2020 — the year turned the age-old way of teacher-student interaction on its head. Coronavirus-induced lockdowns brought schools and educational institutions to a grinding halt and “online classes” became synonymous with “learning”. It was also the year when online education – or edtech – grew at a never before pace as it broke newer grounds and permeated to tier 3 and 4 towns and villages of India.
Statistics reflect exactly how the edtech juggernaut progressed in 2020. As per YourStory research, there was a 60% rise in edtech-related searches on Google. According to a KPMG estimate, the number of edtech startups in the country grew to 3,500 in the previous year. The government has projected that India’s edtech expenditure could rise to $10 trillion by 2030.
Source: Financial Express
