Skill Enhancement Initiatives:
- Offering specialized training programs in niche fields, catering to students and professionals. These programs encompass domains like Embedded Systems, IoT, Electric Vehicles, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, and Data Science.
- Collaborating with Governments and Corporations to deliver upskilling and reskilling solutions through workshops and advanced labs.
Smart Schools and Classrooms:
- Empowering educational institutions through the integration of digital tools to enhance pedagogy, learning experiences, and administrative operations.
- This encompasses the establishment of a robust digital infrastructure, including high-speed internet, interactive and collaborative equipment such as digital whiteboards, and access to digital repositories for online digital literacy resources.
- India has the largest population in the world in the age bracket of 5-24 years with 580 million people, presenting a huge opportunity in the education sector.
- India has over 250 million school going students, more than any other country.
- Applications for the ‘Study In India' programme increased by 146% in 2021.
- Large English-speaking population allows easy delivery of educational products. India was ranked 52nd out of 111 countries in the English Proficiency Index 2022.
- Nine Indian institutes - the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru and eight Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) - were among the top 500 universities in the QS World University Rankings 2023.
- The education market in India is expected to amount to US$ 225 billion by FY25.
- From April 2000-March 2023, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity inflow in the education sector stood at US$ 9.2 billion.
- Indian edtech startups have received total investment of US$ 3.94 billion across 155 deals in FY22.
