Education & Training
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 29, 2018 - 2 min readThe business opportunities in the education industry are tremendous and an entrepreneur can leverage on the opportunities available in the industry to attain good profit. With the increase of disposable income, people are now willing to spend more money for their children’s education. Furthermore, the technology-oriented courses are gaining in popularity due to the rising ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 28, 2018 - 3 min readChallenges in Running an Edutech Business The Edutech business started with distance learning and now it has reached to the point where it is not confined to just the computer or internet connection. Due to the boom of smartphones, teenagers and below-25 years-olds have access to smartphones more in 2018-19 than they did in 2016-17, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 27, 2018 - 2 min readAI in education dates back to the 1970s when SCHOLAR CAI (Computer Assisted Instruction), the first intelligent tutoring system was launched in the US by Dr Allan M. Collins and Jaime Carbonell. While we are yet to see humanoid robots as teachers in the classroom, numerous projects that use computer intelligence are poised to bring ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 26, 2018 - 3 min readIn an interview with Franchise India, Divya Jain, Founder & CEO of Safeducate shares the expansion plans of Safeducate and the goals set for 2022. Divya says, “Safeducate believes that skill development is not just about making someone job ready. Skilling can result in entrepreneurship as well. The organization aims to cater to the immediate skill-building needs of ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 17, 2018 - 2 min readEducation is a growing marketplace. While strategized steps can help to grow your business in this market, certain common mistakes may prevent you from accelerating the enrolments. Marketing an education business just requires excellent planning, a little creativity and a dash of patience. Here are some of the most common marketing mistakes that the entrepreneurs in ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 15, 2018 - 2 min readSmart technology has started to get familiar with many business industries, including the education industry. It’s hard to imagine one’s life without modern day gadgets like smartphones, tablets, smart televisions, etc that are making human life smarter and more accessible. As smart technologies are influencing the life of every human in today’s time, Indian educators ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 12, 2018 - 2 min readTo identify rural problems and suggest technical interventions to solve them, the Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has announced the first design competition Rural Innovative Techno hunt. It’s a technical challenge to identify rural problems and suggest solutions. Dealing With Challenges At Grass-Root Level The rural sector ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 12, 2018 - 2 min readIndia has been an eventful nation when it’s about the investment in the financial adviser business. The investor-centric changes happening in the industry is transforming the financial adviser market, generating huge scope for investors in time to come. While planning and establishing a financial adviser business, most entrepreneurs undergo a range of feelings ranging from ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 10, 2018 - 3 min readThe education industry has experienced a strong expansion globally over the past few years. The education sector in India has also recorded an estimated growth of US$ 101.1 billion this year. The increasing influence of technology in the sector has gradually evolved into a realm of unconstrained learning. Technology has helped us explore new dimensions ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 06, 2018 - 2 min readAccording to statistics, approximately 50, 00,000 graduates pass out every year in India. But India’s unemployment rate accounts for 3.5 per cent in 2018. 77 per cent of employment in India still remains under the category of “Vulnerable Employment”. Vulnerable employment includes the self-employed or those working in family-run establishments. Such people are less likely to ...