In the current scenario where social distancing is becoming the norm of the world, students moving to colleges for their education are now facing a dilemma. While the applications for the top engineering college in Rajasthan have been moved online, the learning in this phase may also turn digital in the future. This is, thus, causing a widespread mode of thinking in students as they consider the two options of either continuing their education online or wait for another year for things to get normal.
For students who will be applying to their choice of colleges this year, UGC or the University Grants Commission of India has issued a set of guidelines for universities and colleges in India in the wake of the Coronavirus Outbreak. It says that while colleges can open for admissions, they have to conduct the entirety of the process online. And until further notice to open colleges for classroom studies, the teaching will also be happening online.
So if you are someone who will be applying for admission this year in your choice of engineering colleges, here are a few things that you must know before that. This blog details all there is that you must know before you apply for admission in engineering colleges online.
The Importance of the Course
The first question that you need to ask yourself is whether the course you will be taking up is going to help you in your career or not. You must be clear about what your objectives are and what do you expect from the course itself. At even the best BTech college in Rajasthan, you will be spending 6 to 7 hours of your time daily to study online, during which you have to manage everything else on priority simultaneously. So making up your own mind before applying is important.
You also have to learn how to manage your studies, your revisions, your assignments, and your tests. You will have the flexibility to do a lot with you not being in the classroom, you can listen to the instructor, go back and forward in the video and learn at your own pace. Make sure that you make good use of it all.
Technological Barriers
While it may not be the condition moving forward in the outbreak, but chances are that things may take a little longer to normalise than expected. Whether that turns out to be true or not, the initial phase would be of online classes, and that requires access to the right technology. Online live sessions or digital classrooms will be the best way for teachers to reach their students, which is you.
The real question then is, do you have the right technology with you? A smartphone and a computer with video and audio capabilities are going to become prerequisites for the first few months of college education, if not for at least the entire year. So before you enroll, before you even apply, you need to make sure of two things:
- That you have access to these devices and internet connection
- That you ask the college about their technical requirements before applying, and check if you can make that possible for yourself.
Don’t worry, a number of colleges will even be providing students with technology scholarships as well, in order to help their students grow. So this is all that you need to know about applying to colleges online in the time of Coronavirus outbreak. All the best.
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