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2026
University of New Haven gains US accreditor approval for Riyadh branch campus
The University of New Haven said on April 7, 2026, that the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) had approved its plan to establish an international…
2025
Princeton to require SAT or ACT scores again from the 2027-28 admission cycle
Princeton University's Office of Admission announced on October 9, 2025 that it will once more require SAT or ACT scores from undergraduate applicants. The requirement…
PhysicsWallah partners with Telangana to offer free exam prep to state students
PhysicsWallah, an Indian education company, announced a partnership with the Department of Education of the state of Telangana on June 17, 2025. Under the agreement the…
2024
Bain Capital agrees to acquire PowerSchool in $5.6 billion transaction
PowerSchool Holdings, a Folsom, California provider of cloud software for K-12 schools, announced on June 7, 2024 that it had agreed to be acquired by the private…
Kuwait's Baims acquires Egyptian tutoring startup Orcas
Kuwait-based education technology company Baims has acquired Egyptian tutoring startup Orcas, in a deal reported on January 8, 2024. Baims took full ownership of Orcas…
2023
Goldman Sachs-led investor group makes NOK 17.2 billion offer for Kahoot!
Kahoot!, the Oslo-based learning platform, announced on July 14, 2023 that it had agreed to the launch of a recommended all-cash offer for the company from an investor…
University of the Philippines publishes principles for responsible AI
The University of the Philippines (UP) published its Principles for Responsible and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence on July 11, 2023, setting out how AI should be…
2022
Vedantu takes majority stake in test prep provider Deeksha for $40 million
Vedantu, an Indian online tutoring company for school students, acquired a majority stake in Deeksha, a test preparation provider, for $40 million. The deal was…
EduSpaze names nine startups for its fifth edtech accelerator cohort
EduSpaze, the Singapore-based education technology accelerator, announced its fifth cohort in a statement reported on August 17, 2022, selecting nine early-stage…
Bangladesh's Shikho raises $4 million seed round led by Wavemaker Partners
Shikho, an education technology startup based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, raised $4 million in a new seed round reported on March 29, 2022. The round was led by the venture…
MIT reinstates SAT/ACT requirement for undergraduate applicants
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced on March 28, 2022 that it would again require undergraduate applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores in future…
Edorer joins EduSpaze accelerator and gains backing from Expert DOJO
Edorer, a US-based education technology company, was named on February 22, 2022 as one of nine startups in the fourth cohort of EduSpaze, the Singapore edtech…
College Board announces the SAT will move to a digital format
College Board announced on January 25, 2022 that the SAT would be delivered digitally, ending the paper-and-pencil format of the college admissions test. The digital…
2021
Adda247 acquires civil service test prep platform StudyIQ for $20 million
Adda247, an Indian test preparation platform focused on government job examinations, acquired the civil service exam preparation provider StudyIQ in a deal reported on…
Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment merge into one organization
On August 1, 2021, Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment formally combined to form a single organization named Cambridge University Press & Assessment.…
2020
India's Cabinet approves National Education Policy 2020, replacing 1986 framework
India's Union Cabinet approved the National Education Policy 2020 on July 29, 2020, according to a government release issued through the Press Information Bureau. The…
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