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
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Students can learn
at their own pace without hurrying up
·
Students get an
opportunity to collaborate with their peers
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Learning stays
undisrupted with online/offline/both modes
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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
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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.”
