Vaccinating the Education System

Every year in the last couple of decades, we have come across situations that cause schools to shut, in whichever city we live in across the world. Usually its inclement weather that’s the reason — but there could be others too. Reasons for shutting down schools for a few days are just numerous. In Pune/Mumbai — monsoons play havoc for a few weeks almost every year. Having lived in places such as Boston and Minneapolis, I have seen cities come down to their knees due to blizzards/ snowstorms. When classes get disrupted for a few days, it automatically applies pressure on the teachers and students as they begin to play catch up with the established learning plans for the year.

While inclement weather is a big reason for throwing learning plans off balance; there are others that stand out as well. Inadequate high-quality teachers in a school; or for that matter good teachers departing in the middle of a school year are becoming more familiar than we’d like to see.

A student falling sick is forced to miss classes — and has to play catch up for several days/weeks depending on the number of missed days.

There’s got to be better ways to minimize such risks given technological advances are enabling us to leapfrog barriers every year. The current COVID-19 pandemic has taught us a thing or two on how to make learning impactful and effective by leveraging online mechanisms.

Here are my thoughts on how we can “vaccinate” our Education Systems to ensure we minimize disruptions in learning plans that we come across every year.:

Let’s keep the thoughts flowing. Afterall — thoughts are but a prelude to action.

By:

Balaji Venkataraman, CEO of EscaVel EdTech LLP

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