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The first two such counselling centres have already been inaugurated in Mumbai and Delhi and the first two learning centres in Indore and Pune, the Mumbai-headquartered firm said in a statement. Over 500 career counselling sessions were clocked in the first 30 days of the centres that have already opened.

Currently, the Noida-based startup has 67 centres operational in 38 cities. The offline centres will offer a curriculum for engineering and medical entrance examinations.

The edtech sector scaled record highs during the pandemic as education moved online, but has since been among the worst affected in terms of funding and layoffs, particularly in the tuition, K12 and test-prep segments.

Unacademy’s hope may lie in offline coaching centres, which go against its original goal of tech-driven disruption, but are a dependable and lucrative business model

The company in a statement shared that it has provided scholarships worth $12 million through PW Scholarship and Admission Test in this academic year to meritorious students and also those who cannot afford quality offline education.