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If you think about it, even though there is a huge generational gap between our parents and us, education was imparted in the same way to both generations. And, even as society evolves and mobilizes, resulting in new ideologies and technological advancements, how come have our teaching methods remained stagnant? Almost everywhere, work ethic, mannerisms, and methods evolved over time, and they also adopted technology; therefore, why is it that the teaching profession is still using traditional methods to impart education that will set the course for future development?
The COVID-19 crisis forced schools to close abruptly, causing 1.2 billion children globally to miss school. It became necessary for these educational institutions to engage in digitalisation in order to continue providing education to these children. To be honest, the education sector was not ready to incorporate technology into their teaching methods. In reality, it was not the children who struggled to adopt technology because they are constantly surrounded by it and have become quite “tech savvy.” It were the teachers who struggled to make the transition from chalk and board to imparting knowledge while looking into a camera.
But why are educators afraid to embrace technology? Consider this: when parents don’t understand and are struggling with social media platforms, they turn to their children, who are basically “digital natives.” Then imagine how difficult it is for teachers, especially senior teachers, to embrace technology and adopt a new method of teaching when they are already masters of their own methods. They believe that technology will never be able to match the quality of instruction and “human touch” that traditional teaching methods provide.
However, digitalisation in education has expanded the horizons of both learning and teaching. It has improved the lives of both students and teachers. It allows a student to learn while also developing his creativity and curiosity. For educators, digitalisation unlocks a number of benefits, such as tracking the child’s progress through Learning Management Systems, allowing them to provide the necessary personal attention. Recorded lectures help children retain and understand concepts better than memorizing. One distinct and significant benefit of digitalisation is that it has drastically reduced the carbon footprint, which is critical in today’s world, particularly in light of climate change.
To summarize, academia has accepted digitalisation as the new normal. It is critical for school and district administrators to emphasise teacher digital literacy in order to avoid policies that simply mandate the placement of technology in the hands of students without regard for how that technology will be used. Teachers who are digitally literate see technology for all of its creative potential, rather than something they are required to do step by step. Teachers do not need to become experts in digital literacy, but they do need to understand the digital tools that can help them unlock their deeper teaching potential.
किसी भी स्कूल के बाहर से निकलो तो दो दूनी चार और दो तीये छह का समूह गीत सुनाई देना बहुत ही साधारण सी बात है। विद्यालयोंमें गिणत, विज्ञान, इितहास, भूगोल सब रटा कर, घोट के पिला दिया जाता है तािक विद्यार्थी परीक्षा में अच्छे नम्बरों से पास हो सके और स्कूल अपना शत प्रितशत सफलता का पिरणाम दिखा सके।
शिक्षकों की मार, माँ बाप का डर, फेल ना हो जाये इस बात की आशंका विद्यार्थी को दो दूनी चार रटने के लिए मज़बूर तो कर देती है लेिकन इस गणना का उसके व्यिक्तगत जीवन में क्या महत्व है ये सवाल ना तो उसे सूझता है और अगर सूझे भी तो पूछने की हिम्मत नहीं होती।
बच्चों के दिमाग का 90% विकास पांच से छः साल की उम्र तक हो जाता है। जीवन के इस संवेदनशील दौर में बच्चों के नैसिगर्क गुणों को समझ कर उनको विकसित करने की बजाय अिधकांश घरों में रट्टा मार पद्धित के तहत एक पूवर् निर्धारित सांचे में ढालदिया जाता है।
शिक्षा के प्रित हमारी समझ शुरू से ही दिशाहीन रही है, स्वतंत्रता प्रािप्त के समय भारत की साक्षरता दर मात्र 12% थी इसिलए आज़ादी के बाद पहला लक्ष्य 100 % साक्षरता का बनाया गया। साक्षरता के नाम पर हम आज भी जिस लक्ष्य का पीछा कर रहे है उनका उद्देश्य सिर्फ इतना है कि व्यिक्त अपना नाम लिखना सीख जाये। लेिकन सोचने वाली बात ये है कि आज अगर देश की शत प्रितशत जनता को अपना नाम लिखना आ जाये तो क्या हमारी जीडीपी में सुधार आ जायेगा ? ये रट्टा मारशिक्षा पद्धित का ही पिरणाम है कि हम ऐसे लक्ष्यों को पाने के पीछे भाग रहे है जिनका कोई आधार ही नहीं है ।
आज टेक्नोलॉजी के दौर में हमें विश्व के साथ कदम से कदम मिला कर चलने के लिए केवल साक्षरता की नहीं बिल्क अथर् पूणर् शिक्षा की आवश्यकता है।
अथर् पूणर् शिक्षा के प्रचार प्रसार के लिए हमें सबसे पहले शिक्षा के सही मायने समझने की ज़रूरत है। रट्टा मार शिक्षा पद्धित में विद्यार्थीयों को जीवन के लिए नहीं बिल्क मात्र परीक्षा के लिय तैयार किया जाता है। जहाँ विद्यार्थी बिना सोचे समझे किताबी ज्ञान को रटते है, परीक्षा में हूबहू लिख देते है और परीक्षा के बाद भूल जाते है और विद्यार्थी जीवन रटना- पेपर में लिखना – भूल जाना के चक्र में घूमता रहता है। 15-17 साल बाद जब ये चक्र समाप्त होता है तब उसके पास डिग्रियां तो होती है लेिकन कौशल के अभाव में रोजगार के लिए मारे मारे फिरना पड़ता है। इंडियास्किल रिपोर्टर 2022 के अनुसार देश के 48.7% युवा रोज़गार योग्य है यानी प्रित 2 में से एक युवा कौशल के अभाव के कारण रोज़गार योग्य नहीं है I इंडिया स्किल रिपोर्टर के सवेर्क्षण में शािमल सभी कंपिनयों में से लगभग 75% ने कौशल कमी की समस्या को ज़ािहर किया|
आज हमारे देश को ऐसी शिक्षा पद्धित की दरकार है जो विद्यार्थी यों के व्यिक्तत्व का विकास करें, कौशल का विकास करे और उन्हें सक्षम बनाये I और ऐसी शिक्षा के लिए कुछ मूलभूत पिरवतर्नों की आवश्यकता है :-
और ये सब पिरवतर्न डिजिटल एजुकेशन के माध्यम से ही सम्भव है I हालाँकि राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर प्रधानमंत्री ईविद्या स्कीम चलाई जा रही है लेिकन वषर् 22-23 केलिए इसका बजट पिछले वित्तीय वषर् से घटा दिया गया. डिजिटल एजुकेशन सिस्टम की आवश्यकता केवल महामारी के दौर की नहीं बिल्क आज के वक्त की सबसे बड़ी ज़रूरत है I लेिकन डिजिटल एजुकेशन सिस्टम को प्रभावी तरीक़े से क्रियान्वित करने के लिए सुिनयोिजत तरीक़े से कायर् करने की आवश्यकता है I विद्यार्थी यों को मुफ़्त फ़ोन और टैबलेट वितरण करने भर से डिजिटल एजुकेशन सिस्टम लागू नहीं होगा इसके लिए शिक्षा क्षेत्र से जुड़े हर वगर् स्कूल, शिक्षक, विद्यार्थी, अिभभावक सभी को एक लिनर्ं ग प्लेटफ़ोमर् पर लाना होगा, शिक्षकों और विद्यार्थी यों को डिजिटल एजुकेशन सिस्टम का प्रिशक्षण देना होगा और साथ ही शिक्षा सामग्री क्षेत्रीय भाषा में डिजिटल माध्यम से उपलब्ध करवानी होगी I डिजिटल एजुकेशन सिस्टम के हर पहलू को पूरी योजना के साथ लागू करना होगा I
गाँव हो या शहर हो, बंगला हो या झुग्गी हो हर जगह पैदा होने वाला बच्चा असीिमत संभावनाओं का भंडार है हर घर से कलाम, धीरूभाई अम्बानी, नारायण मूितर् निकल सकते हैं बशतेर् उन सभी को उच्च कोिट की समान स्तर की शिक्षा और संसाधन उपलब्ध हो I
Academic achievements are given utmost importance in India. This is demonstrated in the fact that India has the world’s second-highest number of universities and maximum student enrollments in education. The emphasis on education in India is also reflected in the leadership of large multinational corporations led by personalities like Mr. Narayan Krishnamurthy, Mr. Ratan Tata, and Mr. Azim Premji.
Moreover, in India, the education system has evolved in two distinct directions, particularly when it comes to rural education. India is dealing with a rural education dropout problem. This is a serious worry because it denies many children the fundamental right to education. The dropout issue is specifically worrisome because it jeopardises one’s economic and social well-being while lowering the country’s literacy rate.
Education is heavily reliant on government-run or aided schools and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for the vast majority of the rural population. According to government statistics and independent surveys, 87% of schools in India are in villages. As reported in the Annual State of Education Report (ASER), only 16% of children in Class 1 in India’s 26 surveyed rural districts can read at the prescribed level, and nearly 40% cannot even recognise letters. As a result, the graduation rate has decreased. According to ruraledu.org’s report, nearly 6 in 10 students in the 800 rural districts in the 15 target states can be expected to graduate.
There are several contributing factors for this challenge, and it is important to find solutions. Lack of access to education is one of the chief reasons for the high dropout rate in rural areas. This is especially relevant for girls, who are frequently forced to stay at home. Another reason is that rural schools lack proper infrastructure and facilities. Schools are frequently under-resourced, making it difficult for students to learn, and 23% of adolescent girls drop out due to a lack of toilet facilities. Veer V, former director of Defence Research Laboratory (DRDO), Tezpur, shared numerous shocking statistics about the country’s lack of toilet facilities.
Furthermore, teachers in these schools are frequently out of touch with the most recent curriculum and technology, and they lack the necessary skills to effectively teach students. According to researchgate, the average pupil-teacher ratio in public elementary schools in rural areas was lower (15.4%) than in towns (15.9%), cities (16.6%), and suburbs (16.7&). The same was true for public secondary schools; in rural schools (15.3), the pupil-teacher ratio was lower than in towns (16.2), suburbs (17.5%), and cities (18.5%). (18.1%).
While most urban schools are overstaffed, rural schools are severely understaffed. This therefore proves unhealthy and detrimental to the academic progress of rural students.
The Mid-Day-Meal programme is the only motivator that encourages rural students to attend school. Rural children are eager to attend school because the mid-day meal programme is organised according to the menu, so that children have something new to eat every day, and rural people sometimes benefit from this scheme.
Many of them see no point in pursuing an education because there are no good jobs available in their area. As a result, they prefer to work rather than attend school. Despite being the world’s most populous country, India has a severe shortage of jobs. As a result, the uneducated population is more likely to be unemployed and poor.
To realise the dream of a new and educated India, there must be a greater emphasis on upgrading the education system through digital learning.
It is recommended that a new curriculum that can keep up with the technological era be introduced during the globalisation phase. However, it is no secret that digital learning has numerous benefits, and we all have the ability to create limitless futures for ourselves, our families, and future generations.
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