How are school apps in India revolutionising the way education is delivered in schools?

 Online education revolutionised learning in ways unimaginable. Whatever was once thought got implemented post-pandemic. Education now is no longer a low-experiment sector. It has unravelled the untapped potential at an exponential speed letting children make the most of online education. Edtech companies in India helped the education sector sail through the crisis and made the model resilient to withstand the crisis not just in the present but in the future too. With the help of school apps in India, these ed-tech companies offer services that ensure disrupted learning across schools.

Technology— the saviour?

Despite the stakeholders’ reluctance to embrace technology at a mass level within their school premises, technology did become everyone’s best friend. Tech-enabled schools were the ones that excelled even in times of distress and saw a higher student retention rate in comparison to schools that offer traditional learning. Though technology has not been adopted in the sector like other industries, for example, healthcare, the speed at which schools are finally deploying it to make their daily functions easy is applaud worthy.

 

The learning loss caused by the pandemic. Is it retrievable?

The learning loss created by the pandemic remains incalculable; however, many progressive and tech-enabled schools introduced bridge courses for students to fix the learning gap created by the pandemic. These bridge courses ensure that students obtain the prerequisite knowledge and skills required to achieve the learning outcomes of their current grades. The learning caused by the pandemic could be irreversible; however, if schools take proper measures, this gap can be filled.

 

School, then and now

The educational industry has evolved at an unprecedented speed. As a result, the practices intrinsic to the sector saw an abrupt overhaul and got replaced by an innovative model— an integrated academic system. As a result, integrated systems surfaced to save the sector from devastating effects and irreparable learning loss. This system helps the stakeholders with unique apps that help them make learning a seamless process even when the schools remain shut indefinitely. Some of the benefits of integrated systems are:

·        World-class learning with the integration of various resources

·        Teachers get meaningful resources to teach students from

·        Teachers can conduct exams and assessments seamlessly while sitting at home

·        Parents can maintain smooth communications with teachers

·        Students can learn at their convenience

·        Students can learn at their own pace without hurrying up

·        Students get an opportunity to collaborate with their peers

·        Learning stays undisrupted with online/offline/both modes

·        School owners can access the school data from anywhere, anytime

·        Parents can participate more in their child’s learning

·        Students become self-reliant as they navigate their curriculum

·        Students get to learn via more than one medium

·        Students never miss lectures as every class gets recorded

 

 

The ongoing pandemic has been a reminder to the education sector about the frivolousness of rote learning practised in the Indian schools and the brittleness of the sector. Few of the sectors responsible for driving a country’s economy, such as education, cannot afford to crash under any circumstances. A study by UNESCO says, “Studies on effective integration of technology in education show the opportunities ICT provides to help increase student engagement, motivation, and attendance— key requirements for learning. The potential for eLearning to improve performance on core subjects and foster the development of 21st-century skills in mature and emerging economies depends on the schools' ability to model student-centred, highly personalised learning environments.”

Now is the time to tap the potential of technology and leverage it for better student results and make learning undisrupted. Schools, despite their location and size, must make technology a fundamental part of their functioning.