
To suit their economy and push the service higher in such cities, DET will soon launch ‘DET exams at home’.

Duolingo English Test in Tier-2 Cities of IndiaĭET saw more than 100% year-over-year growth in Kochi, Nellore, Bharuch, Malappuram, and Eluru among tier-2 Indian cities. However, a more dooming factor is the financial requirements that scholarship schemes and NBFCs solved. Some other peripheral factors that play an important role are immigration procedures and visa requirements. Dewar pointed out some of the key reasons why Indian students look for study-abroad options. This is because more than 2 million Indian students intend to study abroad from India. Indian study abroad market is thus set to hit $100 Billion by 2025. This is the peak reason for the surge in study-abroad interests and admissions from India. Market Projectionĭewar mentions that there is a considerable surge in the middle-class economy in India. Here to be noted, the most diversified choice of the preferred destinations for study abroad is also from these regions. The imminent metropolitan cities of the country, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, and Delhi, saw a 50% to 100% year-over-year growth. Here, Duolingo English Test has the largest market in India. The demand for studying in the US is highest in Hyderabad. The volume of test-takers from these 1200 Indian cities also increased by 80% from 2021 to 2022. This is a new benchmark for India after surpassing China in similar statistics recently.

The top 10 largest cities of India hold the highest volume, nearly 76%, of test-takers for Duolingo globally.

India has emerged as one of the largest markets for Duolingo’s English test (DET) with nearly one-third of the test takers coming from the sub-continent: Jennifer Dewar, Senior Director of Strategic Engagement, DET.
