Digital Percept

The digital lingo and related ecosystem didn’t existed in many Indian schools & households till April 2020. In recent years few schools took small steps towards Digital Transformation by collecting online admission forms, online payments, using online modules like Google Classrooms to send homework, requesting PPTs from students on occasions to name a few. The primary schooling function in India is offline as the country lacks infrastructure to support the digital transformation process across Schools, Teachers, Parents and Students. The infrastructure deficiency includes technology savvy teachers, robust internet connectivity, and availability of devices with teachers and students, professional apps and sites as an example. Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay From April 2020, as concept of online learning being prominent and unavoidable, all schools across the country have been scheduling classes on a daily basis. All started with swift actions like providing feedback forms to p

The primary schooling function in India is offline as the country lacks infrastructure to support the digital transformation process across Schools, Teachers, Parents and Students. The infrastructure deficiency includes technology savvy teachers, robust internet connectivity, and availability of devices with teachers and students, professional apps and sites as an example. After a nationwide lockdown declared by Government of India in March 2020, more than 15 lakh institutions were closed and about 25 crore of school students were not able to go to their schools. From April 2020, as concept of online learning being necessary and unavoidable, all schools across the country have been scheduling classes on a daily basis. All started with swift actions like providing feedback forms to parents to conducting weekly reviews, the situation has paved way for Digital Transformation in Indian education system. Image by Jagrit Parajuli from Pixabay Story of Teachers, one of the COVID19 wo

After COVID19 outbreak several countries across globe declared long term total lockdowns including closure of industries, businesses, educational institutions and domestic and international travel. In India, Government of India declared a nationwide lockdown from March 2020, which resulted in closure of more than 15 lakh educational institutions and about 25 crore of school students were not able to go to their schools. The fun filled life as we know just changed in few days. Due to closure of Schools overnight, students were freed from schools but remained confined to their homes, and parents who were too forced to work from home had to struggle with keeping children productive at home. During trauma of lockdown, while maintaining high level hygiene, using hand and surface sanitizers and tracking the spread of the virus via loud increasing counters on news channels, no one realized the sudden stress on that often neglected group, our Teachers. Looking at long repeated lockdowns,

The digital lingo and related ecosystem didn’t existed in many Indian schools & households till April 2020. In recent years few schools took small steps towards Digital Transformation by collecting online admission forms, online payments, using online modules like Google Classrooms to send homework, requesting PPTs from students on occasions to name a few. The primary schooling function in India is offline as the country lacks infrastructure to support the digital transformation process across Schools, Teachers, Parents and Students. The infrastructure deficiency includes technology savvy teachers, robust internet connectivity, and availability of devices with teachers and students, professional apps and sites as an example. Image by  Atalbihari   | In photo Kavita Baddar From April 2020, as concept of online learning being prominent and unavoidable, all schools across the country have been scheduling classes on a daily basis. All started with swift actions like providing feedb

Prior to COVID19, many educational institutes had initiated the online mode of teaching, in form of guest sessions, collaborative activities across schools, but to a limited extent. Massively Open Online Courses (MOOC) user base has seen a gradual growth so far and their credibility is becoming equivalent to a course from regular university. A lot of MOOC platforms where launched in the past decade but very few of them are able to make a mark and being considered as reputed ones.  Image by Mudassar Iqbal from Pixabay MOOC platforms gained steep popularity during the COVID19 outbreak as many working professionals took the lockdowns as an opportunity to gain certifications related to variety of subjects related to their domain or related ones at a minimal cost. The Indian Government has already started initiatives like SWAYAM, a MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) platform, which hosts educational multimedia content of all courses taught in classrooms from Grade 9 to post-gradua

  After COVID19 outbreak several countries across globe declared long term total lockdowns with measures like closure of industries, businesses, educational institutions and domestic as well as international travel. Schools and colleges around the globe switched to e-schooling related online platforms and apps as they wanted students to continue with course curriculum and save academic year. Switching to online learning platforms has been challenging for students, teachers and parents as well. For teachers and students the challenge is in adapting new apps while parents have challenge in terms of keeping children busy across the day while limiting their screen time, making devices and internet available to attend online classes etc. The mantra of new normal during COVID19 is analyse the problem, find solution, adapt it and move on. Everybody is doing it, including education segment.  There are various online applications and platforms available for Teachers and Students that make