Thursday, March 28

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Demand for Teaching Jobs Grows in India
INDIA

Demand for Teaching Jobs Grows in India

BENGALURU: Growth in searches for teaching jobs has jumped 40 percent in 2018-19, a job site said. The impressive increase could be attributed to the development of digital media which has opened avenues to new roles such as online tutors and e-educators, the site Indeed said in a statement. The data revealed a 41 percent increase in job searches for teaching jobs from July 2016 to July 2019. Growth in searches for teacher jobs has been the highest in 2018-19 witnessing a 40 percent increase. There was an increase of 14 percent in job-seeker interest for these roles during 2017-18, while three years ago (2016-17) there was a dip of 11 percent in job seeker interest towards teaching roles. "The advancement of technology and e-learning has led to the rise of online tutor and ...
Genext Students Raises $5,80,000 in Series A Funding
FUNDING

Genext Students Raises $5,80,000 in Series A Funding

Tutoring platform Genext Students today said it has raised USD 5,80,000 (around Rs 3.75 crore) in its pre-Series A funding round from undisclosed investors. The fresh capital would primarily be used to expand presence to new cities. Genext Students aims to leverage the freshly raised capital to strengthen its tech backbone and expand the services to new cities such as Bengaluru, Lucknow, Jaipur, Hyderabad and Chennai, it said in a statement. Launched in February 2013, the platform provides private tutoring with technology-enabled learning for CBSE, ICSE and state boards. Ali Asgar Kagzi, co-founder and director of Genext Students said, "With our fresh round of funds, we aim to expand our services to more cities across a greater number of geographies and make use of technology i...