Online MBA – Need of the Day

Prof. Sanjay Salunkhe, Director - Jaro education and architect of online education in India tells us why nowadays Online MBA is more preferred by working professionals over full time / part-time MBA. Online Education has become the most preferred mode of learning because of the flexibility, convenience, efficient use of time & reinforcement of learning that e-learning provides to a person who can pursue his choice of course while working in an organization or while balancing professional & family commitments. To everyone’s surprise, in 2010, in government approved colleges, almost 6500 MBA seats remained vacant in Maharashtra despite the state government permitting the students to take admissions who did not even appear for the common entrance test. Now, like U.S, in India also, students prefer to have 2-3 years of work experience & then go for MBA because learning of management concepts becomes easier and they can relate theory to management practices. But it has been observed that once they start working, earning and learning good management practices, they prefer to do MBA without disrupting the continuity of working in an organization. Q How convenient & affordable is Online MBA? A: Online MBA is convenient because working professionals can study at any time, from anywhere - be it late night or on holidays from home/ office etc. rnBecause of technology support, one senior faculty teaches 10,000 – 15,000 students hence cost is less and so the program becomes affordable. Q Why online learning is more effective? A: Senior faculties offer lectures with corporate case studies which are webcasted throughout India ensuring the uniformity of quality education even at tier - II, tier III cities like Kolhapur, Patna, Surat etc which otherwise lack quality education.rnOnline MBA also ensures better learning because the student can attend the same lecture 2-3 times & can even clear their doubts online or during weekend lectures or doubt solving sessions. Q Do working professionals complete their MBA or leave it halfway? A: Given the convenience & flexibility to the working professionals in online learning, almost 90% of the working professionals complete their MBA because it provides flexibility in terms of studying from anywhere, anytime & also allows the student to appear for the exam online at his own convenient day (holidays) or time (before or after office hours etc) at his nearest possible exam center. Contact: Jaro EducationrnMumbai - (O) 022 –61549713rnURL: www.jaro.inrn