siliconindia | | NOVEMBER 20228DUE TO THE GROWING DEMAND FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION, MANY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS HAVE STARTED DISTANCE LEARNING COURSESIN FOCUSWHY IS DISTANCE EDUCATION A BETTER OPTION FOR WORKING PROFESSIONALS?istance Education is one of the most popular tools in the new age working professionals. Individuals who trust in multitasking have a vast list to do. They endeavour to juggle copious responsibilities, and they even make their time for it. Distance Education in India is an astute investment when it comes to saving valuable time and pursuing the desired skills and knowledge concerning the workforce. Distance learning offers various study programs that would not be readily available to the students locally. Moreover, it is viable and adds profound credibility to educational wonder.In developing countries like India, education is still a daydream for many. Though we exist in the 21st century, there are many obstacles in the formal education system. As COVID became a hindrance for formal education, Non-Formal education system is getting more reputation in recent years. Distance learning is a new method of permitting students to study within their room and time without physically attending the university. Distance learning plays a vital role in today's education system; it has increased the number of programmes year on year.The digital access to pursue education in virtual mode may unshackle higher education from the brick and mortar campuses of institutions to a certain extent. Hence the principal issues of accessibility, quality, and cost of education in the emerging digital university and fast pervading online education culture need to be speculated. BENEFITS OF DISTANCE EDUCATIONDistance Education supports Working Professionals to take up many courses that are not accessible in the colleges from their geographical areas. For example, a learner from Bangalore can apply to any college in Delhi that delivers Distance Education. The learner can complete his study by sitting in Bangalore, which can aid create multi-talented professionals. Some Indian families have a discriminatory mindset regarding women's education. Therefore some women are forced to drop their education halfway and marry without finishing their education. Distance education provides women a golden chance to study again, achieve their dreams, and contribute to the nation's growth.Distance Education is the latest educational trend aiding many aspirants to fulfil their dreams with minimum effort. Distance education makes life easy for many aspirants by coming to their doorsteps. The Distance education system is helping to increase the country's literacy rate and also economical as it doesn't burden the students and their parents. These help the student invest their funds into some other productive medium that could benefit the nation in one way or another. Estimating the current cost of distance education in open Universities of the public sector is reasonable. An individual can perceive that the cost of digital education from publicly funded institutions should not challenge affordability. However, the high price of online education offerings from self-financed private sector institutions is affecting. Therefore, the preparation and implementation of formal online education and freshly ideated digital universities in the country must take care of real concerns on the standard of education, the integrity of processes, ease of reaching out to the target audience, and minimal cost of education. Approbating the virtualization of higher education is a double-edged sword and implanted with a competition between managing quantity and quality. D
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