IELTS Writing 2 Education Topic: Universities offer online courses as an alternative

Technology has been soaring high and has impacted nearly every nook and corner of our daily lives and education is assuredly one of them too. There has been an ongoing trend of inclusion of online classes and of late, the online medium is being inclined towards more than ever. However, I feel this trend is good for the sake of human development and I shall be elucidating the same in the forthcoming sections.

There are innumerable positive impacts of this surge as it has reportedly helped a massive proportion of students and people of any age to learn at their own convenience and ease, which earlier was not that common to be seen. The people living in the remote areas and the rough terrains who owing to the geographical obstructions or weather conditions were somehow not able to be consistent with their learning as they used to often miss their schools/colleges, has now with the online alternative been relieved of such shortcomings. Moreover, for the skill enhancement too, it has become quite feasible for the people to go around, pick their favourite mentors around and learn at their pace without having to undergo the humdrum of finding an institute.

Secondly, online admissions to various coaching institutes and centres as well, are much affordable and providential as compared to the offline ones. The prime reason for this is having to pay jumbo taxes and bills in an offline setup. Then, had the e-mediums not been there, in the wake of the pandemic it would have been extremely difficult to even think of with the continuity of educating people around the world, and this would have curbed the learning process devastatingly. The best part that I personally find is the luxury of going through the classes for the people who were socially or physically restrained from doing so due to various reasons like physical disabilities, gender bias, age-shaming, etc. This has indeed revolutionized the whole status of education.

Some people though could put forth that online education may halt the learning process as it could impede the actual one on one interaction between a teacher and a student or among students, however, If the sessions are made interesting, interactive and stringent too, to a certain capacity like making everyone putting their camera on with a formal frame of conduct, such discrepancies could be ousted easily.

Conclusively, it could be stated that online education has indeed been a bonanza to mankind and a gift of technology that we should revere and exact the best benefits from.