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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
TopicEdtech

Topic: edtech

Cash-guzzling ops, delayed filings, investor scorn — how Byju’s flew too close to the sun & got burnt

Fighting fires on all fronts — from inability to pay salaries to mismanagement allegations, cases in NCLT & ED probe — Byju's valuation has dropped to $250 mn from $22 bn in 2022.

Haryana Bill puts edtech sector at risk of micro-management. Specify ‘online coaching centres’

If individual states in India wish to play a part in supervising edtech, they should coordinate efforts with the central government.

‘Deliberately indifferent’: Consumer panel order to Byju’s to refund ‘dissatisfied’ customer Rs 65k

Hooghly Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission also ordered firm to pay student's father Rs 5k for causing mental agony. Order issued ex-parte as Byju’s only submitted written response.

‘Vote for educated person’ — how a video turned Unacademy teacher Karan Sangwan’s life ‘upside down’

Days after he uploaded a video on his private YouTube channel, purportedly criticising 3 criminal law bills, Karan Sangwan's services were 'terminated' by Unacademy for 'breaching code of conduct'.

Byju’s seeks to raise $1 billion to sidestep investors revolt, reports Bloomberg news

The education startup is offering benefits to the potential investors, including preferential treatment in the case of liquidation, the report said.

EdTech should be driven by science and not hype. And it must look beyond UK, US

Despite the shift towards a systemic language, the challenge is to ensure that EdTech evaluative rigour is equitable across the globe.

Most low-income households using edtech for maths & English, survey by non-profit says

Survey by Central Square Foundation, an education non-profit, titled ‘BaSE: Bharat Survey for EdTech’. It was conducted from November 2022 to January 2023 in 6 states.

How Haryana, UP & MP are leading the way in regulating edtech content in govt schools

By taking steps like setting up committees to monitor content quality of EdTech firm, the states are ensuring content is homogeneous across schools and aligns with SCERT textbooks.

Parents are pulling kids out of coding classes. Why pandemic trend is losing steam

Parents are disenrolling their kids from platforms like WhiteHat Jr and CampK12 because they no longer see the value. Industry experts say hype has died down, but there’s hope yet.

Byju’s denies coding platform WhiteHat Jr shutting down, says it’s ‘optimising it for growth’

Byju’s acquired WhiteHat Jr for $300 million in 2020. Reports had hinted that edtech giant was considering move to wind up the 'coding-for-kids' platform.

On Camera

Met Gala is the new aspirational red carpet for Indian celebrities. Move over, Cannes

This year, at the Met, Isha Ambani wore one of Rahul Mishra’s creations, which is a sari in name only. It marked his label’s debut at what is fashion’s biggest stage.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.