BENGALURU : Byju’s, India’s most valuable startup, has acquired Singapore-based Great Learning, which offers professional upskilling and higher education courses, for $600 million in a cash, stock and earnout deal. Edited excerpts:Why did you decide to enter the upskilling, higher education segment? Higher education is slowly and surely moving online, at a fraction of the cost, and the opportunity is huge. Professional upskilling and higher education were growing even pre-pandemic but there is a new mindset now. We now have three main segments to focus on—K-12, test prep and higher education.

Source: Mint July 26, 2021 19:30 UTC