Education & Training
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readIndia's education market is likely to grow double by 2020.Due to the rapid expansion of e-learning, replacing the poor infrastructure and resolving the problems like shortage of trained teachers, it seems like fetching the target won’t be difficult.According to a 2016 report by management consulting firm Technopak, India's education market is valued at USD 100 ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readThe University of Queensland is offering postgraduate coursework scholarships to students from India and other countries. Its, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences is inviting outstanding students to apply for a postgraduate coursework scholarship, which covers 50 percent of tuition fees in the Master's in biotechnology, molecular biology or bioinformatics programmes. The award is worth USD ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readNational Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has announced its expansion plans across 12 states in the country to support Skill India Mission. Skill India Mission is a mission, which aims to make India a powerhouse of skilled workers.NSDC announced that it would open up offices in Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readDinesh Gupta, CEO, Vikalp learning centre, an experiential learning maths initiative is inviting franchisees, who can help it expand its wings in other states and cities of the country.Vikalp learning centre was established in 2010 and have tie ups with around 120 schools spread across five states of the country.The company is currently looking for ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readNASA Scientists and astronaut are conducting space experiment workshop with school students at Shiv Nadar School, Noida. The winning experiment will be replicated aboard at the International Space Station by astronauts.Astronaut Steven Roy Swanson and his team are interacting with students from 14 schools participating in the workshopShiv Nadar School, a part of the Shiv ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readEuroKids International, India’s NextGen Pre-schools, announced its collaboration with the State Bank of India (SBI) to offer collateral free loans to prospective and existing Pre-School partners. The business loans will also offer interest rate concessions for women franchise partners.Under the partnership, EuroKids and SBI will offer a collateral free loan, with tenure of up to ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readCentum Learning, a certified skilling MNC, launched a Multi-Skill Development Centre at Sitarganj, in Udham Singh Nagar district, partnering with Uttarakhand Skill Development Mission (UKSDM).Centum Learning is a leading organization in the global skills development and vocational training landscape. Its mission is to improve business productivity and enhance youth employability. Centum Learning, with over 1400 ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readFitKids, an education firm has acquired ThinkLABS, which is a company that provides hands on science and technology education.The acquisition of ThinkLABS, adds about 100 more schools to the existing portfolio of 160 schools. FitKids claims that by the end of the year, it will come up with a product for the education vertical using ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readLinkedIn, the site which is known for providing networking to professionals, has recently stepped into the educational sector with its newly launched portal LinkedIn learning. The professional domain which is in the process of being acquired by Microsoft for a mammoth sum of US $26.2 million, has crafted a new e-learning platform which will cater ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readIn a bid of scouting new talent and skills, Paytm, one of India’s leading online payments solution providers, has acqui-hired education tech startup Earth Education Valley, which runs EduKart. The startup which deals in providing array of courses to the students is a venture of Ishan Gupta, who will now look after the seller ecosystem ...