Digitalizing education in India: Key issues
- Journal of The Indian Law Institute
- 61(4), Oct-Dec, 2019: p.407-419
The new trend in the field of education is digitalization of the education sector. India seeks to digitalise school and university education with projects like digital classrooms, digital boards etc. at the school level; and projects like SWAYAM and MOOCs at the university level. Digitalization education can go a long way in improving access to education. However, there is a need for taking a cautious approach to this digitalization i.e., it is imperative to analyse how these technologies are beneficial to learning; as well as how they are detrimental for the students. For example, it may lead to aggravation of exclusion in education for children belonging to the poor families who cannot afford digital devices like laptops, computers etc. In addition to this digitalisation and unbridled access to internet can lead to a whole host of new problems like that of cyber-bullying, cyber-stalking etc. Thus, digitalization of education has both pros and cons to it, and therefore this paper argues that it is important to carefully strategize the use of technology in the education sector. – Reproduced