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Amazon to shut edtech service Academy's operations in India from Aug 2023
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IANS | 24 Nov, 2022
Amazon on Thursday said it is shuttering its edtech offering called
Amazon Academy's operations in India starting from August 2023, and will
refund the full fee to those enrolled in the current academic batch.
The e-commerce behemoth officially launched Academy (previously called JEE Ready), last year.
"At
Amazon, we think big, experiment, and invest in new ideas to delight
customers. We also continually evaluate the progress and potential of
our products and services to deliver customer value, and we regularly
make adjustments based on those assessments," a company spokesperson
told IANS.
"Following an assessment we have made the decision to
discontinue Amazon Academy. We are winding down this programme in a
phased manner to take care of current customers," the spokesperson
added.
Amazon Academy's operations will discontinue starting
August 2023, when the existing batch completes its test preparation
module.
Customers will have access to full course material online for extended period of an year, until October 2024.
The company said that it remains committed to its customers in the country and the decision will have no impact on its services.
In
January last year during the pandemic, the company launched Amazon
Academy to help students preparing for the Joint Entrance Examination
(JEE) for entrance to engineering colleges.
The online
preparation offered practice routines required for the JEE, through
curated learning material, live lectures and comprehensive assessments
in Math, Physics and Chemistry.
The service enables active
learning through live lessons, helping students to strengthen their JEE
preparation efforts as they can engage with expert faculty, learn
concepts, and clarify doubts in real-time.
Bringing further
discipline and rigour to their study methodology, it will offer
scheduled lessons, daily practice problems and regular tests, starting
with a crash course for the upcoming JEE Main.
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