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    Interview | Edtech’s crisis fuelled by money and hubris, but it’s not a dead end

    Edtech was a sector with a lot of promise but it appears to be at risk of flaming out. Will it? What will it take to fix the mess? Pramath Sinha gives his view on the problems and the way ahead

    Anjuli Bhargava
    December 21, 2022 / 09:43 AM IST
    Interview | Edtech’s crisis fuelled by money and hubris, but it’s not a dead end

    Edtech sector showed a lot of promise but it appears to be at risk of flaming out. What will it take to fix the mess? (Illustration by Suneesh K.)

    India’s edtech sector is in trouble. A sector that had a lot of promise in using digital modes to plug the gaps in India’s education system appears to be at risk of fizzling out. The sector has been dogged by controversies such as aggressive selling and recovery practices, with parents taking on debt that they are not able to service. Mis-selling also has happened. Then, there were the dodgy accounting practices that raised doubts on whether the numbers could...

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