{"id":237587,"date":"2023-04-12T19:53:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T14:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=237587"},"modified":"2023-04-12T19:53:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T14:23:35","slug":"technology-can-democratise-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/technology-can-democratise-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology can democratise education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source-<\/strong> The post is based on the article <strong>\u201cTechnology can democratise education\u201d<\/strong> published in <strong>\u201cThe Indian Express\u201d<\/strong> on <strong>12th April 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- Issues related to development and management of education<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>&#8211; Issues related to importance of technology for education<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; The article explains the importance of education to achieve the vision of Amrit Kaal.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is the potential of the Indian economy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>India is the world\u2019s<strong> third-largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A significant contributing factor to prosperity is <strong>India&#8217;s young population. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>43% of Indians <\/strong>are aged 25 in 2023. The majority of the population expected to remain of working age until at least 2100.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Confederation of Indian Industry, if the country\u2019s <strong>working-age populatio<\/strong>n is productively employed, its GDP can grow from <strong>$3 trillion to $9 trillion by 2030 and $40 trillion by 2047.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How can India be a global leader in the near future by investing in education?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The key to unlock India&#8217;s potential lies in <strong>education technology or EdTech.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Education will play a pivotal role in ushering the nation into the Knowledge Age. In Amrit Kaal, every child, regardless of socio-economic background, will have access to quality education. The next 25 years will be defined by how well we can educate our people.<\/p>\n<p>There is a need to<strong> democratise technology<\/strong> and unleash its full potential. It will propel the nation towards its <strong>Amrit Kaal goal<\/strong>s.<\/p>\n<p>The key to unlock India&#8217;s potential lies in <strong>education technology or EdTech. <\/strong>Digital technology is the foundation of the modern ecosystem. The <strong>Digital India initiative and National Education Policy<\/strong> is a massive leap in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Intelligence-embedded virtual classrooms, multi-disciplinary institutions, simulated field visits, <\/strong>and schools that<strong> digitally disseminate knowledg<\/strong>e to students will decide the success. Investments in tech-driven education will convert students into <strong>competent, compassionate, and transformative future leaders.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the challenges before India&#8217;s education system?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>UNESCO data<\/strong> shows that <strong>one out of four children aged five<\/strong> has never had any form of <strong>pre-primary education<\/strong>. This represents 35 million out of 137 million five-year-old children worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The pandemic further exacerbated challenges to education. It has <strong>widened the learning gaps <\/strong>and led to <strong>generational learning loss. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Data shows that children with disabilities, from migrant families, those living in remote areas, from marginalised communities, and girls in particular are impacted the most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source- The post is based on the article \u201cTechnology can democratise education\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d on 12th April 2023. Syllabus: GS2- Issues related to development and management of education Relevance&#8211; Issues related to importance of technology for education News&#8211; The article explains the importance of education to achieve the vision of Amrit Kaal.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/technology-can-democratise-education\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Technology can democratise education<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-237587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}