Education & Training
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Opportunity India Desk Mar 21, 2018 - 2 min readThere’s been an incredible progress in the past few years with individual, cutting-edge teachers making some incredible gains in innovation. But how do we scale those kind of innovations wider throughout our schools and throughout the education system? Let’s find out. As educators, one of the most common calls to action they hear is schools ...
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Opportunity India Desk Mar 21, 2018 - 3 min readThe journey of education in India has been dotted with innumerable milestone, but most recently, e-learning. The intent of Online Learning will never to pose a threat to the conventional methods of teaching—while online learning can never look at completely replacing schools as schools offer much more than just academic opportunities within their ...
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Opportunity India Desk Mar 20, 2018 - 3 min readDebate about the purposes of education never seems to end. Should young people become educated to get prepared to enter the workforce, or should the purpose of education be focused more on social, academic, cultural and intellectual development so that students can grow up to be engaged citizens? One can no ...
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Opportunity India Desk Mar 19, 2018 - 3 min readFueled by the learner’s ability and need to consume content fast, when and how they want it, investment in educational technologies is translating into a level of innovation we’ve never seen in corporate training. Tools for content development and delivery, digital readers, virtual delivery, reinforcement, content libraries, gaming and cloud-based administration systems, all ...
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Opportunity India Desk Mar 15, 2018 - 6 min readNarendra Kumar Shyamsukha is the founder and chairman of The Institute of Computer Accountants, known as ICA. A chartered accountant by qualification, Shyamsukha has years of experience in franchisee building and, today, ICA Edu Skills has a robust presence with 250+ centres across India. "I came up with the idea of launching ICA while I ...
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Opportunity India Desk Mar 14, 2018 - 4 min readFranchising allows a brand to achieve rapid growth within a short period of time. There has been an advent of brands being attracted to the franchising business. Millenium World Schools has been at the forefront of all new innovation in academics and extra-curricular activities The brand foresees a faster growth with market penetration especially ...
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Opportunity India Desk Mar 05, 2018 - 3 min readRecipient of the prestigious Padma Shri Award in the year 2004, Gowri Ishwaran is an innovative educationist with over 30 years of experience in the field of Education. She has brought a paradigm shift on how education needs to be imparted to young students, owing to her clear understanding of the needs of growing children.
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Opportunity India Desk Mar 03, 2018 - 4 min readInvestor interest in ed-tech peaked in 2016, with startups securing a total deal value of $269 million for the year, data by VCCEdge, the research platform of News Corp VCCircle, show. This marked a significant increase from 2015, which saw $178 million worth investment flowing into the sector. However, the deal value witnessed ...
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Opportunity India Desk Feb 24, 2018 - 4 min readPreschool education market in India today is about Rs 16000cr. At 23% CAGR this is fastest growing segment in the education landscape. Nearly two-thirds of the market is still unorganized with no standardization and very little emphasis on all round physical and cognitive development of the child in a safe environment. With growing ...
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Opportunity India Desk Feb 24, 2018 - 4 min readIn the age of internet and emerging new technologies, the existence of classroom teaching is being questioned over and over again. It is a matter of doubt that the young minds are capable of self learning, as a teacher’s role in the life of a student goes way beyond academics. Teachers play a ...