Question Q13GS2GS2

Reforming the education infrastructure through digital interventions is a progressive step, but it has its limitations too. Comment.

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With coming of COVID pandemic's adoption of digital technology got major push due to forced distancing and lockdown. Through digital interventions in education is progressive step it has its own limitation. Digital education - Progressive step: (1) To overcome institutional challenges: - Better Pupil : teacher ratio - Making education accessible even to seniorcat village (2) during pandemic students from manipur actively enrolled in digital learning (2) Address infrastructural needs and cost effective: - Investment on education is comparatively cost effective - as only investment is electronic device and internet - For customised learning experience on RTI needs of children de those with special needs.

3UIT Pedagogy - digital intervention used to prepare teaching material through videos, puzzles. For teacher training onsite (e-Saksham Portal) necessary for quality maintenance. (4) eHELT on children: - Reduces gross enrollment ratio - digital education may improve outcome and engaged children actively in learning process - Improves girl education - at it can avoid course online, often girls dropout at school level due to safety consideration. Digital education - limitation: (1) Reinforces social divide: - Only 29% of women uses internet regularly. This exclude those who are already marginalised (digital divide) - Poverty and affordability - electronic devices especially to poor section may increase dropout rate - as poor people send children to school because of midday meal. In addition economic burden will lead to increased child labour. (2) High cost of data and low speed and high latency affect digital education. (3) On part of teacher: - Most teachers are without proper training to digitally educate students.

5On part of parents: - Only 47% of Indian population are literate. Digital education may burden parents due to lack of digital literacy and also difficult to oversee child activity. Thus focus should be on Hybrid learning as expressed in National Education Policy 2020 for better outcome and to reform education infrastructure.

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Conclusion

Thus focus should be on Hybrid learning as expressed in National Education Policy 2020 for better outcome and to reform education infrastructure.

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Topper

MUTHUARASI M

AIR 2252025

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GS2GS2

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Social Sector Services - Health, Education, Human Resources

Education

Digital Education and Technology in Learning

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