An Alternative Structure of Delivering Management Education in India

Abstract

The coronavirus pandemic has adversely affected all sectors globally including the education sector. Education institutes across all levels (preprimary, primary, secondary, and higher education) have closed in 188 countries across the globe. Prolonged closure of colleges and schools has forced the educational sector to adopt the online mode of teaching. But one question that is bothering most of the academicians is: Can this online mode of teaching standalone in the long run? To answer this question, our article has proposed an alternative model of delivering education in the time of crisis. This article also helps to explore and compare different modes of course delivery. It also tries to compare and contrast different modes of education through Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis. This article limits its analysis to management education only. An in-depth systematic review from various research papers, articles, cases was done for this article to suggest the model. We found that the management education in India needs a paradigm shift in design, delivery, and assessment and as has been the trend, the trend-setter has to be the faculty in association with the learner. The article recommends that the college administration and faculties should design curriculum in such a system which is more practice-oriented, has more interning hours and where theory gets tested and tried in the field.