Surmounting the Five-Headed Dragon: Best Practices of Technical Institutes in Rural Maharashtra – Success of the Institution in Online Education

Surmounting the Five-Headed Dragon: Best Practices of Technical Institutes in Rural Maharashtra – Success of the Institution in Online Education

Hemlata Vivek Gaikwad, Aniket Suresh Pardeshi, Suruchi Pandey
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8904-5.ch009
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Abstract

In India when all educational institutes were closed in March, the delivery of knowledge shifted completely to online mode overnight. In the current age of technology and to combat the corona crisis, this online learning approach was highly commendable. There were phenomenal challenges, like a significant proportion of the rural population in Maharashtra continues to fall short of the required internet bandwidth and knowledge to recognize devices and digital terminologies. The absence of supporting infrastructural facilities such as a stable flow of electricity and unavailability of high-speed internet is the second major issue involved. Despite these challenges, a few technical institutes in Maharashtra had worked hard on surmounting the five-headed dragon, namely rural settings, first-generation learners, digital illiteracy, lack of supporting infrastructure, and inadequate online teaching skills. The chapter will present the educational transformations brought in by these technical institutes during and post-pandemic and the way forward to rethink learning in the new normal.
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Background Of The Study

The study was taken into consideration by adopting inductive approach .When it comes to Online Education or E-Learning, the rural population lacks basic amenities such as high-speed internet, reliable power, and technological gadgets. Although there have been advancements in basic infrastructure, many rural communities in India continue to face problems in making education totally digital or online2. Only 15 percent of the households in India have access to the Internet, and mobile broadband remains accessible to very few, i.e., only 5.5 subscriptions for every 100 people. Further, the reach of broadband is about 600 houses, mainly in and around the top 50 to 100 Indian cities, leaving rural areas with poor connectivity (Broom, 2020).

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