Education & Training
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readAccording to Census of India’s report, India is the second most populous country in the world, with 1,336,286,256 (1.3 billion) people (May 2016). Approximately 70 per cent of India’s population lives in rural areas, half of which lies in the age group 6-25 years, the vital age in which a child should be pursuing his/her ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min readStarting an education entrepreneurial venture and running it successfully is not everyone’s cup of tea. It requires sincerity, dedicated efforts and focus. In conversation with the Education Bureau of Franchise India, Beas Dev Ralhan, Founder and CEO, Next Education, tells us about his journey of becoming a successful entrepreneur and his eye for creating optimal ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 6 min readIndia holds an important place in the global education industry. The Indian education industry is one of the largest education systems in the world having more than 1.4 million schools with over 227 million students enrolled and more than 36,000 higher education institutes. The education sector in India is poised to witness major growth in ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readTheRajya Sabha recently passed the Maternity Benefit Bill making 24 weeks maternity leave mandatory in all sectors. The increase in the maternity leave duration from 12 to 24 weeks is expected to benefit about 1.8 million women in the organised sector and aims at increasing the strength of the working women force.The bill is under ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readAs India is a fast developing country, a lot is being planned and done to ensure that the growing population gets good education facilities, becomes more employable and is prepared to be a part of the revolution. It is the education that eventually adds up to the country’s socio-economic numbers. Some young minds are out ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min readThe 2016 Summer Olympics commonly known as Rio 2016, is a major international multi-sport event in the tradition of the Olympic Games as governed by the International Olympic Committee, being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Games running from August 5 to August 21, 2016, are seeing enthusiastic participation from 11,547 athletes from ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min readWith avenues growing in the education industry, choosing a career path has become a bizarre game. It is this confusion that paves way for giving a push to the career counseling market in India, which is gradually becoming a billion dollar market. As Surabhi Dewra, Founder and CEO, Careerguide.com puts it, “Currently, the career counseling ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min readPlayschool has become the new essential requirement in the first steps of education of the children/toddlers. Most of the kindergarten schools require a playschool certificate to give admission to children in their schools. Thus a playschool business is mushrooming and guarantee success if certain steps are followed diligently. In today’s time, as both the parents ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readThe private coaching industry in India is one of the fastest growing areas in the service sector. It caters to various sections of students like primary and secondary education, JEE and other engineering entrances, medical entrances, CAT and other management entrances, law etc. The average growth rate for the coaching industry for the past six ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min readThe online education market size in India is set to grow to $ 40 billion by 2017 from the current $ 20 million. In fact, it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 17.50 per cent by 2019. No doubt then that investors and aspiring entrepreneurs alike, are looking to cash in on this ...