65.6 per cent students think apps ideal to learn academics, finds online learning platform Brainly
HYDERABAD: The Indian education system is ready to embrace a change if we go by the latest survey by Brainly, an online learning platform for students, parents, and teachers. Brainly, surveyed its Indian user base on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The findings, based on responses from 4,036 Brainly users belonging to various academic levels - indicate the students look forward to the policy.
Realising the long-term impact of the Covi-19 and the active role of technology in reducing its effect, the Government of India recently announced NEP 2020. The policy broadly focuses on multidisciplinary and multilingual approach, skill development, and ramp up of digital learning. The intent is to prepare students by promoting value-based education for real-world challenges.
It seems the concept is already popular amongst the students as 66.8% are aware of the announcement. In fact, a majority of respondents believe the technology can play a role in learning at the school level. 65.6% of students think apps, satellite TV channels, online courses, etc. can help understand the subject better while only less than one-fifth could not say for sure.
In the survey, 60.3% of students preferred the idea of choosing subjects over hard streams like arts, science, etc. as it gives them more flexibility to pursue their favourite subjects. Only one-fifth of the Brainly users (20.4%) would like to stick to the prevalent stream-based curriculum. However, a majority (58.7%) of students prefer to be taught in a commonly accepted language as opposed to 24.8% who would like being taught in their mother tongue.
72.7% of students showed interest in learning contemporary subjects like Artificial Intelligence, Design Thinking, Organic Living, etc. at school level (middle and secondary stage). It is worth noting that the introduction to new-age subjects has been planned to make the students future-ready. The forward-looking policy has received overwhelming support from the Brainly users. A whopping 87.7% of students expect it to bring a positive change and reduce the pressure for academic excellence. Rajesh Bysani, CPO of Brainly said, “The learner wants to break-free from the learning model that has been rigid, rote, and focuses solely on grades.”