Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Virtual classrooms making India a knowledge economy

Though Indian education system drastically lags behind the developed countries, but it is taking on a whole new dimension. Virtual classrooms, introduced in India, though are not popular, but in the recent years will surely gain popularity.

PRESENT EDUCATION system in India is quite perturbing. As compared to 1.8 million schools in China, India has only 1.2 million and against 900 universities in China and 3600 in USA, India has only 362 universities. Further about 26 million people are added every year to the existing education system, making it a cumbersome task to provide quality education. Globalisation is demanding more knowledge outsourcing from India, but the already existing rift between supply and demand of quality educators is also widening. Then rises the concerning question of bringing equilibrium. …………. “Virtual classroom is the answer to the shortage of quality education providers, not just within India but also abroad. There is a huge demand of Indian teachers worldwide. Indian students travel miles, to developed nations, to their pursue higher education, but with new age technology and knowledge sharing platforms India is observing a reverse trend. [View Full Article]

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