Abound Government Initiatives Fueling Digital English Language Learning Market

The global education sector is transforming exponentially, owing to several initiatives undertaken by governments as well as private organizations to impel the English learning sector digitally.

Governments all across the globe including that of China, Australia, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, and UAE have taken several steps towards boosting English language learning in their countries. For instance; Australia’s government had initiated the Digital Education Revolution (DER) a decade ago that had fostered several schools as well as universities in leveraging digital education or e-learning.

Likewise, the Chinese government also has initiated a number of policies that can fuel digital education especially English language learning. Owing to which a large number of companies are coming ahead that can offer English learning to the Chinese students. Some of such companies include 51Talk and 17Zuoye that are enabling the students across China to enhance their capabilities.

A report by The Insight Partners, states that Asia-Pacific is the fastest-growing market for the Digital Language Learning mainly because of augmenting English language learning initiatives among the non-English speaking countries in like China in the region. Moreover, the market across the region is expected to rise with a CAGR of 17.2% in the upcoming years.

Currently, India has also started pacing up its facilities for creating a substantial market space for digital education. That includes several initiatives undertaken by the government in order to popularize the innovative technologies in the educational sector.  

For instance, SWAYAM is one of the most prominent digital learning platforms as well as an initiative taken by the Indian government that enables students to opt for online courses covering all higher education subjects including English Language. Moreover, international universities are allowed to offer their courses that will follow examination via SWAYAM platform. This aids Indian students to upscale their skills in speaking and writing.

Another, major government initiative in India includes the National digital library that was implemented with a vision of creating virtual learning source from a single-window. This initiative is also gaining prominence in the current state, and the same is expected to boost the digital English language learning market in India.  

Besides, rising English learning in non-English regions, digital transformation is another factor influencing Asia Pacific’s educational sector.