In the last two years, schools had to transition to the virtual or blended modes of teaching-learning without any academic support, adding to their woes; in a recent survey, school leaders expressed the need for better resources and tools to conduct remote learning and improve academic performance

The Covid-19 pandemic has shone a bright light on the importance of technology enabled learning in India. Many children have suffered a learning loss and regressed in their basic language and math abilities. This is particularly true of students who did not have internet facilities, in rural and urban areas alike.

The last two years have seen a veritable boom in the edtech sector in India, driven in large part by pandemic-induced school closures which pushed learning online. Today, over 11,000 companies are active in just the K12 space in India. At a time when it was feared that educational opportunities would diminish, edtech companies admirably …

As part of the total expenditure on school education, 36% of parents spend less than Rs 5,000 as tuition fees in government schools, and 12% reported no spends at all, the survey revealed.

On an average, Indian parents spend Rs 32,000 annually on their children’s education, claim Schoolnet’s survey titled, ‘Understanding Indian School Education Spends Landscape’.

The ground reality is that after-school learning, which follows its own strategy and timeline, has little resemblance to in-school learning. This confuses children, who ultimately become disinterested and fall behind their goals, says Arindam Ghosh