award fully online degrees to learners in the country. The education sector — especially companies operating in the ed-tech space — have welcomed these initiatives, as they have long been advocating the benefits of using …

Online learning: The much-awaited reform in Indian education system
4 years, 9 months ago

Online learning: The much-awaited reform in Indian education system

India Today  

At the launch of India’s 2020-21 budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had highlighted the new educational policy which the government is currently working on. A draft version of the policy outlines the important role online learning could play in reforming India’s education system and expanding access to higher education. Through online learning, students not only have access to quality education …

Why e-learning isn’t a sustainable solution to the COVID-19-induced education crisis in India
4 years, 10 months ago

Why e-learning isn’t a sustainable solution to the COVID-19-induced education crisis in India

The Hindu  

Sruthi Sri Laxmi, a Class XII student in Coimbatore, last attended school on March 16, before it closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. It is boring.” The digital divide Rural households with computer: 4.4% Urban households with computer: 23.4% Rural households with internet: 14.9% Urban households with internet: 42% Sruthi is among the 1.26 billion children worldwide ) affected by …

AP goverment uses online platfroms educate students during Covid-19 lockdown
4 years, 10 months ago

AP goverment uses online platfroms educate students during Covid-19 lockdown

India Today  

Andhra Pradesh government has taken to online platforms to impart education in the times of Covid-19 and academics have braced up to the new medium. The State has been conducting virtual classes using the Skype, Cisco, Team link, Google Meet and Microsoft Team to conduct online classes and as pet state education department currently 24,000 students and 933 teachers are …

E-learning: Experts' opinion on the new shift of education system
4 years, 11 months ago

E-learning: Experts' opinion on the new shift of education system

India Today  

Amidst the Covid-19 lockdown, schools have started to conduct online classes for students to keep up with their studies. To find out how useful this digital learning arrangement really is, we spoke to various experts who are supervising the online classes system. Vinod Singh, Head of School, Trio World Academy, Bangalore said, "Online learning needs to be engaging, purposeful, simple …

Govt needs to frame policy for online courses and certification: 5 points to make e-learning mainstream
4 years, 11 months ago

Govt needs to frame policy for online courses and certification: 5 points to make e-learning mainstream

India Today  

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi issuing a directive for a complete lockdown to prevent the widespread of Covid-19 from March 26, 2020 this has raised uncertainty among students who were expecting the resumption of services within a fortnight. But before we can take this opportunity to bring e-learning into mainstream, we need a strong policy to bring ed-tech platforms and …

Why innovation is primary in education and where India stands at the global scale
5 years ago

Why innovation is primary in education and where India stands at the global scale

India Today  

The first two decades of the 21st century have witnessed the unprecedented impact of technological innovations in creating new markets as also to create tremendous pressure on global competitiveness in all sectors of the economy. All this is causing compulsions to move away from conventional systems of education and assimilate educational innovations for learning in the new digital age. Traditional …

10 education trends to watch in 2020
5 years, 2 months ago

10 education trends to watch in 2020

India Today  

Until a few years ago, the online medium in India was used only for the consumption of entertainment content. In this context, we are seeing industries collaborating with colleges as well as educational start-ups to prepare courses in tune with the current market demands, making online course students readily employable. Emergence of online courses by reputed institutes Several prestigious universities …

The growth magnitude of e-learning in India
5 years, 3 months ago

The growth magnitude of e-learning in India

India Today  

With the revolution in digital technology, we have gradually entered a period in time where teaching and learning are not limited to face to face interactions. The expansion in the smartphone sector and the rise in internet usage along with government plans like Digital India have encouraged and enabled the growth of e-learning in India promoting digital literacy. Thankfully, students …

This is how digital education is fixing education system in India
5 years, 6 months ago

This is how digital education is fixing education system in India

India Today  

Technology keeps on advancing and it is becoming very essential in our lives. It is being used in various sectors for example, the way we use technology in classrooms to improve the learning methods of students and to make the teachers job easier. Digital education making way into education sysytem Gone are the days when classroom training was restricted to …

Edtech is trying to fix India's education system but large scale adoption still a challenge
5 years, 9 months ago

Edtech is trying to fix India's education system but large scale adoption still a challenge

Firstpost  

Education in India has followed a standard course of action since millennia. However, with the effects of internet democratisation finally trickling down to the education sector, a new wave of ‘Edtech startups’ is rising—hoping to drive India’s $91.7 billion academic market and establish a new segment in that archaic routine. These insights then enable Vedantu’s Academic Mentors to do corrective …

Digital skilling and literacy coupled with academic curriculum revision needed for a 'Digitally Intelligent' India
5 years, 10 months ago

Digital skilling and literacy coupled with academic curriculum revision needed for a 'Digitally Intelligent' India

Firstpost  

Dr Lovneesh Chanana is the vice president, Digital Government at SAP. Lovneesh Chanana : The importance of emerging technologies and the creation of a ‘Digitally Intelligent India’ are increasingly gaining acceptance. Our recent work with the government of Andhra Pradesh where SAP supported it in building a comprehensive financial management system is a strident step towards the integration of state-run …

Google, Intel are offering MOOCs, setting up labs to upskill graduates
5 years, 11 months ago

Google, Intel are offering MOOCs, setting up labs to upskill graduates

Hindustan Times  

How do you study for a field that’s changing all the time? In 2017, technology giants Google, Microsoft and Intel began to tie up with massive open online course platforms and set up their own online virtual labs to offer courses on emerging technologies. While Google collaborated with e-learning platforms such as Udacity and Coursera to offer free programmes in …

How Indian schools are starting to use Cloud Computing, AI and VR
6 years ago

How Indian schools are starting to use Cloud Computing, AI and VR

India Today  

In the 21st century, it is technology that rules the world. Additionally, with the government looking to implement a massive overhaul of education in Indian with schemes such as RISE, with a budget of more than Rs 1 lakh crore, the focus is on new age technologies such as cloud computing, AI and VR to enable these changes. Cloud Computing …

Top 5 ed-tech trends you will see in 2019
6 years, 2 months ago

Top 5 ed-tech trends you will see in 2019

India Today  

Ed-tech or education technology has arrived in India. Bite-sized learning is the future of learning As a new education trend, bite sized learning content can help students learn quickly. However, open learning platforms like Unacademy, which let inexperienced college students with almost no credentials to form more than 95% of educators, are seen as a mere backup source by consumers …

4 key education trends of 2019 you need to watch out for
6 years, 3 months ago

4 key education trends of 2019 you need to watch out for

India Today  

The value of education in any society is uncontested -- in fact, its relevance in today's world is possibly far greater compared to most aspects of human life. We expect 2019 to be an interesting year for education in India -- several trends of previous years will pan out strongly and hopefully accelerate India's march towards becoming a 'knowledge economy'. …

Edtech trends of 2018 that will continue to impact education in 2019
6 years, 3 months ago

Edtech trends of 2018 that will continue to impact education in 2019

India Today  

According to a study by KPMG in India and Google in May 2017, Internet and smartphone penetration in India has been growing exponentially, with the number of internet and smartphone users expected to rise to 735 million and 470 million, respectively, by 2021. Experiential learning techniques, the use of artificial intelligence in education, and personalised learning techniques are some of …

This is how ICT has helped in the evolution of education industry
6 years, 4 months ago

This is how ICT has helped in the evolution of education industry

India Today  

ICT stands for Information and Communication Technology. This obviously does not take into account few premier institutions where the faculties are familiar with different ICT based teaching learning mechanisms due to interaction with international faculty members in regular faculty exchange program, or their visit to foreign countries to participate in Seminars and conferences. Computing equipment such as powerful desktops and …

10 changes we will see in education 10 years from now
6 years, 9 months ago

10 changes we will see in education 10 years from now

India Today  

India as a country has been experiencing a rapid increase in student enrolments for higher education in the area of management i.e. New education avenues opening up In the light of the above, I feel many some avenues would open up and many existing ones would scale up considerably. MBA with specialisation in advertising, digital media marketing, supply chain management, …

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