Industry Speak
Vivek Agarwal, CEO, EnglishEdge in an interaction with Pragya Gupta, emphasises on quality education and importance of English learning in India. Excerpts:
Digital Content is the Way to High Quality Education How do you see the education system evolving in India? The whole industry is now moving from quantity-based to quality-based education. Lately, it has been noticed that filling seats for schools and colleges has become difficult. Therefore, the problem that needs to be addressed is quality, not the quantity at large scale. This is where technology comes in. This cannot be done without use of technology as there are not enough
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quality teachers. The only way to support or supplement the teacher is by using technology like we are doing with our English products. That is the only way to reach out to fix the quality problem. Do you think multimedia content hampers the creativity and imagination of students? To some extent, I agree with you. But we have to meet some important chal-
lenges that cannot be achieved with rote methods. A research says that the total amount of information available on this planet doubles after every one and a half year to two years. By the time a student passes out, the information he or she has learnt get relinquished. Today, it is very important to learn soft skills and creativity, which needs to be chased efficiently.