Tech startups are the talk of the town today, with a major hand in fields ranging from medicine, to gaming, to healthcare and to education. In the last few years, the edutech area is shaping up to be quite exciting, with new edutech startups booming every few months. Here’s our list of edutech startups which are quite literally changing the education game!
1. Nerdify
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At its core, Nerdify is basically like your personal assistant which helps college students. Designed to help college students answer any questions they have or order books they had difficulty finding, Nerdify is easy to use. With either a text or a message on the Facebook page, personal assistants, called Nerds, help students with whatever they want. Extremely easy to use and simple to download, the app helps make life easier for college students.
2. Byju’s
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Founded in the year 2015 by Byju Raveendran, Byju’s as an app primarily focuses on children belonging to the primary and secondary fields. By creating interactive studying sessions, the app helps simplify the study material for children going through the toughest years of their schooling life. With more than 3 lakh monthly subscribers, the app has not only helped change the way children learn, but has instilled the love of learning in children.
3. Newsela
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Unlike the previous years, it has become imperative for students to not just indulge in rote learning, but also understand, analyse and comprehend what they read. Newsela has been created with exactly this formula in mind. With carefully curated articles on different topics, this app helps students go beyond the basic text. Through grade appropriate content, students can study the material and be assessed on what they have learnt!
4. Edukart
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Edukart is changing the education game one day at a time. By helping both students and professionals, the app offers a wide range of services ranging from more than 2,000 plus courses in degree, diploma, certificate, entrance coaching and K12 categories. Founded in 2011, this app has been making great waves in the Indian education system!
5. Remind
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With the education game growing stronger every day, the days of sticking notes and reminders inside backpacks is now a thing of the past. Designed to improve communication and make conversations between students, teachers and parents easier, Remind works because it is smooth, easy to use and works on a real time basis. Without asking either parties for their numbers, the app lets you send messages on the app to remind people about things they have forgotten. From reminding people about assignments, to reminding parents about parent teacher meetings and visits, this app is quite literally a life saver!
6. Class Dojo
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In today’s day and age, maintaining classroom culture is extremely important. The Class Dojo app helps maintain seamless communication between the students, teachers and the parents. Designed to make conversations easy, Class Dojo is changing the way the education system works.
7. Peer Grade
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While it is important for one to get assessed by those older than you, getting feedback from the people who are your age is equally important. Peer Grade does exactly this. The teachers give the assignments, the students complete and upload it and the teacher assigns other students to grade the projects. Not only does this app help the students understand how their peers are doing, it also helps the instructors get better by looking at the way the students go through the course material.
With so many apps doing so well, it comes as no surprise that the education field is doing better every day! If you think we missed out on any other apps like these, comment and let us know!