Amazon Academy: E-tailer giant to shut down online learning service in August 2023

Amazon, like several other tech companies across the world, are taking steps to be prepared for the upcoming economic downturn. As a part of this preparation, the e-tailer major has already started cutting jobs across multiple divisions and has also asked several Indian employees to resign voluntarily Now, the company has reportedly decided to shut down its Ed-tech service, Amazon Academy, in India. Amazon Academy will stop working in the country from August 2023. The report also mentions that the company will refund the full fee to the students who are enrolled in the current academic batch.

What is Amazon Academy
Amazon Academy, which was previously known as JEE Ready was officially launched by the company in January 2021. This service was aimed at students who were preparing for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) which is needed to enter engineering colleges in the country.