Cannot agree completely nwith this article.
pre 2014, number of smartphones belonging to house holds were extremely low, in fact telecom companies were providing data offers like 1GB per month for 250 rupees.
So buying a smartphone was not economical or of any use since internet was expensive.
After 2016 Jio enters the market and finally internet access becomes easier and more economical.
Smartphones have become cheaper and internet access is also very cheap.
Nevertheless, online teaching does not look like taking off any time soon.
It is not easy for teachers to effectively communicate through the app, without prior use of that app.
And not all households will be having net access but, the magnitude of the situation cannot be assessed using data from 2014!!!!
I don’t think that this data should be relevant now. This data is from 2014 and since Jio released on 2016 the figures have drastically changed. More than 50% students must’ve access to internet by now. Since the start of Online teaching, majority of my classmates are attending it. This Article is pointless.
Well said. Some media outlets are so bent on painting a gloomy picture. I know of even engineering and medical students using the phone to attend classes and read test books. With the kind of mobile penetration, and the fact that many more of them will also have a laptop (many states have provided laptops to students) and have the knowledge to link the phone to the laptop.
Absolutely agree, pre 2014, number of smartphones belonging to house holds were extremely low, in fact telecom companies were providing data offers like 1GB per month for 250 rupees.
So buying a smartphone was not economical or of any use since internet was expensive.
After 2016 Jio enters the market and finally internet access becomes easier and more economical.
Smartphones have become cheaper and internet access is also very cheap.
Nevertheless, online teaching does not look like taking off any time soon.
It is not easy for teachers to effectively communicate through the app, without prior use of that app.
And not all households will be having net access but, the magnitude of the situation cannot be assessed using data from 2014!!!!
Cannot agree completely nwith this article.
pre 2014, number of smartphones belonging to house holds were extremely low, in fact telecom companies were providing data offers like 1GB per month for 250 rupees.
So buying a smartphone was not economical or of any use since internet was expensive.
After 2016 Jio enters the market and finally internet access becomes easier and more economical.
Smartphones have become cheaper and internet access is also very cheap.
Nevertheless, online teaching does not look like taking off any time soon.
It is not easy for teachers to effectively communicate through the app, without prior use of that app.
And not all households will be having net access but, the magnitude of the situation cannot be assessed using data from 2014!!!!
I don’t think that this data should be relevant now. This data is from 2014 and since Jio released on 2016 the figures have drastically changed. More than 50% students must’ve access to internet by now. Since the start of Online teaching, majority of my classmates are attending it. This Article is pointless.
Well said. Some media outlets are so bent on painting a gloomy picture. I know of even engineering and medical students using the phone to attend classes and read test books. With the kind of mobile penetration, and the fact that many more of them will also have a laptop (many states have provided laptops to students) and have the knowledge to link the phone to the laptop.
Absolutely agree, pre 2014, number of smartphones belonging to house holds were extremely low, in fact telecom companies were providing data offers like 1GB per month for 250 rupees.
So buying a smartphone was not economical or of any use since internet was expensive.
After 2016 Jio enters the market and finally internet access becomes easier and more economical.
Smartphones have become cheaper and internet access is also very cheap.
Nevertheless, online teaching does not look like taking off any time soon.
It is not easy for teachers to effectively communicate through the app, without prior use of that app.
And not all households will be having net access but, the magnitude of the situation cannot be assessed using data from 2014!!!!