ONLINE EDUCATION IN INDIA

There are Millions of students in India who go abroad to pursue better education and also for better employment opportunities. If these students could receive the same quality education sitting right at their homes, then why would they expend thousands of dollars travelling and studying abroad? There has been a great revolution in India as Online Education is been delivered in our country.

Online Education in India

In a global level online learning program, India has been recorded to have the second highest number of online course enrollments after the United States, with more than over 155,000 students within the country. And a total of around 1.2 million students worldwide, 15% are from the India while 32% are from U.S

These students now have access to the best courses from all over the globe to be skilled in these domains. A number of well renowned universities are now offering online distance education; they are bringing world class demonstrator and professors to educate the students. There are many courses which can be taken up online like MBA, MCA, MCs, BA Executive MBA, Retail and Digital Marketing can all be taken up online in this developing and online education.

Importance

·         The students in India are enthusiastic about this online education concept. They want to prove their capabilities and skills while learning in an advanced and interactive environment. Now online education has been taken away all the financial and geographical barriers for receiving quality education.

·         The Increasing number in employment is another most important aspect of this revolution. In India students can receive education by the top notch professors.

·         Online Education provides professionals with the flexibility to improve and modernize their skill set while working concurrently. This helps them in staying updated about the existing advancements and technologies. This process serves to be time consuming and cost effective procedure for any field and career.

The aspect of education and the global learning experience will see awful improvement with Online Education.

Future

Majority of students in India desire to make a career in the IT and business domain “No Restrictions” is the most important aspect of online education. And the best part of online education is that students from all field and background can enroll for online courses. The increasing percentage of registrations is just going on a very high level exponentially. And this kind of revolution can be credited to the technological progress with respect to internet, digital services and software devices for accessing information.

Taking into consideration the population and talent of India, Distance Education has a very encouraging future in the country and the expectations of the students are quite high-reaching. Many business competitors are prepared for the scope of this rising industry and are therefore outlining to enter the online education globe.

Counting it up, at this stage, online education is all set to covert the education scenario in India.

Scenario of MBA at a Glance

In today’s business world, getting a higher education is vital part towards success. For that one needs to realize the importance of Post Graduation (PG) course, that it’s Professional degree and not an Academic one.  PG in management helps to get better packages, and easier promotions in corporate world. It adds value to the first degree, helps to broaden one’s horizon and make more constructive at work place. PG gives you the confidence to grow in a stable manner which automatically boosts your morale. That’s why getting a Masters of Business Administration(MBA) is so important that leads to opportunities.

MBA degree is helpful to get brief understanding of business tricks. One can sharpen soft skills also managerial skills by having MBA Degree which helps in team management.According to current employment in India, 80% MBA graduates after completion got recruited within 3 months.

Here are some statistics (2014-2015) about MBA colleges in Maharashtra and enrollment of student comparing with different statistics.

College categories:

In India colleges are categorized as Private Un-Aided, Private Aided and Government. A college that gets aid from the government is termed as aided college whereas a college that does not get any funds or aid from the government is called as unaided college. Majority of colleges are private compare to government colleges. Almost 76% are privately managed, 61% Private-unaided and 15% Private-aided remaining 24% are government colleges. 

Student’s enrollment in college according to Management:

Out of 4564 colleges from Maharashtra, 2828 colleges are Private Un-Aided, 929 colleges are Private Aided and 807 are Government colleges. Maharashtra is having maximum number of colleges compared to other states. From which S.B. Patil Institute of Management (SBPIM) is one of the best MBA institute in Pune, established in 2009, nurtured and managed by Pimpri Chinchwad education trust. Two years full time MBA program affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University & approved by AICTE, New Delhi. Across India, highest number of enrollment of student is seen at Under Graduate level.  

Level‐wise Enrollment

In India, out of the total 3,32,72,722 students, a vast majority of 2,65,76,140 students are enrolled in Under Graduate that is a sweeping 79.87%. On the other hand, second to Under Graduate, 11.45% students are enrolled in Post-Graduation which is approximately 38.1 lakh students. This PG percentage must get improve for getting more

Total student enrollment has been classified in eight levels across all the States of India viz – Ph.D., M.Phil., Post Graduate, Under Graduate, PG Diploma, Diploma, Certificate and Integrated. Percentage share of student enrollment in these levels are shown in following fig.

Discipline/Subject‐wise Enrollment: 

At PG level maximum students are enrolled in Management stream (20.64%), after that that social science with 17.97% followed by IT & Computer disciplines with 10.30% enrollment and remaining are as follows remaining 51% enrollment are of Science, Indian Language(7.94%), Engineering & Technology(6.18%), Foreign Language(4.80%),Medical Science(4.39), Science, etc. 

Program wise enrollment (according to survey result of 2011-2012):

As regard to Program wise enrollment in PG out of 11.8%, M.B.A. has maximum share of students 2.37% after M.A student 3.98% enrollment , after that M.Sc.‐Master of Science(2.04%) , M.C.A. ‐Master of Computer Applications(0.96%), M.Com.‐Master of Commerce(0.87%), M.Tech. ‐Master of Technology(0.49%), M.E.‐Master of Engineering(0.25%), M.S.W.‐Master of Social Work(0.13%), M.Pharm. ‐Master of Pharmacy(0.13%), M.Ed. ‐Master of Education(0.14%) . 

      

This statistical result expresses the importance of Post Graduation (MBA), which goes hand in hand for better career opportunities.