Present education system of the country which is imparting formal education can be classified into primary education, secondary education and higher education based on the level of education and desired learning outcomes. In order to have the excellent quality of overall education, the primary education should be of exceptionally good quality and rely on actual learning of kids instead of rote learning. In reality, the quality of students as provided by the secondary education system does affect the possible extent of value addition in them and the quality of outcome in the form of graduating students. Hence, it is obvious that the good quality primary and secondary education needs maximum attention for yielding the good quality of educated youth.

The prevalent education system which was seeded by British for producing clerks in pre-independence era is:

- not integrated with explicit learning outcomes and hence fails to impart necessary skills like analytical skills,communication skills, technical skills, presentation skills and other required capabilities as required for ensuring their contribution in the economy of the country

- oriented towards preparing students for problem solving skills in certain restricted domains for ensuring their success in competitive examinations

- lacking in laboratory input and insufficient hands on experience for using the contents delivered in class rooms and thus it does not create understanding of the subjects in them

- skewed towards certain subjects, which leads to shortage of necessary infrastructure in all streams

- facing shortage of teaching and non-teaching human resource and lack of timely up-gradation of quality of teaching and non-teaching human resource in education system

- lacking in uniformity in teaching infrastructure, curriculum and web enabled supplements in all schools

- not capable of special training / tutoring / assisted learning of children with poor academic merit

- not amply supporting the literacy and training initiatives by panchayats,block committees for enhancing literacy and lifelong learning

- failing to create social acceptance and respect towards skill manpower and leaving education system and skill framework at different levels

Use of internet technology for creating digital platforms for offering learning resources virtually has huge potential to supplement the gaps faced by good quality education

Use of internet technology for creating digital platforms for offering learning resources virtually has huge potential to supplement the gaps faced by good quality education. India being second largest user of internet has immense scope for using education websites to create parallel learning and knowledge sharing system in static, interactive, dynamic and video modes for learners across the country. Presently, quite a large number of educational websites such as mingle box.com, india study channel.com, htcampus.com, shiksha. com etc. have become quite popular due to their initiatives of disseminating details of career options, career guidance, admission process, educational institutions, courses offered by them, popular articles, and are treated as encyclopaedia for this purpose by the children. It is worthy to note that some of the education websites like meritnation.com, aglasem.com, india bix. com, nptel.ac.in etc. have started providing school / college board specific study materials, solutions to the unsolved problems in popular textbooks with guidance in different subjects, solution for quantitative aptitude, verbal ability, reasoning and general knowledge etc.

Further, the animated content/videos of the educational websites such as how stuffworks.com, engines4ed. org, stuff you should know. com etc. grab the audience and make the communication with the learners quite interesting as they offer better understanding. The availability of the learning material on different education websites help in cross validation of the content for their correctness on any such website, because the credibility of information on websites needs to ascertain.In view of the learning content being in digital form, its up gradation as per need and feedback of learners is quite easy. In this digital era, there is a need to integrate digital learning with the conventional teaching-learning processes and the children should undertake holistic learning and yield enhanced productivity by the digital learning platforms which are beneficiary due to their access to all, non-invasive nature, ease of content management, non-disruptive nature and other logistics issues.

It is evident that the quality digital learning resource of educational websites has ample potential,but mere fascination for using educational websites should not drift the education system from its core theme of imparting best quality education. The issues of absence of any accreditation and quality check are of quite concern. Further, in view of the attractive features of the educational websites and their access to all, it is extremely essential for the education regulators and Government of the country to evolve and enforce a suitable legal framework and process of accreditation to keep vigil over the quality and credibility of digital content hosted on digital learning platforms which are generally created with the business perspective and ensure their cost effective availability to all through a strong internet connectivity.