By Prof. Rajat Agrawal,
Crisis offers birth to new possibilities. COVID-19 is one of the greatest crisis the human race saw in the current previous. It produced a enormous influence on each sphere of human life. It is probable to clarify the positive and adverse impacts of COVID-19. On one side use of digital tools, virtual meetings, strengthening healthcare infrastructure, investigation for vaccine became probable due to COVID influence and on yet another side, a lot of little-scale industries, little businessmen suffered enormous losses.
The education sector saw some basic adjustments through COVID-19. Online classes became norms for the final year. Many specialists made use of this time to reskill themselves. At the identical time, Universities and Institutes of national value began some revolutionary on the web degree courses. UGC recommendations of 2018 and new education policy helped universities with versatile on the web programmes. COVID 19 crisis forced computer system specialists to create superior good quality virtual labs. These labs can not replace physical labs but became pretty valuable in on the web teaching.
Professional courses like engineering and management became more relevant through COVID19. It gave a new increase to science and technologies. Fortunately, the government of India also made use of this time to market “AtmaNirbhar Bharat” which fuelled the demand for skilled manpower in the Indian market place. However, it is also accurate that talent sets are altering pretty rapid. COVID 19 has identified handful of vital trends. Hyperconnectivity, cloud computing, a smarter globe, cybersecurity, supercomputing will be some of the regions for which skilled manpower will be required. Most of the new age universities are designing B Tech. courses about Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and so on. It is vital to note that regular degrees are becoming replaced by some of the new degrees which are necessary by the business. Universities are quickly adopting the hybrid model of teaching for experienced courses. Students can get access to the greatest sources at the lowest expense in all subjects. Many get started-ups and established players identified a new chance in this region.
Various organizations involved in on the web education are collaborating with top institutions to supply on the web degree courses. COVID-19 permitted working specialists to get equipped with future expertise. It was not probable in a routine time exactly where organizations can not spare their staff for lengthy-term educational programmes. Though organizations did have the provision of brief-term Management Development Programmes. The altering situation is a major increase for Executive education for specialists.
In post COVID atmosphere, all experienced courses need to have to make a balance amongst expertise and theory. Courses need to have to on a regular basis upgrade expertise imparted by them. As more manufacturing and other regions are anticipated to develop in post COVID period, demand for specialists will also enhance. Our larger educational institutes involved in experienced education need to have to concentrate on the far better employability of graduates. Earlier surveys have been published questioning the employability of fresh experienced graduates from Indian HEIs.
Further, most of the institutes supplying experienced courses are redesigning their structures for enabling multi-entry and multi-exit choices. This will make courses more versatile and a student can pick amongst a certificate, diploma, and degree.
India demonstrated its capacity in COVID management which is acknowledged by the worldwide neighborhood. It is a leader in vaccination programme also. This message could aid in attracting foreign students to India for experienced education. Indian HEIs really should be proactive in making infrastructure and other needs for attracting international students. It is also probable that a far better healthcare infrastructure and its management could aid in minimizing the movement of Indian students to foreign universities.
COVID-19 has supplied a lot of possibilities to experienced education to balance expertise and theory, the flexibility of entry and exit, attracting international students, and going for on the web education. But the fundamentals of education will not alter i.e. good quality of education so that a experienced can contribute to the improvement of society.
(The author is professor at the Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee and Associate Dean, Innovation and Incubation, IIT Roorkee. Views expressed are private and do not reflect the official position or policy of the TheSpuzz Online.)