Educational excellence and resilience through digitalisation: what the UK can learn from India and others

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed significant vulnerabilities in the UK’s educational system, particularly in its capacity to adapt to rapid changes and maintain educational excellence during crises and into the future. As the UK continues to recover from the pandemic, this paper suggests there is an urgent need to reimagine and future-proof our education system through effective digitalisation. A comprehensive strategy for ‘Educational Excellence and Resilience Through Digitalisation’ is outlined by drawing on successful international models from Estonia, India, and beyond, as well as the best of existing UK policies, to unify infrastructure, inspection, curriculum design, resources, technologies and training policies. To facilitate further discussion and analysis, the paper presents a set of fourteen actionable recommendations designed to modernise the UK education system through the effective and coherent provision of digital education capable of addressing persistent issues such as educational inequality, absenteeism, and mental health challenges and providing high-quality, resilient education for future generations.

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ORCID for Nic Fair: orcid.org/0000-0003-1566-4689

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