Education brings in awareness which is an important surge for any growing economy and for India to be as Developed Nation. The education system needs primary focus in Rural India. How do we empower rural schools with quality education? What forces can help bring the light in every home and touch every life? What should be the agility of the approach, architecture, design and developing strategies for Digital India?
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Agility in Education System for Digital India
1. AGILITY IN EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR
DIGITAL INDIA
Saritha Chalumuri
1st – 3rd December, 2017 | Westin, Hyderabad, INDIA
2. Disclaimer
The presentation is purely based on my personal view/opinion and does not
bear any resemblance to thoughts / views of my company.
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4. Current Education System and Challenges
• Rote learning rather than problem solving
• Academics rather than value based education
• Quality of teachers and training
• Education mismatch with the demands of Job Market
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Education System
2-6-6-3
5. Impact of Current Education System
• Urban Literacy rate is 84% while rural India is
at 67% in spite of the fact that 87% schools
are in rural India.
• Missing Creativity, Research, Innovation and
Entrepreneurship skills in students.
• Greater lead time to implement changes and
perceive results
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Source: Census 2011 – (http://www.censusindia.gov.in)
36
59.4
67.867.2
80.3
84.1
0
20
40
60
80
100
1991 2001 2011
India Literacy Rate Trend
Rural Urban
6. Key Challenges in Rural India
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Health…..
LivelihoodRights
SanitationServices
Rural
Citizen
• Diseases and deaths
• Insurance
• Lack of skills
• Occupational Insurance
• Understanding the system
• Advertisements,
Campaigns, Programs
• Cleanliness
• Available facilities
• Policies, loans,
schemes and so on
• Banks, Post offices,
hospitals, and so on
Cause:: Rural population lack awareness on various aspects
7. Questions to think
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Does education mean only learning
academics?
Does this education help earn
livelihood?02
03
Does it align in a particular way to
identify the individual’s potential and
assist to gain expertise in the stream?
Is the
system
flexible to
quickly
adapt and
grow?
8. Facts – Trend and Forecasts
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50
67
50
33
2020
2013
Internet Users (%) Forecast
Urban Rural
Source: https://www.statista.com, https://dazeinfo.com
77% of Urban users and 92% of rural users consider mobile as the primary device for
accessing the Internet.
9. Facts – Technology and its adoption in India
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Source: https://www.statista.com
638.4
684.1
730.7
775.5
813.2
850
259.8 295.26
331.77
369.01
407.11
445.68
142.2 168.1 196.1 226.06 258.27 292.4
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Users (in Millions)
Mobile Internet Social Media
10. Facts - Latest Education Trends
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Open
Resources
Personalized
and adaptive
learning
Augmented
Reality (AR)
According to a recent report by the UK-India
Business Council, “India has become the largest
market for e-learning after the US, and the sector
is expected to receive a boost from the
government’s Rs. 1.13 trillion Digital India
initiative.”
12. Proposed Education System Composition
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Awareness
School
(Value
based)
Education
Livelihood
Skills
Business Vision
Education must cater to the
means of livelihood, and help
citizens with better standard of
living and grow as better
civilians of the world
13. School Education- Business Processes
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School Management
System
Resource Management
System
Content Management
System
• Create or update school
demographics
• Conduct Training and
Events
• Induce Human Values
• Conduct Special
Programs- Scholarships or
Rewards
• Infrastructure
• School Administration
• Staffing
• Create content
• Review or publish
content
• Manage or reuse
content
Awareness
School (Value
based)
Education
Livelihood
Skills
14. Livelihood Skills – Business Processes
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Demand Forecast
System
Skill Development
System
Employment
Exchange System
• Study market
trends
(Government and
Industrial bodies)
• Perform analytics
• Publish reports
• Define skills and
develop content
• Conduct trainings
(NSDC Standards)
• Conduct
examinations
• Analyze and map
• Schedule interviews
• Hire
Awareness
School (Value
based)
Education
Livelihood
Skills
15. Awareness- Business Processes
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Content Management
System
Campaign System
• Create content
• Review and publish
content
• Manage or reuse
content
• Create Awareness
Programs
• Map content to
campaign
• Schedule and Deploy
• Collation
• Analytics
• Organize and
Publish
Rural Demographics
System
Awareness
School (Value
based)
Education
Livelihood
Skills
16. Case Study
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Business Case: A non-profit organization aims to uplift rural education for a knowledge based economy.
The organization promotes value based education and reinforces learning strategy that is insightful, inspiring,
enjoyable and participative across the spaces - classroom, corridor campus and community.
Expectations of the Solution/System:
Agility to respond to rapid business changes and processes.
Revisit architecture and design for each sprint/any time.
Adopt to latest market tools or solutions
Shorter lead time to adapt to changing technology needs.
Continuous development and Continuous Deployment.
Auto-scaling and optimal use of infrastructure
Goal:
Sustainable growth in achieving the organization goals with agility to address the business challenges.
17. Digital Architecture for Proposed Education System
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Users
Presentation Channels
Interfaces
SMS
SMTP
Email
Server
Core Business Modules
Students Forecasters
Government
Organizations
Students …….
Mobile Phone ComputerTablet …..
Google
Services
WhatsApp
Social
Media
Discussion
Forums
Campaign Management Skills Development
Employment Exchange
Resource Management
Demographics Management
Content Management School Management Demand Forecast
Content Management
Database Layer
Mobility Social
Cloud
Big data
Analytics
Market Trends
Database
Citizens
Database
Trainings
Database
School
Demographics
Database
Content
Database
….
Awareness School Education Livelihood Skills
Television
Augmented Reality
18. Results
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Long term
Such an education system would create entrepreneurs, innovators, artists, scientists,
engineers, thinkers and writers who can establish the foundation of a knowledge based
economy.
In <2 years,
• Schools grew from 50 to 163
• Training programs designed 20+
• Training programs conducted 60+
• Feedback received 250+