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essay on digital education in rural india .​

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Digital Education has been envisaged as a panacea to tackle all the existing issues that come in the way of imparting education in Rural India. ... Majority of the rural population still does not have the required internet bandwidth or even the knowledge to understand digital terminologies and devices

Answer 2

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India is home to the largest population of children in the world, with an estimated 43 crore/ 430 million children in the age group of 0-18 years in the country. These children are the future of our nation and therefore, it is imperative that they are provided with necessary means to realise their potential. A modernised education system can channelise efforts in this direction. In order to achieve this, it is imperative that we address prevailing teaching-related concerns such as outmoded teaching methods, shortage of qualified teachers, highly disproportionate student-teacher ratio, and inadequate teaching materials that affect the quality of education.

While the ratio of rural-urban enrollment in schools is a massive 7:5, nearly 60 percent of students in rural areas, up to the age of ten, lack basic reading skills. Similarly, despite the improvement in Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) from 32 in 2009-10 to 24 in 2015-16, single teacher schools continue to be a major concern in rural parts of the country. Recent numbers point out that there are 97,273 single teacher schools in India, which account for about 8.8 percent of the total schools in the country. These obstacles don’t just lead to poor quality of education, but also contribute to high dropout rates in rural schools—nearly 50 percent by the age of fourteen.

The use of technology can help in mitigating aforementioned concerns. Education can be digitised in rural areas by providing multimedia teaching tools to teachers and engaging students through learning methods that utilise digital tools, such as smart-boards, LCD screens, videos, etc., to teach them different concepts. By making it possible for one teacher to deliver information remotely across several locations, interactive digital media will also help address the shortage of teachers in these schools. As of 2016, 9,07,585 posts for teachers are lying vacant in elementary schools and 1,06,906 posts in secondary schools.

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