Talk about education and our mind leapfrogs through a hundred problems, so palpable, you can almost feel them staring you dead in the eye. Problems of access, problems of inequity, problems of quality and relevance. There are institutional, socio-cultural, and political ideologies getting in the way of a smarter future.
So what can we do about it?
First and foremost, we ought to stop stifling important dialogues in favor of quick fixes. Making a course online and opening it up to the world is advantageous only when you have teachers and resources available at all times to dispel the doubts of the learning community. What do they do when they are stuck somewhere in the middle of a recorded module? What do they do when they are having difficulty getting conceptual clarity on a topic? Who do they ask?
Taking education to an online platform should not be a one and done thing. You can’t just prepare a series of lectures and put them out and then be absent when they are actually being viewed and you have doubts to entertain!
At Pashtya, we are creating a network like no other. You won’t just have access to course contents for a lifetime, but you can also ask our community of global teachers any doubts you may have during your learning period! Yes, now no flocking to google or youtube to look up those doubts. Our team of experienced teachers are here to provide you end-to-end support with your studies.
We want education to evolve and be accessible to all. We are using tech to connect people to information and each other in a way that’s extremely personalized, thus significantly impacting the way our students think, say, and do things.
We have successfully opened up our network to the world, and invited people from all countries, cultures, and backgrounds to join us and make this endeavor worthwhile.
It’s time we become networked learners, it's time we build on each other’s ideas, it's time we make learning a meaningful and engaging experience and it's time we become Pashtyans for life.