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E-learning, as the name suggests, depends on the accessibility and openness of technology, yet practically no accessibility of such nature is a huge task to work on before turning to the online industry by Sunita Gandhi, Founder, Global Classroom Private Limited (GCPL) & Global Education & Training Institute (GETI).
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Online Education: A Way Forward Into The Future Or Not? Photo: Shutterstock |
One of the many aspects of COVID-19 is its impact on India’s education system and industry in general. From unprepared teachers to online education to new education policy, it was all too much to soak in. However, many critics believe it to be a paradigm shift that the system was longing for? Or is it too early to say so?
The lockdown has fastened the reception of technology in every sphere. E-learning, as the name suggests, depends on the accessibility and openness of technology, yet practically no accessibility of such nature is a huge task to work on before turning to the online industry. In an ongoing 2017-18 study, the Ministry of Rural Development found that about 47% of Indian family units get about 12 hours of electricity and over 36% of schools in India work without power. This implies while students from affluent families can explore the opportunities of online learning, those from oppressed backgrounds are probably going to capitulate to shortcoming and an absence of this transition, either in light of the detachment with the technology or the low-level of training of their parents to direct them through these applications.
Schools and training institutes should initially take note of their current abilities and assets to go online or give distant learning services. This ought to incorporate an assessment of the accessible advancements and conveyance systems...
There is a basic need for investment in developing a framework for giving online training in much prosperous manner. Prompt measures are essential to diminish the impacts of the pandemic on bids for employment, entry-level position projects, and research projects. There is a need for establishing value confirming components and quality benchmark for internet learning programs that must be created and offered by Higher Education Institutions in India keeping this quick transition in mind.
Source: BW Businessworld
