1/26/21

Episode 4: 'Defying The Storm, Transcending Traditional Boundaries'

For the 4th episode of Coffee Insights, WAC welcomed Mr Parit Wacharasindhu – founder of Startdee; an education start-up company that uses technology to give high quality and affordable education to students. The company was also dubbed as the Netflix of education by The Bangkok Post. Previously, Mr Parit graduated from the University of Oxford and worked as a consultant at Mckinsey & Company before venturing into a political career serving the Thailand Democrat Party. In today’s episode, Mr Parit discussed on the socioeconomic issues arising in the education sector due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This unforeseen circumstance forced the exponential rise of educators adopting an online learning model.

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