Education

Teachers need to go for professional development as it not only helps them teach their students better but also makes them effective and efficient, in all aspects of their professional lives.

Online education has manifested the futility of having a plethora of Facilitation and Regional Centres in remote places when every activity can be integrated, networked and linked together easily by having a fewer Control/Command centres.

MHRD, under the able guidance of Minister Dr Pokhriyal, has been working hard on integration of technology in education through various initiatives such as Operation Digital Board, E-Pathshala, DIKSHA, VIDYADAAN, SWAYAM, SWAYAM PRABHA and #BharatPadheOnline.

This relative relaxation from work (work commute at the very least) has given all of us some time to think about our future and just to pause and look at where we are headed.

Indian traditional study has a greater dependence on assimilation of all the factors and hence education is holistic instead of giving preference on specialization.

The Educational Sector has been affected adversely by COVID-19 globally. We will overcome this crisis.

Mr. Uday Samant, Minister of State for higher and technical education put out a facebook post where he asked for the opinion of students. Almost all of the students commented in favour of cancellation of exams, but Mumbai University has still not made a decision.

The effectiveness of the online studying/learning from the students' point of view will be critical because it would require students to be highly self motivated.

Prima Facie E-Learning sound so advanced and fascinating and a very good alternative to conventional learning methods but is it really a good alternative?

On one hand our historians praised the Soviet accomplishments beyond belief; and on the other hand, they totally sidestepped all the horrid and dark facts of the Soviet history, just to ensure that a decent impression should be left in the minds of Indian readers about the communist theory and leadership.