India Education Market
February 2019
$15B identified for 2019/2010 education budget. India EdTech accelerating. Bilateral negotiations with the UK over academic equivalency.
25 February 2019
The Indian government has allocated an extra USD $15b to education for the 2019-20 budget, targeted at encouraging school attendance of 5-6 year olds in rural areas. Meanwhile, Indian EdTech solutions are being recognised globally, with four of the nation’s startups being selected as finalists in a global prize and India’s only EdTech Unicorn, Byju’s spends $120m on a U.S. play-based learning startup.
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