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Technology innovations have helped businesses to go digital during the pandemic. Even though many sectors switch to the digital domain, SaaS providers are enlarging their reach and creating customized solutions for several sectors. The Ed-Tech market has grown tremendously over the last few years. With AI innovations, machine learning and smart learning tools are already catering to the STEM education approach. The coronavirus pandemic has further sped up this growth in education. An increased number of schools have been turning to Ed-Tech platforms to ensure uninterrupted education.

Moreover, digital adoption is also aiding institutes, such as schools, to automate and manage other functions. These include data management, administration, teacher-parent engagement, teacher assessment and performance monitoring, revenue collection, and more. Ed-Tech offers to learn new hobbies or upgrade relevant career skills to professionals and adults across age groups. Thus it is reinventing the entire learning process.

SaaS-based service providers who stepped up to meet the demand with customized innovations have driven the above transformations. Here are SaaS providers' some key innovations that are shaping Edtech.

Remote Learning

SaaS providers have made several options for teachers and students to communicate feasibly, from customized platforms (for securing virtual classrooms) to advanced remote learning options. Parents and teachers can easily access these tech-enabled processes. Another key factor is that these ed-tech tools are also making it friendly for the non-English speaking population. With facilities such as easy upload of recorded videos, playbacks, and live classrooms, SaaS-based education technology now facilitates courses' availability. It also enables its learning material to students helping them to overcome their geographical limitations.

School Management

Though physical classes are suspended, educational institutes need to remain operational. Schools or educational institutes function on various levels and require a meticulous administrative hand. Managing records, attendance data, school curriculum and extra-curricular syllabus, teachers' records, accounts, and managing the infrastructure are tedious and time-consuming tasks. These tasks have become challenging in the unprecedented time of the pandemic. The automated school management system helps to advocate all the concerns by bringing them on the digital platform. Managing all these features through a single-window operation has helped several schools to handle this seamlessly.

Value-Added Learning Tool

Providing value-added tools like online tutoring, Assessment, performance analysis, and management of studies and attendance has been a major contribution of Ed-tech during the pandemic. One of the key growth factors in Ed-tech is the innovation in the value-added segments that go beyond learning tools. Before the pandemic, assisted learning tools, artificial intelligence, and machine learning-powered processes consisted of a broader part of Ed-tech. Value-added services, including data analytics and management, now form a considerable portion.

Teacher Training

Ed-tech is about teaching students and has evolved as an important tool for professionals, seeking to upgrade their skills or acquire a new hobby or work-related expertise. Advances in Ed-tech innovations have helped focus on the neglected aspect of teacher training and skill enhancement. Although most teachers are trained during their preparatory phase as young professionals, their training merely goes beyond and updates their subject. With the new teaching formats and the widespread use of technology, there is a dire need for upskilling teachers with new techniques. SaaS-based service providers have aided in creating innovations, focusing on this particular segment, and are helping to train teachers so that they obtain a better understanding of various Ed-tech tools.