siliconindia | | August 20218One of the many aspects of COVID-19 is its im-pact on India's education system and industry in general. From unprepared teachers to online education to a 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 sug-gests, depends on the accessibility and openness of technology, yet prac-tically no accessibility of such nature is a huge task to work on before turn-ing to the online industry. In an on-going 2017-18 study, the Ministry of Rural Development found that about 47 percent of Indian family units get about 12 hours of electricity and over 36 percent of schools in India work without power. This implies while students from affluent families can explore the opportunities of online learning, those from oppressed back-grounds are probably going to capitu-late 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 a note of their current abilities and assets to go on-line or give distant learning services. This ought to incorporate an assess-ment of the accessible advancements and conveyance systems. The assess-ment ought to be done in two stages: one, to check the school's prepara-tion to react in the present situation when going to schools is not an op-tion; second, for when the schools may re-open. To comprehend exter-IN MY OPINIONONLINE EDUCATION: A WAY FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE OR NOT?By Dr. Sunita Gandhi, Founder, Global Education & Training Institute and Global Classroom Dr. Sunita has several years of experience in the education industry, and has managed to create a space for herself in the history of revolutionizing the academic system.
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