#Contest: Digital Access
Is Internet Access a Fundamental Need For Students?
Meanwhile internet has made our lives very easier and convenient. The world is at our fingertips now, the world has become so fast but internet is faster than the world. Gratitude to the internet. In our routine work internet has become the important part of our lives, and internet has brought a wonderful revolutionary in human lives and we are connected to internet 24×7. Internet is a stock of knowledge, a box of solutions. We can share thoughts, information, and messages faster and easier than ever. Internet has brought the world together and everyone lives close to us. Even our day begins with the internet.
Here why internet is fundamental need for students, let’s see how internet is playing its most important part in students’ life. Internet is the helpful learning tool for college and school students. They can use it as their teacher. The YouTube has changed the life of many students. Khan GS research Centre is the one of the best example in India, many aspirants and students are attending online classes. And we cannot deny that internet is bringing a lot changes in college and high school students.
In today’s fast generation Internet is performing vital role, students want everything in one touch and it only possible when they must have proper things to take advantage of internet. Internet has power to change students’ life and reach to their vision. As we all aware of that many giant educational institutions are running online classes like BYJUs, Vedantu, UpGrad, Unacademy and there are 100 plus companies who teach students online taking help of internet, early 80s and 90s students had to walk miles away but today everything is opposite. Students are getting education in one touch sitting at home because they don’t have to run miles away, they can learn everything by using internet, it means taking good education has become easier and more convenient just because of internet. Grateful to the internet.
How internet can transform the life of billions of students? Here are some points why internet is fundamental need for students.
# Online Education
# Distance study
# Exam preparation
# Gain extra knowledge
# Skill improvement
# Preparation for interviews
# Start-up & Marketing
# Creativity
# Invention
# Mental Health
# Awareness of fraud, scam
Let’s pick up the above points one by one.
# Online Classes: While corona pandemic and post pandemic we have seen that how students are more interested in taking online education, when corona entered education was one of the concern topic but internet solved it. Subject teachers were started making videos, taking live periods and helping to reach proper education to students and all in this internet has a huge contribution. Now there are more than 100 EdTech companies who are giving online education to students and providing them bagless education.
# Distance Study: Along with online classes there are few universities who provide students to do distance study in any stream. It is good response to see many students are choosing distance study, and while taking distance study they are doing some extra curricular activities along. It means Internet has made easy options to choose better career path according students interesting areas. Even It is more comfortable and easier to complete graduation, post graduation, diploma, certificate and short courses taking advantage of distance study. Indeed, internet has brought revolutionary in the education sector.
# Exam preparation: Hope we all have heard that most of 90s students were used to gather in a hostel room or friends home to prepare for the exam but these days students can find best way and options to prepare for the exam. They do not have to go anywhere, they can practice for the test, find answer of their doubt questions easily. Once upon a time exam preparation was too hard but with the help of internet exam preparation is easier.
# Gain extra knowledge: Apart from studies students of today’s generation are catching up everything easily, they are smart and whenever they want to learn something new and want to gain extra knowledge like Indian history, Indian culture or any other information they take help of internet and google about it. So, internet is helping students to learn extra apart from study or syllabus. We can say internet is a universe of knowledge. If students want to make a project on any topic, they can take help of internet and collect information about it.
# Skill improvement: In these era everyone wants to improve their skills and students are among of them. Students can take help from internet how they can improve their skills. There are different kind of skills like reading, writing, listening, leadership, decision making, time management, effective communication, problem solving and many more. And internet is helping them to improve their skills and become a good personality. And it will help students to make their future and career better because there is a lot demand of well skilled person in any industry.
# Preparation for interviews: Many students want to do internship in their interesting areas or what they are studying but companies or industries see them as fresher’s and it is very hard to crack the interview but today’s students are very smart, they have access to use internet, they can search about interview questions, how to present in front of interviewer, body language, dressing sense. YouTube’s contribution is splendid because many youtubers make videos regarding interview and upload them on their YouTube channel for students. It means Internet has solutions if students stuck somewhere. And it can also help students to get selected in campus placement.
# Start-up & Marketing ideas: Yes, it is not wrong if a student wants to earn money while learning, there are few students who want to start their own start up but they don’t know how then internet helps them to start a side or part-time business. Internet gives different kind of ideas and students must choose. Once the students build their start up but toughest part is marketing, but do not worry internet has solutions for it. Internet provides many types of marketing platform, it can be social media platforms, social media influencers and effective digital marketing, in this way they can grow their start up.
# Creativity: Internet is contributing to surface the creativity in the world. Every student have different level of creativity. Some students love to dance, sing, sketch, drawing, write, content create or something new and different. If a student is a creative or an artist that students can share their creativity with the world in less time, and it will happen with the help of internet. Internet has been providing such platforms to creatives where they can show their real talent and amaze the world with their pending creativity.
# Invention: Many students are passionate to invent something new or different that will help in society, and play a better role. And internet can tell them what essential stuffs are needed to create or build their inventions. A perfect guidance get through the internet. Students can use the best technology to make their inventions more powerful, while working on invention or project they can share data and idea or any kind of information from one place to different place. So the internet is the helping hand to students while invention, assignment or any kind of project.
# Mental Health: Mental health issues is a world wide. Today’s most of students are suffering from mental health, sometimes they feel depressed, unhappy, and lonely and it’s not a small issue that should be taken lightly. But internet is again playing one of the best and big role to solve this issue because there are many sites that are made to take care of mental health, they tell how to fight with mental health issues, anxiety and take proper precautions, encourage everyone to stay happy with positive thoughts.
# Awareness fraud and scam: Every day we hear that someone did fraud to this and that person but today’s students are aware of that they tell their family to do not respond such messages or do not share OTP to anyone even government also tells us, they advertise regarding this and everything surface via internet. Students can also google it and gain knowledge how to stop being victim of fraud, and internet is doing its great deed to make people more aware.
That’s how the internet is a vast important to students life, but apart from this we can’t deny the truth that some parts of India, students of rural areas are not able to take proper advantage of internet, because as comparing to urban areas the rural areas need more development, there is still lack of internet connectivity, lack of electricity and infrastructures and awareness. There are many issues and those issues are affecting students of rural areas and their lives. One solution for these issues that government must run internet and digital platform awareness program in rural areas and educate students about internet use and how internet can make their life easier, what are the positive things. Another issue is providing high speed internet to rural areas that can be expensive, and students can be deprived of use of internet. Often in rural areas or villages If any student wants to fill online form or do any work related to internet, they have to go to nearby internet café. If we really want to see some positive news and changes in rural areas then students must have basic knowledge of internet, and need practical guide.
Verdict is internet access is a fundamental need for students, without internet and technology the world can’t survive these days. We must thankful to the internet for making everyone’s life more easier and special gratitude for saving our time, and keeping us connected. It’s a small urge let’s take a pledge and raise hands to educate people about internet and its benefits so they can also make their life wonderful.