There is a rat race of online education started during corona pandemic. Every school wants to show their presence by starting online classes for their students. All the teachers are asked to take online classes by immediate effects.
But the big question is Are our students and teachers ready for this? Are they equipped enough to conduct the classes? Do they have enough online resources? Are our students ready for this change? Answers to these questions are mostly negative. Change has to be always welcomed but this sudden change can hit hard on the our ideas and methods of learning. None neither students nor teachers were prepared for this. Many of the students think phones are for playing games and hardly can be used to search the meanings of the difficult words or just a taking pictures to complete the homework.
The situation has really make us to take the pause and ponder over the condition of education in Maharashtra. We need to adapt to the situation and take it as a challenge which will change the course of action of learning. It was child centered and will be the same in future but surroundings are changed, the technology has widened the horizons and bigger spectrum is available for both. There are n number of ways to teach and learn with or without teacher. Nature being our biggest Guru is teaching us many lesson of patience, love and caring during the pandemic at the same time tirelessly people are tortured to travel and cover long distances by walking , killing many. Some body has said the strange things happening around like atmosphere is clean and has pure air but we have to wear the masks, roads are empty but we can't go out such situations disturbs both teachers and students.
We are waiting somewhere the situation will be under control and everything will be normal. Students again and again ask Mam you will be repeating this again in the class n? I just smile and start thinking then what am I doing now? If it has to be repeated then shouldn't we start now or lets take it to the level where students will not ask such questions. They will be fully satisfied and will be ready to take the other part when we will finally teach in a regular way. Again there are so many series of webinars enriching telling us to conduct online classes this way and that way. Be creative, prepare your own material for classes podcasts, power-point presentations and many things.
Will these things help to my students sure it will but what about the teacher student bond of caring love and understanding. So many students are motivated and start studying because of their teachers. I think that will be missed totally. There is threat it will be mechanical only creating robot like students may be sharper and knowledgeable but starved of social bonding. Will everybody be able to connect is again a question mark. Diverse conditions of students wont bring them all together on the same platform which will hamper the main purpose of this prapanch.
Sangita Bagade, 20th May 2020
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