Imagine a classroom in India where every child’s educational journey is uniquely theirs, where learning is a joyous adventure tailored to their individual pace, interests, and abilities. All of this may sound futuristic, but with today’s tools and access to technology, this reality is within our grasp.
At the heart of personalised learning lies the understanding that each student is unique, with diverse ways of understanding concepts and varying interests that make some subjects more relatable than others. While one student may excel in mathematics, another might find history captivating. The traditional educational approach often overlooks this diversity, pushing students to complete the curriculum at a uniform pace. This method leaves some students struggling to keep up, while others remain unchallenged and disengaged.
Technology: The Catalyst for Personalised Learning
With the integration of technology in education, we can now offer individualized learning paths that resonate with each student’s needs. Digital tools and platforms provide tailored exercises and resources, making learning not just more effective but also enjoyable. Technology can remind children to work on topics they need help with, identify specific areas they need to work on and provide practice questions to improve their understanding. This can be gamified to make the entire process fun. Students can work along with their classmates or compete against them, driving them to perform better.
The benefits of personalised learning are clear. Students become more engaged because they learn in ways that make sense to them. They perform better academically because they can master topics before moving on to the next. This approach also helps students become independent learners, a skill that will benefit them throughout their lives.
Realizing the Vision in Indian Schools
Technology also provides teachers with real-time data on student performance, enabling them to guide and support each learner more effectively. Teachers can spend more time in understanding learning progress and gaps than on administrative or repetitive tasks. Technology platforms can provide them with all the tools they need to capture, assess and improve learning for their students.
For schools in India, which grapple with large class sizes and limited resources, technology ensures that every child receives the attention and education they deserve. Envision a future where technology allows schools to objectively help teachers perform better, improve how children learn and achieve results they and their parents can be proud of! This is the promise of technology-driven personalised learning.
To make this a reality, we need the support of parents and teachers. It would ensure that every child thrives, supported by technology and guided by dedicated educators.
Kidlet: Your Partner in Personalised Learning
The Kidlet platform is working to offer personalised learning experiences that are practice-driven and tailored to each student’s needs. Our platform enables teachers to understand the learning journey of each child and the classroom as a whole. With Kidlet, we’re not just imagining the future of education; we’re actively building it, ensuring that personalised learning is not a privilege but a standard for every child in India.
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