Education Startups
The Global List

Startups Shaping the Future of Education

Billions of people around the world remain underserved by traditional education systems, lacking access to quality learning, inclusive content, digital tools, or job-relevant skills. More than 600 million children and youth globally do not meet minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics, and nearly 90% of children in low-income countries cannot read a simple sentence by age 10. The COVID-19 pandemic deepened these disparities, pushing an additional 100 million children into learning poverty and severely disrupting formal schooling for over 1.6 billion learners.

This infographic highlights pioneering startups advancing equitable education across four key innovation categories:

1. Learner Access & Inclusion: Focused on expanding education access to underserved communities (e.g., offline tools, local language content, marginalized learners). 

2. Instructional Content & Pedagogy: Focused on digital curricula, personalized instruction, gamified content, and platforms improving how students engage with material. 

3. Career & Skills Pathways: Platforms for vocational training, job readiness, adult learning, and transitions from education to employment. 

4. Teacher & School Enablement: Tools that support teachers, administrators, and school systems via planning tools, resource platforms, and operational software.

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