MUMBAI : Last week when finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced several measures to ensure that students across age groups can continue to learn through various online initiatives, what she may not have taken into account is the availability of online content.
According to ed-tech providers, institutions are struggling to put content online. Also, there isn't enough time to train faculty to switch to an online method of pedagogy and disciplined learning that can be efficiently tracked for feedback even as the infrastructure has been in process for some time.
Sitharaman on Sunday said that 'PM eVIDYA' programme for multi-mode access to digital education will be launched immediately and that 100 universities will be permitted to start