Online education also known as digital learning or e-learning is now becoming more popular among students. It was started early6 but reached at its peak during the time of covid-19 pandemic. As every coin has two sides, online education also have some advantages and disadvantages.

BENEFITS OF ONLINE EDUCATION

1. AVAILABILITY – It is accessible everywhere in the world. A person can study online from all over the world and is not required to be present in the class. Online education is also available to each and every individual in spite of their caste, religion etc.
2. COST-EFFECTIVE – Online education is more cheaper than online education. Many resources on google and you tube are also free of cost, therefore it is very easy for the needy people to study online without any fees.
3. FLEXIBILITY – Online education gives us major advantage to choose our time. We can access to online resources or online courses anytime, there is no boundation of hours.

CHALLENGES OF ONLINE EDUCATION

1. UNHEALTHY ENVIRONMENT – In offline education students have the opportunities of asking doubts and interacting face to face which give them clearance about the topic. On the contrary in online education students don’t get the chance to interact physically and so they have many confusions.
2. LACK OF INTERNET – Online education is only beneficial to the one having proper connectivity. In many hilly areas, there is no proper internet. In fact there are many families who are  not capable of providing stable internet and technology.
3. BAD EFFECTS ON HEALTH – Online education requires spending lots of hours in front of laptop and mobile phones which can lead to major eye problems and sometimes it can also affect the brain.

So overall online education can be considered fruitful for the generation if  used properly.