Starting 2021, and life as we know has changed and it seems clear that the post-Covid world will need an alternate mechanism of education delivery - one that is not subject to physical presence and brick and mortar schooling, but one where a complementary virtual schooling will become de rigueur
The professionals now required assorted balance of distinct skill-sets, like AI which requires professionals to be adept in mathematics as well as coding
Students in Ladakh's Chushul constituency have urged the government to install 4G internet towers in the region for enabling access to online education.
The COVID-19 lockdown came as a shock for many students as coaching classes and schools closed abruptly.
Coronavirus pandemic has triggered new ways of learning and has accelerated the process of adoption of ‘online’ as a viable mode for learning in 2020.
The online education industry in India has come a long way. There was a time when people couldn't make up their minds to subscribe to an online class for their kids. Things, however, have changed a lot, credit to the Covid-induced lockdown.
Haryana government on Saturday informed that it is finalising a scheme to provide tablets to students of Class 8 to Class 12 studying in government schools to promote online education in view of the COVID-19 crisis.
Hit by a pandemic and then a natural disaster, the children from remote villages in Maharashtra had to deal with Internet disruptions since early June when connectivity along the coastal area of Ratnagiri district became scratchy.
At least 27 per cent students do not have access to smartphones or laptops to attend online classes, while 28 per cent students and parents believe intermittent or lack of electricity is one of the major concerns hindering teaching-learning, according to a survey by the NCERT.
In the wake of coronavirus pandemic all the schools have been instructed by the state governments to switch to online education.
Online education is not a substitute for school education and its purpose is to keep the learning process moving, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday.
The apex court Bench, comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and S. Ravindra Bhat, issued the notice on the plea filed by parents settled in the Middle East.
Managements of various private schools met on Saturday evening and decided to resume online classes from Monday after considering requests made by parents, Self-financed Schools Federation spokesperson Deepak Rajguru said.
Online classes for government school students in Tamil Nadu would commence soon and five private TV channels have agreed to telecast them for free, state School Education Minister K A Sengottaiyan said on Wednesday.
The United States has altered its immigration policy according to which foreign students studying in America will be forced to leave the US or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall. The new guidelines were issued on Monday by ICE.
Schools in Pune will not open anytime soon due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Zila Parishad CEO said. He also urged people to promote online education and donate any old used spare phone, laptop, tablet or computer that can be put to good use by poor kids who cannot afford such devices.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on July 2 said that online learning cannot replace learning at school and Kejriwal's government will implement a model of education in which 'reach out and connect' will be the focus.
Asserting that online education might create a 'digital divide', Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday emphasised on the relevance of 'one-to-one learning' and 'learning with human feel'.
Reversing its June 15 order, the Karnataka primary and secondary education department allowed schools across the state to resume online classes for students of all sections, an official said on Monday.
The Tripura government has come up with a special intitiative to engage students in the learning process through mobile phones, even as educational institutes across the country continue to remain closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a state minister said.
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