Nobody denies that education is the key to improve standard ofliving in a society. Not just talks but there is a lot of action aroundeducation ecosystem in India. Right to education enactment is going to bring education to thepoorer masses. Government, on their part, apart from running public schools,supports mid-day-meal schemes through public-private partnerships in manyplaces.
Social Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)are bringing enough change in society through positive contributions toeducation domain. Distribution of computers and volunteers from corporatesteaching kids in rural areas, has brought smiles to many a people's faces.
Non-Government and Non-Profit Organizations are providing a helpinghand to educate the folks in rural areas.
The emphasis is more on primary and secondary education as there isa huge school drop-out during school education. Private schools are able toapply the technology better and make a difference. Companies like Educomp and EveronnSystems have brought technology to the classrooms and re-inventing the waysubjects are taught in the school. Extensive use of audio-visual aids,especially the animated content, helps student visualize and remember theconcepts much better.
Tutions, which are meant to support certain students in their areasof weaknesses have become commonplace. They have become similar to schools interms of operations and management. There is no comfort and convenience forstudents who attend these tuitions, as the work load has only increased. Withthis background, many websites have evolved for online learning- tutorvista, meritnation,extramarks and learningnext. These sites provide extensivestudy material and online assessment modules, which help students to preparethemselves in chosen subjects of their class, at their own pace. Most of these sites offer modules that are packaged and available for purchase online marking an era of e-commerce in education in India. There aresites which offer onlinetutoring service as well.
I happened to watch the meritnation advertisement in TV, whichprompted me to write on this topic. Their site includes student material forboth CBSE and ICSE boards and relate to the school curriculum of these boards.They seem to offer lot of personality improvement tests as well, which includestesting aptitude, skills and interests.
Personally, I prefer that students learn all fundamentalseffectively at school and the rest throughout life from books, Internet, socialinteractions and travel. But the access to wonderful content through any means- TV, Radio or Internet (even through subscriptions like in case ofmeritnation) - can never be discounted.
With the evolution of personal gadgets (smartphones and tablets) andcommunication technologies, education in schools and on the Internet is goingto change forever in not so distant future !
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