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1. Virtual Education In India
‘A New Dimension of Service’
Prepared By
Lodhia Mihir J. & Purohit Gaurang V.
Subject : ‘Services and Relationship
Marketing’
Class : MBA Sem – 4
Guided by : Dr. Jagrut Vasavada
Institute : NRVIBMS, Junagadh, Gujarat,
India

2.  Indian Education is predominantly class room
oriented.
 Overcrowding of class rooms, high teacher student
ratio, lesser morality among teachers are some
major issues in the present Indian formal education
system.
 But emergence of virtual education appears to be a
good sign for the knowledge seekers and those
who afford to have higher knowledge using the
modern technology.
 This is a boon, especially for those who can't afford
traditional education that is increasingly becoming

3.  Students from remote institutes, who can't study at
IITs, are now able to get almost the same kind of
education,
 The students study in a classroom, but the teacher,
instead of being physically present, is connected to
the classroom via the internet.
 So, a teacher, who could otherwise teach only to a
limited number of students at a time, can now
reach out to thousands of students simultaneously.
 There are several advantages of virtual education;
Removal of geographical barriers
Access to best content
Recorded sessions
cost effectiveness

4.  There are some arguments against the concept as
the human element is missing here.
 Moreover, while technology provides valuable new
tools for instruction and content, it cannot replace
effective teaching, that is, interaction between
teacher and student and among students.
 There are Crores of people living in India without
any basic amenities like food, clothing and shelter;
thus the concept is not fully viable there.
 Majority initiatives of virtual learning made by
private educational institutes which is used
amongst the most of students community. But
MHRD and State Government cant able to provide
virtual learning by effective sessions and
experienced and dedicative faculties. Their
sessions are boring and recorded.

5. There are some private institutes which are providing e-learning and v-
learning. Some of them are as follows…

9.  Virtual education is growing at a fast pace with more
and more education providers, universities and even
individuals offering online courses on EdX's open
source platform popularly called 'Massive Open
Online Courses (MOOC)'.
 Over 50 institutions from around the world have
joined MOOC, which offers 200 courses in various
languages. IIT-B offers three courses lapped up by
over a lakh students.
 Each course is divided into many lectures and has a
start and end date. Though they are taught free,
students who need certificates have to pay a small
fee.

11.  SANDHAN (All Gujarat Integrated Classroom) is an initiative by
OCHE (Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education) and KCG
(Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat), Department of Education-
Government of Gujarat.
 SANDHAN is creating a platform which provides an excellent
opportunity for the use of the Audio-Visual medium for the telecast
of lectures in a very innovative and interesting manner.
 Intends to benefit more than 1130 colleges across the state
imparting education in the stream of Arts, Science and Commerce,
Home Science, Education and Law. It benefits approximately 5,
00,000 students across the state.

12.  SWAYAM is a programme initiated by Government of India.
Through this channel from 9th class till post-graduation to be
accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time.
 All the courses are interactive, prepared by the best teachers
in the country and are available, free of cost to the residents
in India, through digital setup box for TV channels.
 More than 1,000 specially chosen faculty and teachers from
across the Country have participated in preparing these
courses.
 SWAYAM platform is indigenously developed by Ministry of
Human Resource Development (MHRD) and All India Council
for Technical Education (AICTE) with the help of Microsoft
and would be ultimately capable of hosting 2000 courses and
80000 hours of learning: covering school, under-graduate,
post-graduate, engineering, law and other professional
courses.