Letter to BS: Online education can help maintain continuity in curriculum

Online classes are convenient, financially beneficial, bring education home, teach self-discipline and expose students to a global college

This refers to the opinion column ‘Sudden rise of online higher education’ by Ajit Balakrishnan (July 20). The strap rightly posits the que­stion whether Covid-19 can permanently transform the method of teaching and render college infrastructure redundant. The answer probably lies in our thinking. Are we accepting Covid-19 to be a continual fixture on planet Earth? If so, it will necessitate large-scale idling or destruction of physical infrastructure, redesigning our homes to ma­ke space for setting up an ideal ecosystem in conjunction with the present practice of work from home.

Online classes are convenient, financially beneficial, bring education home, teach self-discipline