Online Education System in India: It's Pros And Cons

Corona virus outbreak has given rise to serious concerns to global education system.

As we know that due to corona virus across the country schools and colleges are closed. 

Efforts to contain Covid-19 prompted closure of schools and other educational institutions in worldwide, leaded to greater loss of learning process.

The result indicates towards more.

Online Education System: The New Normal  

This corona virus has adverse effects on education including learning disruptions, and decrease access to education and research facilities. 

And we left with only online education system.

However online education is hindered by poor network facilities, and poor digital skills.

Closure of schools carries high Social and economic cost. 

It increased not just mental stress but widened the gap on both social and economic level. 

The disruptions they cause affect people across communities but it’s impact is more severe for disadvantaged and more vulnerable children along with their families including interrupted learning, childcare problems.


Online learning: It's Pros And Cons

Benefits of Online Learning

For those who do have right access to technology, can gain benefits from this online teaching-learning process. 

To get the full benefit of online learning, there needs to be a concerted effort to provide the structure. 

It is clear that this pandemic has utterly disrupted education system that many assert was already losing its relevance.

While remote learning offered some continuity in education. 

But in remote learning there are many cons. than its pros. 

There are however, challenges to overcome. 

Challenges of Online Learning

1. Limited or No Access To Technology: Many students without needed internet access or technology find it too hard to participate in digital learning; this gap is seen across the whole world and between people from different socio-economic status. 

Lack of access to technology and fast reliable internet can harm students learning process a lot in rural areas. 

School closure puts a burden on parents and guardians to provide needed childcare and manage distance learning when children are at home and out of school. 

2. Dependency on Mid-Day Meal For Nutritional Requirements: Nutrition plays a vital role in Cognitive Development and academic performance for children. 

Many Children rely on free meals at schools. 

Due to this pandemic and by closure of schools they are not able to get their meals. 

3. Increased Number of Drop-Outs: The different studies shows the damaging effects of covid-19 on education sector and the need for educational Institutions.

There are sources which highlights the estimation that there will 1 crore Drop-out in terms of students studying in this country, I think That will be very dreadful. 

As per the Present situation, there is no evidence to provide with what will happen next, there is an uncertainty when schools and colleges will reopen. 

4. Lesser Self Discipline: No doubt, this is the crucial time for education sector because entrance tests of several universities and competitive examinations has to held during this period and the self discipline, less focus on schedule, lesser attention span of small students is so much threatening and the much concern is for the students who are not able to take online classes due to lack of resources. 

The immediate step is needed to be taken for education in this corona virus era because certainly these days will pass but this longer period of pandemic leading to closure of schools and colleges would not have short term impact in India and it's future.

It can even cause far-Reaching economic and societal consequences and it is likely responsible for more push-outs for students from lower economic backgrounds if we do not pay attention and we do not find remedies. 

And in the Documents, due to the close down of educational institutes it is Estimated to affect around 600 million learners across the world.

This number of drop outs and other factors cannot be neglected. We as a common people and government as well need to pay more attention on education sector or things would get out of control with much worsen consequences.

Here are Remedies for you to make online education work by your side.

Written By: Komal Jha