UPSC Mains 2022 · GS II · Q8 · 10 marks · 150 words

Reforming the government delivery system through the Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme is a progressive step, but it has its limitations too. Comment.

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प्रत्यक्ष लाभ अंतरण योजना के माध्यम से सरकारी प्रदेय व्यवस्था में सुधार एक प्रगतिशील क़दम है, किन्तु इसकी अपनी सीमाएँ भी हैं । टिप्पणी कीजिए ।

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Toppers wrote this one in a test series: “Reforming the education infrastructure through digital interventions is a progressive step, but it has its limitations too. Comment.”

Srishti DabasAIR 6 · CSE 2023 · 258 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a figure

There is no Indian university in top 50 of QS world Rankings - highlighting the dire need to adopt digital interventions to revolutionize & metamorphise educational arena.

The significance of digital interventions will be -

Body · points

(1) to enable availability, accessibility & affordability of education for all; through e-DIKSHA

(2) to reach to the marginalized

Tribals SC, ST, LGBTQIA women who who lack access OBC who face are denied to quality discrimination education education. in schools : of patriarchy

(3) to keep a check on Teachers -

  • attendance monitoring through biometric.
  • Teacher training through NISHTHA scheme.

(4) boost Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) through Swayam Initiative

(5) to boost R&D in emerging arenas of climate change, cyber security, etc. ↳ through access to online journals.

(6) Enable Industry-Academia linkages : utilizing technology for integrating supply-demand of employment-needs to education.

Hence, this will be progressive step towards ensuring SIKSHIT BHARAT, (VIKSHIT BHARAT) - ie. educated India developed India.

But, it has limitations like -

(1) focus on rote learning over practical knowledge. (2) lack of emphasis on vocational training & skill development (3) the digital divide in India, preventing the poor, tribals from affording smartphones & internet (4) lack of disable friendly digital infrastructure - leading to exclusion (5) use of digital technology causing harm to students

Close · a way forward

↳ boys locker room on instagram ↳ getting radicalized, misled, misinformed.

Hence, we need to ensure: ↳ parental scrutiny ↳ teachers' accountability ↳ reach to hinterlands ↳ dynamic & practical education to achieve SDG 4 - Education for All.

4 more toppers’ answers to this question, part by part, and how they all approached it: open the question.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Main) Examination 2022, General Studies Paper II, Q8. The paper on upsc.gov.in. Themes and links to toppers’ answers are by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.