Towards Excellence

(ISSN No. 0974-035X)
(An indexed refereed & peer-reviewed journal of higher education)
UGC-MALAVIYA MISSION TEACHER TRAINING CENTRE GUJARAT UNIVERSITY

DECISION MAKING FOR ONLINE LEARNING: A STUDY OF DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICERS IN THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH DURING CORONA PANDEMIC

Authors:

Anand Prankur

Abstract:

Information and Communication Technology is accepted universally as a blessing for the teaching-learning process. Studies in this field give evidence that it enriches the learning outcomes of the students. In contrast, some scholars suggest it is only the elitist idea that failed to answer the underprivileged section's issues. Whereas online teaching methodologies rapidly increased in the past decade, favoured by modern students. In this coronavirus pandemic, we are forced to opt for online teaching and learning methods, which posed opportunities on the one hand and on the other challenges to integrate it in rural areas. The central aim of the study is to highlight decisions taken by the District education officers in the state of Uttar Pradesh for implementing online teaching-learning in rural areas and challenges that occurred during the process. The result of the study highlighted the centralized decision-making pattern of the officers, and decisions were made when problems arose instead of prior planning. This made us ask where we are standing? Are we ready to implement the online teaching-learning mode? Or are we just promoting white-collar ideas? Further, the study posits future research direction to compare rural and urban decision making during pandemic situations and comparison with other states is needed to address the problems that were arisen in rural Uttar Pradesh for implementing online teaching-learning.  

Keywords:

Online Learning, Beyond Face to Face interaction, Decision-Making, Corona Pandemic, District Education Officers, District Inspector of Schools (DIOS), Basic Education Officer/Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA).

Vol & Issue:

VOL.14, ISSUE No.1, March 2022