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Education

KPMG view - Scalability a challenge for test prep institutes

- New Silk Route invested up to USD 25 mn in Hyderabad-based Sri

Chaitanya Educational Group, which apart from test prep centers "We have tracked the

also has a network of private schools and junior colleges. trend of these institutions

playing a role of being the

- USD 1 million by Mumbai Angels in DEXL Education.

bridge between K12 and

- Brand Equity's USD 0.6 million into DMC Education 4. University Education. They

act as a good supplement

- Educomp Solutions, a publicly listed integrated education company,

to the archaic curriculum

has picked up a strategic stake in leading engineering test

that does not cater to

preparation player Vidya Mandir Classes (P) Ltd. (VMC) for close to

modern day requirements

Rs 34 crore.

of aspiring students. As

- FIITJEE, got an undisclosed investment from Qatari investment

bank Qinvest. FIITJEE also raised Rs 100 crore from Matrix Partners.

- Franklin Templeton putting in Rs 50 crore in Career Point.

- Milestone invested Rs 25 crore in IMS Learning Resources, a

leading test preparation institute for MBA and law. the number of quality institutions increase, in the long run, these test preps run the risk of diminishing in their value compared to the status that they enjoy

today. To mitigate this, we

- Educomp acquired majority stake in GATE coaching institution- already see test preps

Gateforum.

trying to enter into more stable areas such as K12 education or content

Key private players

provisioning for emerging curriculum in School

Date Development

education."

IMS Strong focus on MBA test prep, diversifying into

Certification Programmes, Publications, Language Narayanan Ramaswamy