Traditional learning will always have a place in our classrooms

The outbreak of COVID-19 has forced innovation across all the sectors and education is no exception to this. Traditional learning has qualitative benefits over online learning and this benefit is more relevant among pre-primary and primary students who have short attention span to be spending hours in a virtual classroom environment. Benefits of traditional learning: One-on-one or in-person teaching is effective and demonstrates increased levels of student engagement with teachers Traditional classroom teaching environment increases interaction among students and provides conducive environment to learn fellow students It also encourages higher level of competitiveness among students The social environment at a traditional school is perfect to build a child’s character and personality Teachers play a pivotal role in instilling discipline and providing a sense of direction to students in a traditional learning environment What are the challenges faced by students and parents in an Online / virtual classroom environment? Cyber bullying and cybercrimes on the rise and students are soft targets for these criminals Online classroom lacks constant supervision of a teacher and most of the working couples cannot provide the same level of supervision to their kids as they get from their teachers Students do not have the same level of discipline and direction that is required to learn in a virtual classroom environment Online learning also prohibits social interaction and development among kids Exposure and easy access to undesirable content on the internet also acts as a deterrent to learning for students in online environment Why traditional classroom is more important than online learning post-pandemic? One of the main factor that will encourage traditional classroom learning will be the shared learning experience among students.