# 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

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