Education & Training

Digital proliferation in Indian Education System

Opportunity India Desk
Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min read
Digital proliferation in Indian Education System image
Today, there are innumerable online educational portals that cater to students of all levels, from school to working professionals.

Education is the driving force of any society and calls for continuous evolution to be relevant to our learning needs. The Indian education system is transforming to meet the larger demands of our growing nation. The Government’s initiative to digitalise the education system reflects a highly positive approach of embracing digital technology to revolutionise how we receive education. The digital platform, like a genie, can reach learning resources, instructional material or the teacher in action into the living room of the learner. Today, there are innumerable online educational portals that cater to students of all levels, from school to working professionals. Let’s delve deeper into the facts of the digital proliferation in the Indian education system.

What is digital learning?
The main purpose of education is to facilitate learning. Digital technology paves our path to access a conducive learning atmosphere with easy availability of resources, collaborative opportunities with peers and instructor moderated activities. This platform can disseminate knowledge and understanding of any skill or domain to learners across geography, demography and age group. There are a number of players enriching the Indian e-learning market with their innovative and cost effective digital learning solutions including Tata Interactive Systems, Educomp Solutions, NIIT etc.Today, just as corporate sectors are introducing digital learning to enhance the skillset of their workforce, schools are using it to cater to the diverse learning needs and styles of young students.

What are the various digital learning tools available to us?
The digital medium makes learning comprehensive by tapping into various ways of how we learn namely visual, auditory and kinaesthetic. Technology provides us explicit visual representation, sound to emphasise meaning and allows for interactive activities to consolidate learning in a fun way. Here are some alternatives of the digital learning platforms:

How is the Indian education system impacted by digital learning?
Education via the digital platform is making its foray into our education system as schools, colleges and organisations are embracing the new way of learning to make the lessons engaging and facilitate better retention. Digital learning is now acknowledged by the Government as a valid and effective learning platform as:

Digital learning is an answer to India’s growing need to dispense education at all levels across regions and local barriers. Be it engaging pre-schoolers or making young adults active learners, scaffolding adult learning or enhancing professional skills, the digital mediumholds promise for a rich and diversified educational system.

This article is written by Vibha Kagzi, Founder and Chief Education Officer, ReachIvy.com

Subscribe Newsletter
Submit your email address to receive the latest updates on news & host of opportunities
Franchise india Insights
The Franchising World Magazine

For hassle-free instant subscription, just give your number and email id and our customer care agent will get in touch with you

or Click here to Subscribe Online

Newsletter Signup

Share your email address to get latest update from the industry