Ed-Tech : Scopes & key players in Bangladesh

Since the beginning of human civilization, sharing knowledge was important. Over time the ways of sharing knowledge have been changed. Every generation in human history has found it necessary to pass their accumulated knowledge, skills, values and traditions to the next generation. Each subsequent generation must be taught these things.

In the beginning, people didn't need schools to pass along information. They educate youngsters on an individual basis within the family unit. Over time, the population increased and societies formed.

Soon, people realized that it would be more efficient & easier to have a small group of adults teach a larger group of children. In this way, the concept of the school invented.

The concept of school has been evolved over thousands of years. People have invented college or university on the same concept of “a small group of adults teach a large group of children”.

As we live in the age of digital transformation, we are lucky to see another drastic transformation in thousands of years. The technological advancement is questioning the very basic principle of educational institutions.

At this age of information technology, anyone can learn almost anything from anywhere in the world anytime, with just a computer/mobile with a decent internet connection.


Some companies around the globe have taken the lead of this incredible change. Khan Academy, Udemy, LinkedIn Learning or Lynda.com are some of them. Some big names like Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Andressen Horowitz and some other giants of the venture capital world are investing in this space.

In Bangladesh, 10 Minute School, Care Tutors, Repto, e-Shikhon & some others are also trying hard to make a dent in the local education sector. Let's get to know a bit about the top 3 ed-tech startups in Bangladesh.
  1. 10 Minute School: 10 Minute School is the most prominent & established ed-tech startup in Bangladesh right now. Founded in 2015 by Ayman Sadiq just using a Youtube channel. Quality & effective content was the key to their success.

    Currently, they have investment & support from Robi Axiata Limited, the 2nd largest telecom operator in Bangladesh. 10 Minute School has a wide range of courses from class 1 to 12, including PSC, JSC, SSC & HSC focused courses. They also offer different university and IELTS, GRE, GMAT, SAT, BCS courses.

    The huge library of 12 thousand video courses also offers some skill development courses including English learning, Video Editing, Graphic Design, etc.
  2. Caretutors.com: Caretutors is the largest & first-ever online tutor matching platform in Bangladesh. It was started back in 2012 by Masud Parvez Raju. At present, more than 50,000 tutors are enlisted at Caretutors and receive 600 queries per month.

    Recently, they have broadened the range of tutors with the addition of a bunch of new categories. Now, you can hire tutors for programming, cooking, photography, learning language, driving, music & even dancing. This platform makes life a lot easier for many parents to find their required teachers with just a few clicks.
  3. Repto: Repto is the Udemy of Bangladesh. Repto has started their journey with Ishtiyak Sheyam as a GP Accelerator graduate. Repto primarily focuses on skill-based learning, which includes language learning, digital marketing, graphic design, and different other soft skills.

    At present, 121364 students have been enrolled for 134 courses. Interestingly, just like Udemy, anyone can join as a teacher with proper skills & experience, no specific qualification or certification is a must.
The ed-tech industry is just in the incubation stage in Bangladesh. I believe we will see more exciting & successful ed-tech ventures in the future. 

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