Distant learning has enabled a significant number of students to benefit from online learning though it has no match with face-to-face learning. Various studies indicate that the online learning will continue to pick up momentum, and by 2025, it will have a market value of $325 billion. A Global Market Insight report (2019) estimated that online learning businesses will have a market share of $ 300 billion by 2025. However, we need to enhance our readiness to face future challenges. To teach online, Pakistan requires: an enhancement of teachers’ skills, and a presentation of course contents which may synchronise with the online methods.

Source: The Express Tribune February 23, 2021 10:41 UTC