The growing need for skill development is driving the global soft skills training market. As companies worldwide are expanding their businesses, they are facing global and regional competition. The surge in the competition levels has led educational institutions and companies to adopt training programs for students and employees. As learning models evolve and learners' diversity increase, a growing number of educational institutions are allotting more time and resources toward enhancing the soft skills of students.In the corporate segment, soft skills are an integral part of non-technical training expenditure. However, one of the challenges that the companies face while providing soft skills training is the need for simultaneous teaching to a large learner base. Soft skills training requires face-to-face interaction; therefore, these trainings were restricted to selective employees within the middle and senior management of

an organization. However, the evolution of technology solutions such as virtual learning platforms and learning management systems (LMS) has enabled companies to overcome this challenge and train a larger section of the workforce with the available limited time and resources.

新三板教育行业挂牌、定增和交易回顾。（1）概览：目前新三板教育板块 共有 235 家公司，创新层和基础层各有 19 家和 198 家，做市转让板块和 协议转让板块各有 34 家和 183 家，待挂牌 18 家。中信证券研究部已覆盖 24 家公司。 （2）挂牌：上周（2017 年 3 月 27 日-3 月 31 日）新增挂牌教 育公司 1 家，即卓教国际（871255.OC） 。 （3）交易：做市板块共有 7 只股 票上涨，绿网天下、世纪明德分别上涨 15%和 5%。成交额最高的前三位 分别为亿童文教（1,973 万元）、新道科技（937 万元）和赢鼎教育（520 万元）。协议板块成交额最高的是分豆教育（2,151 万元） 。有 7 家公司上 涨，聚智未来上涨 700%。创新层板块共有 7 只股票上涨，基础层板块共 有 7 只股票上涨。

教育公平是什么？怎么做？ 2017 年的《政府工作报告》中重点提出，要办 好公平优质教育。 针对‚什么是教育公平‛，我们认为是一个非常值得讨论 的问题。我们认为，从操作思路上，教育公平指教育资源的公平和教育筛选 的公平，①若从教育资源公平的角度出发，那么大体方向将是进行教育弱侧 的扶持，旨在让教育资源较弱的学校&地区，能够通过财政政策&招生政策 等方式加强教育相关资源的补充。②若从教育筛选公平的教育出发，那则应 该注重各方面筛选没有倾斜，一视同仁。③我们认为，在当前的情况下，应 在兼顾筛选公平的情况下，尽可能的加强资源公平，包括扶持教育弱侧，大 力推动教育信息化等方式，而从观念上，是要淡化‚教育的优与劣‛。

In the current competitive market landscape, it has become important for educational institutions to improve the quality of education that is delivered so that it can attract students globally. To achieve this, student knowledge enrichment and adoption of elearning are being advocated. This is leading to a reduction in student dropout rates. Elearning has helped the various educational institutions to follow global standards and remain up to date with the latest advances in technology in the education sector. Educational institutions are increasingly adopting e-learning solutions for the overall development of students while equipping them with the knowledge and skills suitable for employment.

新三板教育行业挂牌、定增和交易回顾。（1）概览：目前新三板教育板块 共有 232 家公司，创新层和基础层各有 19 家和 198 家，做市转让板块和 协议转让板块各有 34 家和 183 家，待挂牌 15 家。中信证券研究部已覆盖 24 家公司。 （2）挂牌：上周（2017 年 3 月 20 日-3 月 24 日）新增挂牌教 育公司 1 家，即新东方网（839896.OC） 。 （3）交易：做市板块共有 9 只股 票上涨，新道科技、星立方分别上涨 8%和 6%。成交额最高的前三位分别 为新道科技（6,693 万元）、颂大教育（2,454 万元）和亿童文教（1,248 万元）。协议板块成交额最高的是明师教育（1,154 万元） 。有 5 家公司上 涨，数字人上涨 550%。创新层板块共有 7 只股票上涨，基础层板块共有 7 只股票上涨。 （4）定增：上周有 1 家公司发布定增预案，即大千教育拟募 集 800 万元。有 2 家新三板教育公司完成定增，九春教育完成融资 1,100 万元，考拉超课完成融资 3,600 万元。 

Over the years, the education sector has built IT infrastructure to be able to seamlessly employ educational technologies. This development in educational institutions is contributing to the gradual transformation of the traditional classroom structure. The latter is being replaced with other modes of education such as blended learning and collaborative learning. Within the hardware segment in the education segment, educational institutions largely allocate their funds to procure education PC, followed by display devices. Display devices such as projectors, interactive tables, and IWBs are used for both academic as well as non-academic purposes. Vendors entering this market are primarily established entities in the consumer electronics market and are capitalizing their economies of scale to improve their presence in the education market. Their ultimate goal is to deploy online learning into classrooms.

Cloud computing is being increasingly adopted by educational institutions as it offers flexible and scalable services at nominal costs, such as consumption-based payment models. These exempt educational institutions from investments in outdated hardware and applications and enable them to adapt the latest technologies. In addition, apart from providing numerous client platforms, for both inside and outside educational institutional work, it streamlines processes by standardizing software, offering a shared pool of software applications and services, and providing centralized licensing and updates to the schools. As a result, the lead time involved to develop and implement multifaceted solutions, even without in-house expertise, is significantly less, which improves the learning process cycle.

The incorporation of e-learning in schools and the culture of formative assessments are providing the required boost for the growth of the market. Tests and assessments form an essential part of educational institutions. These processes incorporate various metrics to help teachers quantify the performance of students.

Blended learning has made knowledge delivery more productive and efficient.Through this model of learning, instructors share their resources and instructions online for students to easily access the shared study material at their convenience.With the growing needs of students and academicians, regulators have emphasized the use of blended learning methods in the education industry more than raditional learning methods. As a result, there has been a high demand for generic e-learning courses. Benefits associated with generic e-learning courses,such as re-usability at the end-user's disposal with fewer internal resources and cost-efficiency, in comparison with customized courses are attracting customers.The emergence of course aggregators in the form of online marketplaces will benefit vendors as they will be able to cater to a larger consumer base and promote their offerings through discounts and bulk offers. Delving into the market from the technological perspective highlights the emergence of innovative and rapid content authoring tools. It has significant implications for the education and corporate sectors. The bundle of benefits associated with these tools is driving their adoption. Institutions are using authoring tools to build interactive and engaging content to enhance the quality of their course content.

This report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the education projector market in the US for 2016-2020, keeping 2015 as the base year for market sizing. To calculate the market size, the report considers the revenue generated from the sales of education projectors to the pre-K, K-12, and the higher education segment in the US education market. While calculating the market size, the revenues generated in the market from sales of digital light processing (DLP) and liquid crystal display (LCD) projectors were considered. The market size comprises the revenue generated from sales of standard (non-interactive) as well as interactive education projectors.The report presents the vendor landscape and a corresponding detailed analysis of the top four vendors in the market. The vendors have been selected based on parameters such as variety in product offerings catering to the education segment, efficiency of

their distribution channels, brand value, initiatives to expand market share, and product innovations. In addition, it discusses the major drivers that influence the market growth.It also outlines the challenges faced by vendors and the market at large as well as the

key trends emerging in the market.