Inspite of Internet penetration at 4% in India, the e-learning market size is estimated at $27 million or Rs 105 crore, which is projected to grow to $280 million or Rs 1,092 crore by 2012, according to an education sector report by CLSA Asia Pacific Markets. Compare this to the size of the US e-learning [...]
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As India braces itself for higher internet and TV penetration, children may not have to travel to the tuition classes or to wait for a home-tutor.
They can opt for a online tutoring or can engage themselves with TV sets to make education an interactive and insightful learning experience, says the Business Standard.
The worldwide market for [...]
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Taking a cue from US universities who post course content on YouTube, 13 video courses in science and engineering of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) have been on free trial runs on YouTube since the last month, with classes at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, also expected to follow suit. By March, [...]
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Top 5 IT firms spend $438 mn on training screams this headline in Mint, going on to state that the talent shortage facing the industry is bound to add to the training bill for these companies. Of the 100,000 engineers the companies plan to hire, up to 80% of the hires are made at the [...]
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