The Urgency of Blending Tech and Ed-Tech for Outcome Oriented Education in India

It is time to face a hard, undeniable truth—human-driven education alone is not capable of producing the outcomes we claim to achieve in today’s institutions. Every course requires not just the delivery of content but hundreds of assignments, projects, and practical problems that demand feedback, evaluation, and continuous guidance. This is a reality no human teacher can fully manage without significant support. Yet, for years, we have paraded our universities and colleges as symbols of excellence, branding them as leaders in education, while in reality, the thimbrule exposes the flaws: human-driven, outcome-oriented education is a myth.

For true educational outcomes, a teacher should not handle more than ten students in a school or college setting, and for pre-schools, this number drops to two. Anything more is simply unmanageable, leading to inefficiency and a disservice to both students and educators. This gap between expectation and reality has resulted in a system that is not just ineffective but outright foolish—a system that deceives parents, learners, and society into thinking we are delivering world-class education, while we fail to meet even the basic standards of true outcome-based learning.

The solution? We must recognize that without technology or AI, it is impossible to achieve the educational outcomes we so often tout. However, simply introducing technology is not enough. Even with AI and tech, institutions need expert operational consulting to ensure that these tools are used effectively. This is where platforms like E-Box excel. We offer more than just a digital platform; we bring deep expertise in edtech and its execution, ensuring that education systems are outcome-driven in the truest sense.

The crux of the problem is that our current institutions are fundamentally human-driven, which means they are not and cannot be outcome-driven. Our faculty, though well-meaning, often lack the philosophical depth to ignite curiosity and self-exploration in students. Even more concerning is that many of them are ill-equipped to handle the technology that is essential for driving outcome-based education. This points to an undeniable fact: our universities and colleges are largely edtech illiterate, and that has profound consequences for the future of education in India.

We are now in a race against time, a race against AI that is rapidly immersing our children in a world that may one day replace the need for traditional campuses altogether. But make no mistake: the unbalanced integration of AI could be dangerous. We need human teachers to provide balance, to guide students in ways that machines cannot—by nurturing creativity, critical thinking, and emotional intelligence.

The education ecosystem must be scientifically balanced— and it must happen immediately. Without this balance, without integrating tech and edtech into our systems right now, we risk losing our children to AI, immersion, and virtual alternatives. In the next five years, campus education could become obsolete for a generation that sees more value in a screen than in a classroom. Once that happens, there will be no turning back.

The message to every school, every university, and every stakeholder is clear: act now, or you will fail an entire generation. The time for action is not tomorrow or the next academic year—it is today. If we don’t work towards creating outcome-oriented education approaches immediately, we are condemning India’s youth to a future where their potential is stifled, not by lack of ambition, but by an education system too slow to evolve.

India must gear up fast—our children’s futures depend on it.