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How Education Creates a Difference in Human Life?

“Education is the most powerful weapon that you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela

Education is considered as the fundamental to sustainable development; it is a powerful driver of development and one of the strongest instruments for decreasing poverty and enhancing health. It makes people more productive, to earn a better living and enjoy a happy life. Besides a good education system prepare people to contribute to the country’s overall economic growth.

Here, in this article we will see how education impacts us and its significance in human life:

The first step is that education helps to become good students, parents, entrepreneurs, doctors, siblings and honest citizens. Being in contact with an educated person and having an intelligent conversation with him expands knowledge and introduces a certain creativity and joy in the mind.

Education is the major factor in our life because it is the foundation on which we create everything else. First of all, education is being enlightened to new thoughts, ideas or potential. It can be accomplished systematically, but that does not have to be that way. Education is when the mind progress and expands.

If someone wants to try, get or participate in something, they have to learn. That first time a kid realizes they want to be able to get to the table and grab that toy themselves. By looking around, they soon come to know that there is a faster way to get what they want-walking and hence that milestone of the progress starts.

Education has become one of the best indicators of life outcomes like employment income and social status, and is strong of attitudes and wellbeing, as per the report.

Higher levels of education are associated with various positive outcomes including higher social trust, greater political interest and more. The level of education is the strongest predictor of outcomes compared to age, gender, income in all models, except for the outcome of wellbeing as well as health.

Education is vital for children to address global warming, increased vulnerability to disease, the increasingly rapid development of technologies and the accompanying need for ethical governance and protections. In this modern age, education helps to under the advanced robotics and artificial intelligence, human potential and contribution are maximized.

The future needs much more than a simple knowledge of facts and basic skills. Education is the main driving force for building a society that can interpret, analyze, and think critically and creatively through the unpredictable problems across disciplines.

Education prepares a person to fully participate in our world in two different ways, first is a knowledge perspective, a comprehensive education exposes you to a shared sense of identity, language as well as purpose.

Education teaches you to move within social and professional spaces, and at its best education deepens the emotional as well as psychological intelligence. People learn to be more empathetic to different compassionate to the self and flexible with our view of the world.

These are some common examples to show the significance of education in human life. Besides, it has plays role in our life in different ways.

Impact of Technology On Education System

The rapid transformation and increased complexity of today’s world present new challenges and put new demands on our education system. There has been generally a increasing awareness of the necessity to change and enhance the preparation of students for productive functioning in the continually changing and highly demanding environment.

In confronting this problem it is important to consider the complexity of the education system itself and numerous problems that must be addressed. Day by day as technology is increasing, the problem which is created by them is just rapid and many are suffering from it. The world is behind new and modern technology that makes their work smoother and easier. While the world is progressing more in technologically advanced, thus increasing the need for balanced, bright, educated and healthy individuals but our school systems are falling further and further behind in fulfilling the needs.

With the going addiction to using technology in education, many parents and schools are providing computers to children at young ages to make their life easier. It is considered as the best way to make them know lots of things, new things just on surfing rather than reading books. The present guiding generation just gives their children a head start on developing academic skills and well also to prepare themselves for the workplace of a better future to competitiveness.

But in recent past, educators, psychologists, and different organizations like WHO have raised their voice for the concern about children using a computer at an early age.

No doubt, disability, and difficulty can be easily bridged by technology but different questions that are raised on whether this form of educating children will be helpful and beneficial for their physical, emotional and mental taking care.

We all know that there are various health problems in using a computer and other electronic gadgets at an early age. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a common cause. It has a greater risk for students who are just using a computer from an early age.

Today, parents select the school for their children based on the infrastructure and luxury the children want without even thinking about the negative impacts. The continuous usages of the computer may cause the risk of eye-strain and eye-rashes that may include dryness due to not blinking enough, and get headaches and blurry vision.

Another factor is emotional issues; due to the intensive usages of the computer at an early age, children are badly affected, their interaction with human decrease. It also reduces the amount of time a child spends in creative play. Educators emphasize that direct interaction with others has the greatest impact on modern education we do not find it.

On teaching certain subjects such as History, Social and Sciences, teachers find some problems to teach them as they cannot completely fully described on the blackboard or by oral recitation.

All in all, technology is great for growth but, we have limits in each technology and should use it as per our use otherwise it may bring adverse affect on children.

Top Ed-tech Startups – Changing The Face Of Education

Modern technologies are introducing tremendous transformations in the education system from distance education to cultural preservation. Digital platforms are shifting the way learning is visualized and presented, with wide-ranging implications for publication of educational content.

Start-ups are the main driving force behind this development. They have emerged as the growth engine. Young Indian minds are introducing unique ideas to resolve existing problems.

Here we are presenting the list of 5 most impressive start-ups in the education sector of India:

Unacademy

Unacademy is one of the most renowned names in the contemporary edtech industry it holds over 2400 online course and most of the course is free on the platforms. Unacademy is a Bangalore-based online learning marketplace; it was introduced by Hemaash Singh in 2010.

The ultimate goal of Unacademy is to provide all the education in the world for free and it has ventured into numerous fields like Banking, CA, CAPF, UPSC, CLAT, CAT, JEE, Pre-Medical and more.

Leverage Edu

Started as a college admission platform, Leverage Edu today has grown to a full-stack marketplace in the last one year. It supports students in their careers through mentorship products, end-to-end college admissions guidance, programs to help get first-job ready, and one-to-one virtual career advisory for multiple career streams.

Leverage Edu also works to provide students with exclusive scholarships, educational loans, and help on housing, forex/VISA, and more, through multiple global partnerships.

Toppr

A Mumbai-based start-up, Toppr is an online exam preparation platform for K-5 to K-12 students focused on school curriculum syllabus and entrance examinations like JEE, UPSC, NEET, SAT, etc.

It was founded by Zishaan Hayath in 2013 to offer structured courses that feature interactive video lectures, practice question sets, doubt clearing by professionals and all India test series.

Next Education

The Hyderabad-based learning website, Next Education is the brainchild of Beas Dev Ralhan. Started in the year 2007, next Education focuses its technology-based education solutions firm on K-12. It has many leading products on its platform like TeachNext, LearnNext, MathsLab, ScienceLab and EnglishLab which are used in more than 6,000 schools across the country.

The study material and products of the site cover the syllabus and curriculum of CBSE, ICSE and 23 state boards in 8 major Indian languages.

NoPaperForms

NoPaperForms is a SAAS, i.e. Software-As-A-Service based enrolment automation solution start-up. It is focused on transforming the admission process in the educational institutions in India and abroad.

The platform supports institutions to boost their outreach capabilities, enhance recruitment efforts, expand customer service offerings and improve results. To date, NoPaperForms has grown by around 500% in a year to 100 crores when it rose its Series B funding in December of 2018 from the existing investors.

So, these are the top start-ups in the Indian education system. These start-ups have not only been instrumental in working for a societal transformation which has depend the roots and reach of education across the country but has also played an essential role in terms of contribution to the overall economy.

Podcast Reaches up 25 years of Soliditary with Education Workers

As Education International (EI) celebrates its 25th anniversary, a new podcast helps us look back to past achievements that have helped thousands of teachers deliver quality education, no matter the circumstances.

EI is the global union federation of more than 32 million education sector workers. With 25 years to look back on, the organisation has many stories to tell: from its co-operation with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in the fight for better working conditions to immediate relief action when schools are hit by natural disasters, and the protection of politically persecuted educators in countries where freedom of speech is more a dream than a reality.

This podcast illustrates some of the above-mentioned examples through the voice of leaders, educators and EI staff who were on the ground, together with affiliates, making the organisation stronger and a strong actor in the international arena

Netherland’s Educator Code Red Continues

Dutch educators are on strike, demanding decent salaries and a normal workload, and urging the government to clearly and firmly address burn out and a shortage in teachers in primary education.

The first regional strike of the planned sequence is held in the provinces of Groningen, Friesland and Drente, in the Netherlands, on 14 February.
The flu season makes the shortage of teachers extremely visible

As reported by Education International (EI) affiliate, the Algemene Onderwijsbond (AOb), the current flu season plays into the hands of the Front for primary education (PO-front),in staging the series of protest actions to reduce workload and increase salaries.

“It makes the shortage of teachers extremely visible in the Netherlands. Since the beginning of February, schools report about their struggle to cope with the absence of their colleagues being on sick leave. Among other things, there are no teachers available for replacement, classes are sent home, retired teachers are begged to help out, education personnel employed on a part time basis work extra days, school leaders teach the whole week and not-yet-too-sick continue teaching, even if they shouldn’t,” AOb commented.

Governmental small steps towards meeting educators’ demands
Following earlier protest actions in June 2017, October 2017 and December 2017, the Dutch government started to take small steps. The Minister of Education, Arie Slob, decided at short notice to announce the budget publicly which he had planned to release in 2021. The budget is oriented towards measures to reduce the workload.

The unions and employer organisations in the PO-front welcomed the decision. They see it as a first meaningful step. “Workload can only be reduced effectively when there are enough teachers, and in order to attract more people into the profession, only a substantial salary raise can help. Therefore, the announced series of strikes is to take place as planned,” AOb added.

Susan Flocken, European Director of EI’s European region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), welcomed the agreement reached, stressing that “it is high time for education authorities to seriously commit to quality education and improving the status of the teaching profession. In times of demographic change, retaining and attracting highly qualified teachers into the profession is crucial.”

Indeed, the provision of quality education depends on decent salaries and working conditions for the retention of qualified professionals and the recruitment of young qualified teachers, she noted.

She concluded: “ETUCE supports AOb in this action and is convinced that this action will lead to meaningful and bigger steps forward for teachers in the Netherlands”.

Exercise can help cut depression, schizophrenia symptoms

London, Oct 2 (PTI) Exercising two or three times a week can reduce symptoms of depression and schizophrenia, according to experts who suggest that a structured physical activity regime can complement standard medication and psychotherapy to better treat mental health conditions.

Based on compelling evidence from a meta-review of existing research, the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) has issued new guidelines to promote exercise as a key additional treat for mental health conditions.

A global team of scientists collaborated on the new EPA guidelines published in European Psychiatry, which suggest a regime of structured exercise should be added to standard medication and psychotherapy.

Researchers found that exercise can effectively reduce mental health symptoms, improve cognition, and strengthen cardiovascular fitness among patients with depression and schizophrenia.

Their analysis demonstrates that moderate intensity aerobic exercise, two to three times a week for at least 150 minutes, reduces symptoms of depression and schizophrenia and improves cognition and cardiorespiratory health in schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

Evidence also supports combining aerobic with resistance exercise to improve outcomes for individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and major depression.

The EPA guidance was also endorsed by the International Organization of Physical Therapists in Mental Health (IOPTMH).

“Our comprehensive review provides clear evidence that physical activity has a central role in reducing the burden of mental health symptoms in people with depression and schizophrenia. Our guidelines provide direction for future clinical practice,” said Brendon Stubbs, from King’s College London in the UK.

“Specifically, we provide convincing evidence that it is now time for professionally-delivered physical activity interventions to move from the fringes of healthcare and become a core component in the treatment of mental health conditions,” said Stubbs.

Long-term outcomes and full recovery among people with mental illness are often poor, even for those receiving appropriate medications. People with mental illness also experience very poor physical health and drastic physical health inequalities, which lead to this population dying up to twenty years prematurely.

“Signs and symptoms of premature cardiovascular diseases can be identified early in the disease course of mental disorders, when patients are in their thirties to forties,” said Kai G Kahl from Hannover Medical School in Germany.

The study provides evidence that physical activity plays an important role in reducing cardiovascular symptoms and improving physical health and fitness.