According to the Oxford Dictionary, tense is defined as any of the verb forms used to indicate the time of an action or state expressed by the verb.’ For example, it should be expressed in the past tense when referring to something that occurred in the past tense. Similarly, if something is scheduled to happen, it should be conveyed using the future tense.
Traditional teaching methods have long been the backbone of classrooms. However, it required a pandemic for everyone to pause and recognize technology’s pivotal role in education. This is not to deny the existence of challenges, including the prominent digital divide. Nevertheless, technology undeniably brought about a substantial impact in places where access was feasible.
All of us would agree that education is imperative for achieving full human potential, developing an equitable society, and promoting national development. However, we find several shortcomings when we examine the education system and its methodology. While the traditional Gurukul education system in India strongly emphasizes the holistic growth of the learner, the subsequent education system has overly prioritized information and rote learning. Students are primarily exposed to theoretical knowledge, and the teacher’s role has been reduced to that of a disseminator of information, which students memorize and reproduce in exams. There hasn’t been enough focus on experiential learning and the holistic development of students.
In everyday life, the development of life skills helps students:
