Can E-learning help the Crisis of Rote Learning in India?

Scoring high in the exam has turned out to be the end-all and be-all of the Indian education. The focus of this rote learning system is on mugging enough chapters to win the crazy race for marks. In such a system learning and imbibing knowledge takes a backseat and the sole purpose of education becomes acing the exams. This traditional system of learning has been going on since times immemorial. Some attribute this system to the British era when there was an attempt to curb critical thinking while some others take it further back to the Vedic age when students use to memorize the religious scriptures.

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This ultimately ends up affecting the students when they sit for important competitive exams like Gate. A ray of hope in this rote learning situation of India is the advent of e-learning. E-learning and its varied tools can change the education system in more ways than one. The following are some of the ways in which e-learning can help the education system of India.

Greater accessibility of resources

E-learning helps a student to look beyond the schools and universities and makes all the information ready to be accessed via computers and mobiles. There are skills like machine learning and artificial intelligence which were not accessible to the students earlier because of the lack of adequate infrastructure for such courses. The accessibility was more of a problem in rural areas and the tier two or three cities. Thanks to the arrival of e-learning, courses like that are no longer inaccessible to the students of the country. In fact, having understood the benefits of e-learning, the skill development bodies of the government like that of APSSDC have started providing online lectures which can be easily availed by the pupils anywhere and anytime.

The students no longer need to limit their desires to learn to the traditional subjects and degrees. For instance, anyone can love to study physics but does not necessarily want to do a b.sc in Physics. He can diversify and take up other courses in applied Physics according to his wishes. There are several universities from abroad that offer distance courses in India in many innovative subjects. All of these have been made possible due to the dawn of e-learning in the country.

Improvement of quality of education

With the evolution of technology, new developments are brought in the varied fields of study every day. The lack of online resources in the country for a long time led to the inability of introducing these changes in the syllabus. Now, thanks to online learning, students can avail quality education which is imparted by the professionals through the numerous websites. Besides, e-learning provides the way to deliver personalized content to the pupils. So, each student is allowed to learn at his own pace and in the way that he deems best.

Online learning not just makes you better prepared for the exams like Gate it also makes the process of learning fun for you. Learning has been gamified with challenges and quizzes that hold the interest of the students and make them look beyond the same old forms of education. Taking learning beyond the boundaries the boundaries of textbooks and curriculums have been made possible by e-learning. It is not like the students were never interested in going beyond the books but rather so far they had no other option than sticking to the rote learning procedures. The thirst for knowledge that the students have can be satiated completely through the varied tools of e-learning leading to an improved quality of learning.

Making education more affordable

One of the things to blame for the rote learning in India is definitely the cost of quality education. The parents are not able to provide the students with adequate resources that can help them improve their conditions of learning. Their means only allow the children to be supplied with age-old textbooks and traditional education methods.  This also has direct effects in how they fare in national exams like IAS or Gate preparation.

E-learning has also made education a lot affordable for the students. Online learning is a lot affordable compared to the cost of learning in typical brick-and-mortar institutions. Also, the methods of learning in such institutions are much different and it does not involve mugging up and blurting out in the exams. The questions and tests are more application based which is a great plus, given the highly economical rates offered by such online educational institutes.

The arrival of internet connection to even the farthest corners of the country makes sure that no one has to stick to the traditional rote learning procedures anymore. The good news in all of this is that e-learning has just made its forays into the world of education in the country. It still has a long way to go and with the passage of time, bigger advancements are bound to come which will change the face of education for the better.