Shifting Horizons in Education: The Impending Necessity of a Hybrid Education System Only
Since time immemorial, the intrinsic desire of humankind is to walk towards enlightenment, towards light, towards knowledge, and towards wisdom. Our ancestors, whether cave dwellers, shepherds, or martial artists, of any and every race around the globe, individually or collectively, curated the unsaid, the unknown, and the untouched. Thus, from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, to the current Silicon Age, and the soon-reckoning Carbon Age, exploration, identification, segregation, and formulation have always been and will always be the key in nurturing our past, present, and future nuances of education.
Furthermore, the innate nature and need for education lie in its availability and accessibility to every nook and corner, irrespective of economic status, caste, race, creed, religion, age, or residential status. Hence, from the age-old oral, creative, and conservative teaching-learning educational tradition to the modern world, systematic and global-world-view intensive educational boards, education has inevitably witnessed a paradigm shift.
Moreover, today, rapid technological advancement has made technology synonymous with convenience. This has directly resulted in a dramatic swerve in our approach to our day-to-day businesses and activities. Thus, every aspect of our operational and functional regular lives is data-driven, instantaneous, and action-oriented. Further, the intrinsic demand for on-the-go accessibility is only multiplying with each passing day. Therefore, to keep pace with today’s fast-paced environment, education and related sectors have swiftly altered their avatar to exceed competitors not only through a high-quality curriculum but also through state-of-the-art education delivery and management systems.
Additionally, it is needless to say that digital-literacy and virtual learning are the new normal of today’s education system. The aftereffects of COVID-19, the unregulated rise in smog, and unnatural climatic conditions have led to a surge in hybrid education models across the coaching and schooling ecosystem. In addition, as a fundamental human right under Article 21A of the Constitution of India, the government is on a relentless drive to expand its educational network.
Hence, with the growth of automation, consumerisation, capitalisation, connectivity, and instantaneity, we have, consciously and subconsciously, created both a boon and a curse in catering to our “impatient self”. Thus, following the footsteps of our ancestors, our present is unanimously governed by the endless effort and research to inculcate conveyance, processes, patterns, and planning.
Therefore, in the rat race to excel, every schooling and coaching business and institute is challenging conventional norms. Simultaneously, they are also leaving no stone unturned to adapt to the changing times, evolving technology, and transforming teaching and learning methodologies, pedagogies, and tools. The developing are determined to develop, and the underdeveloped are seeking developing status to be ahead of their time, their competitors, and to be the flagbearers of new horizons.
There are no qualms about stating that only a hybrid education system would penetrate and reign over the whole of the education, coaching and schooling sectors. The dominance of EdTech integration will soon extend across every aspect of education and upgradation, from innovation and delivery to training and assessment.
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