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.