BLENDED LEARNING: A FUTURE OF INDIA'S HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

Abstract [English]

A Healthy democracy requires equal access to education for all citizens of the country. The impact of covid-19 pandemic on education reflects decades of neglects and failure of the government apparatus to reach various categories of disadvantaged populations. Covid-19 pandemic gave us a big chance to become digitally literate to host webinar and to get familiar with digital tools. Blended learning emerged as a solution to overcome the problem of teaching learning globally. Blended learning is a Combination of Both i.e. face-to-face learning and online learning. There are certain deficiencies in face-to-face learning hence Blended learning is the best solution over the face-to-face learning. The present paper discusses the concept of Blended learning, Need for blended learning in Indian higher education system and its implementation. Pros and cons of Blended learning and challenges in the implementation of it. The present paper also tries to explain that how blended learning is an approach that can be adopted for the bright future of Indian Higher education system.