MARCH 20184siliconindiaThe Indian education sector is poised at an interesting juncture. On one hand there is a growing focus on achieving learning outcomes while on the other edtech platforms are being adopted quickly and content is being rewritten and redesigned to adapt to a variety of emerging media. In FY 2015-16, the edtech market was worth about US$ 100 billion and is expected to reach US$ 116.4 billion in FY 2016-17. The advent of digitally enabled classrooms, cloud-based content, ebooks and online assessments among others have enabled the education system to reach an inflection point.Traditional Education systems are undergoing tectonic shifts as both students and educators are rapidly embracing the convenience, personalisation and agility offered by edutech start-ups. While some start-ups are providing online courses in various fields, some are providing career advice. While some are helping students prepare for competitive examinations, some are merging education with Virtual Reality to change how education is perceived in the country. In a nutshell, these start-ups have ideally sensed the critical need to harness the brainpower of entrepreneurs using technology to help solve the most pressing problems facing education in India. We have featured "10 Best Startups in Edtech" in our current edition. These start-ups are said to come up with initiatives that bring together relevant enablers in the edtech industry with a view towards pooling and coordinating their assistance to identify and enable high-potential companies to increase their chances of success.Nandini MukherjeeManaging EditorEdtech Startups are Reasonably Changing the way Indian Education is Perceived EDITOR'S NOTE Vol 3 · Issue 9-2 · March 02, 2018 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Nandini Mukherjee Editorial Team Amit Raja Naik Chandrika P Patra Lakshmi G Pooja Devi Sales & Marketing Ashu Sethi Garima Anand Editorial Queries editor@startupcity.com To subscribe Visit www.startupcity.com/subscribe Cover price is Rs. 150 per issue.Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of Siliconmedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2017 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.sales@startupcity.comGroup Art Director Ashok KumarCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalVisualisers S Sivasankar Krishna Mohan S Vetrivel Sr. Manager Sales & Marketing Tanya Singh
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