Indian Education System At Cross Roads
It has been well said,”Necessity is the mother of invention”
In these days of Pandemic, Covid 19 students would have suffered a lot due to
the closure of schools, colleges and universities, had The Digital Platform not provided
a wider scenario for them to grow.
Online learning has helped students continue with their education to get the knowledge and hence achieve a suitable or required degree by them.
Planning of e-learning
The principles behind e-learning have been well documented throughout history, and there is even evidence which suggests that early forms of e-learning existed as far back as the 19th century
But it's real implementation took place when this Covid 19 deadly Pandemic bothered the world.
Since this Pandemic started taking its toll on people’s health and lives, students had to remain in their respective houses and without education their studies, course and degrees
will be at stake, hence the students are gaining a lot in from past one and half years of lock down through online studying
Effect of Covid 19 on our learning pattern
Nothing is permanent in this world, everything is susceptible to change so is the education system. Due to the ongoing Pandemic, digital platforms have jumped 5 years ahead. We have been planning e-learning since long, but this Pandemic Covid 19 made our learning pattern more sufficient and technology oriented and technically sound
Encourage your child to make mistakes
Learning from mistakes and errors is an important part of child and adolescent development. Most adults understand this concept. Yet, we have failed to teach our children that there is a positive side to getting things wrong. In this Pandemic, as students have to go online studies hence they are prone to mistakes as there is no teacher ruling in their head, Students learn a lot when they make mistakes, hence,
“Encourage your child to make mistakes and make your child a scientist’.
Advantages of Offlne learning
Skill based knowledge is better than knowledge on general issues
Some of the skills which make your child feel at ease in an offline education system which cannot be attained in an online system of education.
Like Creativity;-
Many people assume that creativity is an inborn talent that their kids either do or do not have: just as all children are not equally intelligent, all children are not equally creative. But actually, creativity is more skill than inborn talent, and it is a skill parents can help their kids develop
Similarly there are some other factors which students learn in school environment, else they won’t learn in online environment
Leadership, Communication skills, Futuristic skills, Curious, Sensitive, Positive attitude, Encouragement, Participative learning, Self assessment, Activities based learning, Teachers are there to guide them to develop, Decode your genomes, Learning gaps due to Pandemic can be minimised, Project based learning can be helpful, self assessment, Activities based learning, Affection, Attention always provided by the teachers to their students
Hence skill based knowledge is better than the rot learning
Some Of The Advantages for students in this lock down due to the ongoing Pandemic Covid 19 are also there. Here they go:-
Artificial intelligence:-
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. Specific applications of AI include expert systems, natural language processing (NLP), speech recognition and machine vision.
Similarly, there are are a number of factors which prove online education is beneficial for students, Here they go:-
Learn and unlearn state of mind of students, Futuristic course for children, Home schooling, Project, Research, Experiential learning, Hyper personalised learning, Ready to take risk, Accept Challenges, Allow students to do blunders but don’t allow them to repeat it.
Coming to the facts
In the second wave of Covid 19, students and teachers both are at loss
The cancellation of tenth and twelfth exams has been declared and teachers are assessing students according to their general conduct in the class.
In this case, the outstanding and good students are judged with not so good students, hence it leads to unfair results in unfair further admissions.
Now the questions arise
Will the evaluation based on school tests and previous results do justice to students in getting admissions to professional colleges. Moreover the question arises that are internal assessments foolproof. If this Covid19 continues to be there and the lock down continues to be there, what sort of professionals in all the fields do we expect to get.
Conclusion
Hence, schooling, going to colleges and professional institutes through properly getting education through an offline system of education, where the deserving candidates get jobs for their intellect and not for their general performance.
‘ …what sort of professionals in all the fields do we expect to get’…a very valid question…
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