BENGALURU: Upskilling programmes are seeing a rising demand among small business owners in a post-pandemic world, finds a new report.
According to data from a recent Instamojo report titled ‘Indian E-commerce Outlook 2021’, which predicts upskilling to become a priority for small businesses this year, the company’s online skilling platform mojoVersity reported a 9x increase in the active students (small business merchants) count, and an 11x increase in the number of merchants getting digitally certified in the last two quarters of 2020.
The majority of the demand for these skilling programmes was received from merchants in Tier II and III cities, with Ratnagiri, Raniganj and Kondotty featuring among the top 10 cities in terms of traffic on the skilling platform.
Source: The Economic Times
