Is online education as effective as traditional in school education?

The pandemic made everyone transition into online learning with zero prior warning. Due to this, Institutes that never planned for online or remote learning faced many challenges. Government, Private and International schools in Sri Lanka also faced these difficulties, which as years went by, every school overcame. However, based on the funds and the resources, some schools surpassed others and found efficient and functional methods to offer their students a good education during the pandemic. Many of such schools were in Colombo. For example, some International schools in Colombo, alongside some private and government schools in the capital, were more reactive.

Yet, the question was whether online education is as effective as traditional education. Without any prior practice, even students took a while to accustom themselves to receiving their education at home through a device. The most crucial factor was training the brain to consider home, which they used to enjoy hobbies and relax after a day at school, had now become their school. With more distractions, less motivation from being among colleagues and teachers, and less accountability, students may have faced a variety of challenges.

However, as they became more familiar with remote learning, most students embraced the technique more.

In conclusion, while remote learning could be as effective or even more in a few cases than traditional learning, making students, teachers, and institutes experiment with modern approaches proactively is the ideal method to implement these procedures. When done properly, all stakeholders would benefit from remote learning, whether they belong to government, private or International schools in Sri Lanka or elsewhere.