A massive paradigm shift has been felt in pedagogy and the orientation of educational institutions since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and the edtech space has been doing its part in training the new breed of 21st-century educators in India.
Industry leaders have maximized the benefits of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, data mining, data analytics, and the Internet of Things (IoT) to cater to institutions, agents, and students. In fact, edtech has also extended its benefits to educators to gear them up with new skills and methods away from rote learning to impart lessons to students.
Key Takeaways:
- With paradigm shifts happening in education, edtech trains a new breed of educators about innovations and technologies.
- Edtech benefits teachers with skills and methods away from traditional rote learning.
- India’s new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 highlights the country’s vision of a new education system.
The new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, approved by the Union Cabinet of India on July 29, 2020, highlights the vision of the country’s new education system and the new skills that an employable youth must possess: an evident manifestation of a drastic shift in pedagogy.
From the conventional classroom with teacher-student interactions, edtech now paves the way to having a trainer or an engineer, or even a home economist. In fact, a network of homemakers is now taking part in sharing what they have learned after graduating from technical education by teaching block coding and python programming.
According to Avinav Sharma, MSM Unify and Abcodo Head of Strategy and Operations, the edtech space has truly paved the way for new and innovative programs to meet the industry’s needs.
Educating a new breed of teachers and developing experts in the classrooms is the call of the industry, and edtech is currently responding to it. Moreover, edtech has also been aiming to make sure that the lessons are not directed toward memorization of concepts and rote learning, but to what’s beyond the concepts, definitions, and formulas.
In the coming years, it is anticipated that edtech will be incorporated into all teaching education courses and in-service teacher’s training programs. “With the way things are looking, education will be driven by technology for sure,” Sharma added.
Edtech will continue to make a difference, and it’s up to stakeholders to leverage it to scale and expand their business.
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