Abstract
This study attempts to throw light on importance of online lab for secondary school education in India with regards to NEP 2020. Further it draws comparison of various Indian educational platforms for their science lab content. Methodology used in this paper is descriptive evaluation method. Findings reveal that despite of plethora of open and closed online educational platforms available in COVID era currently only one open access platform Olabs provide science lab content and stimulation specifically targeting secondary school curriculum. Even Olabs has not been updated since 2011. NEP 2020 emphasis on online and digital education in fact National Education Technology forum identifies online lab/virtual lab as a promising educational technology. Language acts as a big barrier in learning from existing educational platforms as they are exclusively in English. New online labs should be at least in 18 languages recognized by constitution of India and must be of open access so it can be utilized by majority of students. Online lab repositories with videos, animations and simulation should be created in consideration with syllabus of various central as well as state boards. This research gives insight about current status, need and challenges of online lab based learning in Indian secondary school education system
Keywords
- Online lab
- Secondary school education
- online education platforms
- NEP 2020
How to cite
Sharma, Kirti and Deshmukh, Sitaram P. (2022). Online Lab for Secondary School Education: Need and Scope as Per NEP 2020. IPEM JOURNAL OF INNOVATION IN TEACHER EDUCATION, 7(1), 35–39.