The Great Learning, one of India’s leading EdTech companies for higher and professional education, on December 17, 2020, highlighted some trends witnessed by the company during the Covid-19 wave in 2020. The trends are based on the significant traction witnessed by the company across all its platforms as the demand for high-quality programmes in emerging skills spiked during the pandemic.
In March 2020, the company introduced the Great Learning Academy, a free learning platform with over 30 introductory and intermediate level programmes in emerging digital skills, to make high-quality learning accessible to all. Close to 6.6 lakh learners have benefitted from the Academy.
The company also announced key learning trends witnessed between March and December 2020. The trends include top programmes undertaken by learners, their profiles along with geographies they belong to.