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# Chapter 1: Understanding Challenges in the Ecosystem

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1. Global predictions say that the digital education sector is showing healthy signs of growth worldwide
2. Digitization in the education sector, especially in a post-COVID-world, is leading the growth and would be one of the primary factors for the Global Education Market to reach $10 Trillion by 2030
3. Bridging skill gaps, and solving for the parity in Labour Force Participation between men (72.3%) & women (47.4%) and rural & urban participation are two low hanging fruits for service providers in the sector
4. A platform model that is a widespread reality today does not make discovery and access convenient - hence open networks is a solution for equitable access to education services

<figure><img src="/files/txx8Gl4DKjvOaNetdOMY" alt=""><figcaption><p> Slide 1 - 0:15</p></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="/files/hU3y7SYKzGBUzaFo7Bzk" alt=""><figcaption><p>Slide 2 - 1:15</p></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="/files/6ojAT0HgQiKqxj9E99yx" alt=""><figcaption><p>Slide 3 - 2:38</p></figcaption></figure>


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