Padhega To Badhega: “Will Online Learning Replace the Traditional Universities in India in a Few Years?”

In higher education change is inevitable and online courses are growing at fast rate. Online teaching offers continuous education session 24/7 throughout the year. It provides new opportunities for teaching, students are engaged and student’s learning process enhances. In this era nobody wants to stay behind. Each and every person are struggling to be at the top. In a time when all totters are busy and snug with latest technology whether it’s the I-pad, laptop or mobile as with a pen or crayons or paints.

Here the question is whether online learning will replace the traditional universities in India or not! According to the survey India’s online Education market size is expected to grow to $ 40 billion by 2017.

In traditional university many problems are found and with passage of time the fees are increasing, tough entrance test competition and idea to go to cities and get education has built a great pressure but saying that online teaching will replace the traditional universities in India within few year or in upcoming time is just not possible.

As we know well that everything has its own advantages and disadvantages so like that even online teaching and traditional universities have too. we know well that time and tested method, socialize in a better manner, over all development comes from meeting people face to face and experiencing practical situations. We get chance to meet new people with new culture and ideas and get to know each other. All round development comes from going to colleges and universities. If we have doubt in particular subject or at particular points we can clear it with our teacher face to face. After getting the degree no company or institute offers us high profile job on the spot, they demand experience and experience comes from doing practical things and not just sitting in front of the computer and getting it.

Yes, no doubt now traditional universities are providing at least one courses online but that doesn’t mean that these online courses will replace the universities. Online learning can change the classroom learning method. Now people need not sacrifice their dreams, they can in fact enroll themselves into online courses as per their convenience. 90% employers consider online degrees as good as traditional learning. Students who are shy, those who have not understood the lesson can check it again online anytime anywhere and can access digital written materials and recorded lectures as per their convenience.

With speeding time students are demanding online classes facilities for better quality higher education degrees but it doesn’t mean it will replace the traditional universities in fact it will help them to work more fast and with progressing result. In fact, we can say that the blend of online teaching and traditional universities will become a boon for the society and students will be free from the mediocre teachers and it will be a supplement for teaching aids.