AICTE chief bats for blended learning post COVID-19

Both classroom learning and keeping intact online teaching tech. for future needs vital, says Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Chairman Prof. Anil D. Sahasrabudhe has stressed the need for the adoption of blended learning in the post-COVID era as all the stakeholders of educational institutions in the country have put technology to the best use in the past year due to the pandemic. Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe was delivering the University Distinguished Lecture (virtual mode) in the programme organised by SRM University, Andhra Pradesh. University vice-chancellor Prof. Vajja Sambasiva Rao, Pro vice-chancellor Prof. D. Narayana Rao and several others from across the States participated in the virtual conference. He said that online learning evolved since 2008-09. But following COVID-19 outbreak suddenly all the campuses were required to go online and institutions that were already using online mode were able to navigate smoothly while others got accustomed gradually.