Technology has been important ever since the 21st century came into place. The prominence of technology in people's lives, however, came to be known as extremely unavoidable when the Covid-19 virus hit the world.
Most of the people's lives, somehow, were affected less because of the present technology. Be it social media, be it other gadgets - the new technology era was of huge importance so as to keep people sane in such challenging and testing times.
Who Suffered The Most?
The people who have suffered a lot due to
this are the students, whether we say the primary school children, the higher
secondary students or the college going students, as education could be almost
at halt if there was no technology.
Due to the advanced technological applications, the students, now, are barely deprived of education. Nowadays, the smart phones have the facility of providing various applications which are helpful in online studies at a very reasonable cost.
The people can get Android phones which support less chargeable technical applications which could be easily affordable for middle class society and provide the better understanding through online platforms.
Merits Of Technology
The technological boom has spread worldwide
so positively in the current scenario as all the educational work has been
conducted through the use of technical assistance in the past eight months and
still the educational institutions working is based on technological service.
The educational institutions or organizations
were able to conduct the examination from various areas of the world only due
to technical assistance and expertise we have today.
The advancement of technology has led the
small children of nursery standard to fifth standard learn new things with
advance tactics and computer-based applications. A few of these applications
are ‘Zoom’, ’Skype’, Google Meet’ etc., which are very easy to operate by the
students of lower standards also.
They get to learn through e-learning process in
fast and effective manner in a very low age of their life which builds up their
confidence for upcoming future as the future holds the technology at its palm
and it will welcome these budding kids wholeheartedly when they’re so fit for
it.
Almost a year is going to pass in this
pandemic, and the educational activities are still going on and who is at help
here -the technology. Even the competitions are held online which are
strengthening the courage and confidence of students so that they don’t feel
the isolation due to this whole circumstances.
The natural things have changed, the
lifestyle of peoples have changed but the learning and gaining knowledge is as
vital as living is because with knowledge. We could refurbish the society in a
better and sustainable manner marking a milestone for the upcoming future
generations and that has become possible due to the scientific assistance only,
the set-up of technology. Without it we might not be able to withstand the
current circumstances.
The students are passing their standards with
online examinations and studies along with various assignments and continuous
e-evaluation programs and assessments. The institutions are able to formulate
and set up online meetings for further assistance through the help of various
easy to handle apps, some of which even require very less internet data
consumption.
Today from this technological assistance and
guidance we can get information of any remote areas by being at our home, sitting
at our couch in just few minutes. The satellites are connected to various
servers which work 24*7 and provide authentic information about the world areas
whether it a megacity or remote village and all these categories are included
in the trainings and study schedule of many students who are really interested
and curious about the informative things.
They could easily get varied information and
continue their work procedure, internships online through advanced
technological favors. Online workshops, seminars, webinars etc., are conducted
very successfully through e-platforms with huge no. of students /participants
all over the world.
Is It
A Blessing Or A Curse?
We have come across various merits of
technology on education in the covid-19 scenario but what about its bane. Many
marginalized students have got deprived of education due to poor technological
facilities. Many has to drop out the school due to financial crisis they faced
during the pandemic and in regard to this situation they are not able to
inculcate the knowledge imparted through e-learning.
Some students have faced this due to poor
networks and some due to lack of facilities or electronic gadgets through which
they could access the educational platforms but, technology couldn’t reach them
due to their underprivileged condition.
Thus, the role of technology for them could not be played efficiently and made them to stay in harsh and deprived of the basic education and quality education has become merely a dream for them. There is always two sides of a coin, when the whole world is handling and cooperation and moving hand in hand with technology , the students are being divided into two major masses.
One mass which are availing the technological
facilities, enjoying, learning and gaining something new and advanced whereas
on the side the other mass of students has become education deficient, deprived
of basic education facility and could not rejuvenate their talents and learning
due to the unavoidable crisis in their lives.
We could all come together and with the
coordination and intellectual knowledge we could regenerate the enthusiasm and
spirit of all students as a whole.
“Let
the technology become a blessing for all and curse for none”.
Written by - Ruchika Sinha
Edited by – Keerthana Lakshmi
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