Education criteria in India

Regular Education gives the opportunity for the students to totaly involve themselves with the topics they are studing

Sir,

        I definitely agree with you in this matter.

Friends,

Someone did not like my deviation from peripheral to basic and reflected by thumbing down. Can we say we do not like basics being questioned?

To satisfy the surface question: Where necessary regular education should be preferred yet for a lot of others who may need to utilize the time to earn as well distance education is better.

I will again stress on the root; Each of them is only as much useful as can help convert the person to respect REASON and make use for bettering the lives of others besides self. And to achieve this both need a change.

Hi Manoj,

thanks to have invited me to this discussion.

Based on my experience, I support your opinion. In more general terms I think that distance learning, making you working in isolation, don't facilitate the growth of important capabilities like to work in team, having challenging live interaction with different people etc.

At the same time, I'm not so sure that every knowledge can really be learnt "at distance": I'm thinking, for example, to physics, mathematics, engineering etc.

Regular degree is always good,but certain times you realize your talents or life path is not what you are currently pursuing so if an option of online degree is available the person can pursue his passion and get accreditation also for it in his spare time

Thanks for the referral Mr. Manoj Chaturvedi. I will accept with you since you are correct.

The level of gaining knowledge from regular education can not be gained from distance education.

Regular Education should come first.

Then comes Distance Education.

----------------- Additions : When some one is too eager to gather knowledge but may not reach the physical school for some reason, may opt for distance education. Distance education is better than no education. This may bring satisfaction to some extent also to those who do not bother for "Paper Degrees". This degree might be 'value added' along with work experiences for future prospects.

In regular education instead of learning by studying or writing, you can even get ample of practical experience in your own group/family.  Whereas, in the distance education, you will not get practical support and natural environment.

As told regular would be great, which may assists once quality development. Can also get hold of many contacts and friends. Really used to learn many things other then studies such as punctuality, confidence, social behavior, culture etc.,

Regular College. Because of the opportunity it gives to mingle with various people. It helps develop contacts which will be helpful in future. It helps work in a team. Improves communication skill. 

Probably the rating / acredtion sytem introduced should solve this problem to some ectent.

Regular Education is really good and better as long as you have good facaulty (qualified and experienced) and infrastructure facility in the Institution. Also institutions reputation as far as honesty and integrity and Values is important. Once you have a regular degree and some experience then you will be in a position to learn on your own and you can also take the help of your collegues and others arround you. Of course you cannot learn swimming or driving by distance education. take for example environment education you can learn by readung and through discussion. Of course to measure the extent of polution for example you need to have a lab facility. but the damage the polutasnt cause you can experience by studying the nature on your own like fish dying in tanks because of pollution. there again if want to find out what caused the death of fish you need to find out the disolved oxyeg levels in the water if it is because of oxygen depeltion cause by the pollutant or level of toxins in the water if the cause of death is poison. DIstance education system guides you on how you can learn on your own study at your own pace. Each has a role to play and you cannot say which is better. Even in regular colleges many a times facaulty is inexperienced and they may conduct examination based on what they have taught in the class rather than what you are supposed to know to get a degree.

I would support regular education over the distance education. If we have a look at most of the institutions providing distance education we will see that these institutions are having dubious characteristics.

Regular education not only gives you a degree but puts you through a specific system where you can build yourself as a better human being.

Having said that I have a wish that most students studying in our colleges will do a lot of effort to educate themselves through self-education.

EDUCATION IS NOT CRAMMING FACTS AND FIGURES. IT IS IMBIBING CULTURE AND CUSTOMS AS WELL AS TO LEARN APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE FOR BETTERMENT OF INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY.DISTANT EDUCATION COULD ENRICH PEOPLE WITH FACTS AND FIGURES ONLY

Education comes from a lot of factors not just reading and understanding of books. This requires interaction with society, peers, group discussions, ability to see and understand view points that are directly opposite to and asymettrical from yours. This also leads to the possibility : "I may be wrong and there may be a different way". ALL this comes only from interaction with people

I prefer and have done a regular degree because it will give complete education.