The Paradigm Shift in Education System

The Paradigm Shift in Education System. The Education System is changing rapidly and students are coping with the changes with more ease than their parents and teachers. 1) Education has become continuous process. Earlier it was taking degree / post degree etc. and then using the knowledge for rest of the years. This is no more the case as one has to upskill continuously. One has to acquire new knowledge / language and then only one is relevant at the work place. 2) s.Google and other search engine Today young and old immediately take the help of Google and other search engines to find answers to their questions or details for the topic. 3) Webinars The persons who are having knowledge in particular domain are conducting Webinars by charging small fee. The advantage is that student need not be local but can be anywhere in the world. 4) Skilling It has been also observed that the conventional Syllabus study does not lead to person finding the job. Instead job oriented training is required. Today many skilling centres have come up. Government of Maharashtra is giving vocational guidance in. JV with Tata group they have formed Skilling Centre. Art of Living & Rotary Club have formed Skilling Centre's in localities where it is required. 5) Chat GPT and Deep Seek Today in colleges where I am guest lecturer it has been observed that students are using Chat GPT to make the entire assignment or Project Report. Earlier I was not liking this but later realized that at least they know as to where to find answers. I make sure that they read at least 2-3 times what they submitted. Ask them questions and if they do not know then inform answers. 6) Attention Span has become 20. Secs Today the attention span of young and old has become 20 secs. It is difficult to keep attention of students in 90-minute lecture. 7) Use of AI While I am writing this article there is news item streaming on WION that in China education would become complete AI based by 2030. This has led to the situation wherein equation of Teacher & Student is changing. Today teacher has to be "facilitators". Students come prepared for the topic. Place their views and inputs in the class room. Teacher only guides and gives some more links. Again here the class room can be virtual. AI education tools help in, (i) Adjust lessons & material to each student learning speed & style. (ii) Helps teachers to automate grading (iii) Teachers & Students can do content creation very fast. (iv) Student performance tracking (v) Data insights are easy. Some of the AI tools which are available and can be used are as follows 1) Turnitin Identifies plagiarized contents effectively. 2) Cognii Offers conversational AI based virtual assistance 3) Khanmigo Provides instant answers, explanation, personalized assistant. 4) Canva Helps in designing Professional looking material 5) GradeScape This tool is for teachers to give grading, offer feedback. 6) MagicSchool.ai This is for educator to generate quizzes, lessons & education contents. 7) Grammarly Corrects grammar, punctuation, tone & clarity in real time. Many colleges have come up and politicians who invested in the same are finding it difficult to run these institutes. The revenue in the form of fees has dried up. The capitation fees have become thing of the past. Many Professors have started YouTube channels. There is no option but to embrace this change. DPK Udas