Mushroom growth of edtech start-ups brings potential risk for the children's
Mushroom growth of edtech start-ups brings potential risk for the children's: The edtech market is estimated to grow 4X in the next five years, from $2.8 Bn (2020) to $10.4 Bn (2025). With growing adoption during the lockdown months, edtech services and products are expected to have an addressable base of 37 Mn-plus paid users by 2025. India has the world’s largest population of school-going children - 265 million. That number will rise substantially if higher education is thrown into the mix. With schools and colleges shut because of the coronavirus outbreak, online education companies are stepping in to fill the breach. It’s an opportunity worth billions. With the outbreak of Covid-19 in India, followed by lesser state-specific and local lockdowns in 2021, though, private and public schools have struggled to facilitate classes with the limited number of online resources available. The Education sector is now one of the biggest targets...
