Dr S Radha, Professor in Administration, Former Further Director-IGNOU, Accredited Administration Trainer-AIMA

The Indian rural learners are going through lot of challenges in accessing the upper training. The selecting of upper training system will depend on varied elements like,

1. Monetary constraints: Many learners from rural and economically weaker sections discontinue research in school or faculty degree attributable to lack of economic assist and have to take a job for survival.
2. Gender disparities: The wedding, security issues, family obligations and many others, could drive the agricultural ladies to discontinue their research.
3. Tutorial failure: The shortage of curiosity, lack of motivation, unable to coop up with larger research, poor basis at earlier faculty degree and many others., could make the learners to discontinue.
4. Institutional ability deficiencies: The poor high quality of training, lack of effectively skilled college, lack of mentorship for weak college students and many others., could discourage the learners and result in discontinue the research.
5. Medium of Examine: Larger training is usually supplied in English, whereas rural learners are proficient in native regional language. 
6. Lack of time administration and stress administration: Not having pre-planning of preparation, concern of failure, examination stress and many others forestall the learners showing the examinations.

A Collective work with constructive Coordination:

The agricultural space folks, authorities and NGOs need to take initiative collectively to face these challenges.  Among the progressive and inclusive options to face the challenges of upper training are,

1. Offline use of Tablets: Use of Tablets preloaded with instructional content material to be used with out web facility.
2. Use of low-bandwidth e-learning platforms: Utilization of free variations of apps or whatsapp primarily based classes which is well accessible to rural learners.
3. Institution of group schools: institution of group schools with low-cost to supply vocational and self employment oriented training.
4. Contribution of Gram Panchayat: The gram panchayat ought to set up digital libraries with digital infrastructure to facilitate rural learners to entry.
5. Contribution of Authorities and NGOs: The Authorities and NGOs could contribute tablets or good telephones preloaded with training content material to rural learners. They could equip rural colleges with digital boards and instruments.
6. Versatile instructional loans: Offering delayed reimbursement possibility for rural learners after securing the employment
7. Private and non-private partnerships: To encourage the private and non-private partnerships to supply monetary assist to rural learners.
8. Coaching of academics: The abilities of rural academics are to be upgraded periodically. For instance use DIKHA e-platform to coach the academics.
9. Basis programs: Pre-college basis programs on English language is required for rural learners.
10. Mentorship with Alumni: The profitable rural learners ought to mentor the college and faculty learners in the direction of larger training.
11. On-line programs in regional languages: Growing brief period on-line programs in regional language with sub titles in English to enhance English programs.
12. Interactive on-line programs: Brief period interactive English programs helps to scale back the concern and enhance the communication expertise of rural learners.
13. Cell profession counselling facility: The counsellors and digital infrastructure ought to conduct larger training consciousness campaigns in rural areas in automobiles.
14. Launch of consciousness drives: Launch of consciousness drives for folks of women concerning the self sufficiency via training and many others.,

It’s each citizen accountability to contribute for the academic alternatives within the rural space folks.