The changing Face of Education

We exist in an age of information overload. The information that is available on any topic is extensive, sometimes repetitive and ubiquitous. We have an excess of disparate content today that, if devoid of structure,becomes difficult for the human mind to comprehend. The challenge of managing this Big Data is phenomenal. The education world is no exception. It is evolving at a rapid pace, and creating a sense of chaos. However, this being an age of disruptions, it is only a matter of time that education, as we know it, also gets disrupted.

As being a student, apart from only the lectures in school and the curriculum books that once the students were supposed to study, there're additional aids that is accessible to students in the form of websites, tuition centers et al. This becomes more pronounced from Class 8 onwards till Class 12. Sometimes it becomes difficult for the student to distill all the information and make sense of the whole pandemonium. Today, the dichotomy of the disparate nature of education stems from the facts that while the resources are in abundance, but may not available to all, depending on one's socio-economic status or geographic considerations.

What is required today is a structured approach to learning and todays demand also. Studies have shown that learning actually follows what the Constructivism theory seems to postulate.Worldwide the education trend is changing. Lectures are leaping outside of institutions/ classrooms. The instructional mode of teaching is changing from classroom lectures to videos or video conferencing sessions. Today, if someone desires to have a structured learning session; one is not constrained on going physically to an institution and attending a course on it. It can be done at one's pace, at one's own time.  With a plethora of things to learn from, be it books, observation, instructional, videos etc., one needs to have their basics crystal clear. Students' needs to be well versed with the course books like NCERT and their exercises to do well in their exams.  We have many websites today that provide an answer key of NCERT book. Websites have weaved in other value added services, with some providing assessment functionalities while others provide counseling etc. These websites are very helpful in finding solutions to the problems of CBSE and NCERT textbooks.

In line with the global changes, universalization of education is something that this country needs and looks forward to.

 

 

 

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