March 22! Remember that ugly day some six years ago? Yes, on March 22, 2020 was announced the first lockdown in Maharashtra as the corrosive Corona was at the doorstep!
As a result, going outdoors was totally banned. Effortlessly, education entered the e-space. Students had a field day. Knowingly, they would keep the video off. Why, there were teachers who boasted that they taught while lolling on the bed! Educational standards went down the drain so much so that the notorious Corona class/batch was much mocked. Their marks were considered dicey.
Six years down the lane, we are yet again at the crossroads. The Mi( i/u?That is the question!))ddle Eastern War is choosing to make life tougher as oil prices soar like the crazy U.S. Sanctions. The rupee, like most currencies, seems to love the slide down with the glee of a child. No question hence of "going out" for fun or studies.
No worries, though! Like the Corona, the current crisis, too, seems to open up a brand new era in Indian education. At the doorstep, literally at the doorstep, are the foreign universities!
World class UG/PG degrees in contemporarily relevant areas, with the centuries old legacies and international standards, await learners, especially those who cannot cough up some sixty lakhs for a two year long PG abroad! As for a UG degree abroad, the sum is absolutely astronomical.
In metros like Mumbai, the Delhi NCR and Bengaluru, top most universities from Australia, America and England are initiating campuses. With world class connections that would have best mentors and alumni associations, the USP of such international degrees here at home is unusual specialisations with obvious better employability.
Typically expected UG/PG degrees in AI or computers from Illinois Tech from the U.S. or MBA with specialization in Finance, et al, from Universities such as York, Bristol, Liverpool, Aberdeen, the six universities offer at the UG/PG level unusual courses such as M.Sc. in Human Centered Interactive Technologies, for instance.
As for Indian education itself, despite the NEP, there is much left to be desired. In so-called famous colleges, lectures do not take place; students hardly attend them; most syllabi, if completed at all, are behind times with nothing much to write home about skilling, re-skilling, upskilling.
Sure, ideologically and/or ideally, such scenarios are sad, especially when internationally accredited education would be available at comparatively affordable prices here at home!
As it is, when/where is education in India cheap? The LKG onwards, private institutions charge astronomical amounts. In addition, there are the costly tuitions! As for degrees, an MBBS in a private college costs a crore, while the BDS is painful at some thirty to forty lakhs, not to forget the post-degree setting up of a clinic!
In such a scenario, why would not students/their parents go for such genuine centres of excellence, now accessible in India and at reasonable fees! At the doorstep is yet another tsunami in the educational field in India!
Pratima@ Hope thus would not emerge educational apartheid's of very many varieties!
Quote of the day: "The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go," says Dr. Seuss.
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