A Summer Internship Project Report
A Summer Internship Project Report
A Summer Internship Project Report
ON
Submitted to the
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT
of
BY
MUKTA SAGAR
RA1851001030006
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT
APRIL, 2021
DECLARATION
I, Mukta Sagar, hereby declare that the work which is being presented in the project entitled
“Study on consumer’s preference and perception towards online education” in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration is my
own work carried out by me under the supervision of Mr. Gopal Bihari Saraswat, Department of
Management of Studies, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Modinagar Ghazibad, Delhi
NCR Campus.
Place:
No task is a single person effort, same is with this report. Thus, I would like to extend my sincere
thanks to all those people who helped me in accomplishing my project. I own my project success
to all my faculty members, for providing us with this wonderful opportunity and guidance. This
understanding of concepts in the real world scenario. And last but not the least special thanks to
The purpose of this project is to enable us to study an industry in its totality and appreciate the
use of an integrated approach in understanding the environmental issues and problems.
From last few years technology advancement and increased users of internet made everything
easier for everyone. If you want to purchase anything you will easily access online shopping sites
and order product to get at your hand.
We all knew without education we are nothing so to get education we have many options but
mostly we follow traditional way from attending a regular class. Whereas new ways of getting
education is online education/virtual education/e-learning. This is really mad easy for those who
want to work and study as well.
In this project, both online education and traditional way of education has been compared. So,
we can get idea which is more preferred by society. To know their perception and preference I
constructed online questionnaire via google form to get faster fill up at their own convenience.
I prepared literature review, so that we can get idea what past research has been carried out for
online education and what needs to improve on it.
At the end I have mentions some findings and suggestions that I got from respondents while
filling up questionnaire.
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Education is commonly divided formally into such stages as preschool or kindergarten , primary
school , secondary school , and then college , university , or apprenticeship.
A right to education has been recognized by some governments and the United Nations. In most
regions, education is compulsory up to a certain age.
In most fields, the amount of distance learning and online degrees is high and is growing rapidly.
There are also growing numbers of schools and institutions which offer online learning. Students
seeking degrees through the online method must be careful to ensure that their course work is
performed in an agency that is accredited and certified.
The benefit that comes with online learning depend a lot on the individual. While some students
simply enjoy the convenience of studying in their pajamas, others must choose online education
to order to stay home with their children. Still, the biggest perk that comes with online degree
programs has to do with location. Simply put, when you have to do online education, you don’t
have to uproot your life to do it, you can just stay home.
The growth of online education in India will be driven by a combination of demand, supply, and
macroeconomics drivers as indicated figure 1.
There are five major categories of education with potential for significant online education.
Reskilling and online certification courses currently accounts for a significant part of the online
education market in India with a share of 38%.
However, with an estimated ~280 million students expected to be enrolled in schools by 2021
and increasing adoption amongst this target audience, online primary and secondary
supplemental education is expected to be the dominant category of courses with a 39% market
share in 2021. At the same time, online test preparation is expected to be the fastest growing
category of online education, estimated to grow at an impressive CAGR of 64% in the next five
years.
Figure 1:-
1.4 HOW EFFECTIVE IS IT DURING PANDEMIC?
The use of virtual courses among students has grown rapidly in recent years. Online courses
provide opportunities for students. Students that doesn’t offer statistics classes may be able to
learn statistics with virtual lessons. In current ecosystem, students are charged on the basis of
type of courses/subscriptions and nature of access on the platform.
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Affordability is another major benefit. Online courses are generally less expensive than campus-
based programmes. Virtual learning apps enabled the students to continue their education off-
campus and showed that there is a different way of doing things in the future.
Online education evolve the concept of continuous learning. Adoption of online education to be
driven across age groups by three kinds of needs:
LITERATURE REVIEW
His research concluded that around 75% students improved their study skills and developed
individual knowledge and found it interesting and rest 35% found it tiresome and boring and feel
drowning in a sea of information.
Jamlan (2004)
has conducted a study on “Faculty Opinions towards Introducing e-learning at the University of
Bahrain”. Data was collected and analyzed by using descriptive statistics. Results indicate that
faculty generally perceive e-learning as a positive force in helping students’ achieve their
learning objectives.
Hiroshi (2005)
Conducted a study titled “Questionnaire-based Evaluation of e-learning Program Operated in
National Institute of Public Health” in Japan. The results were as follows:
Undertook an exploratory project titled “supporting mobile education for pre-service teachers” to
develop the skills and experience in using digital technology. The outcomes of the project were
positive however, it was not clear whether mobile education is a preferred solution when
considering the range of digital device options available.
The result indicate that students felt the use of laptop computer assisted them in their learning, by
providing increased access to resources and helping them to be independent and better organized.
The feeling that it enhanced communication with the lecturer or with other students was not
strong.
The results indicate that participants in an elective course rated the online modules significantly
better than those in a required course. Overall, participants in the elective course rated the online
modules marginally positive while those in the required course rated them marginally negative.
On the basis of the outcomes they suggested that instructors should be selective in the way they
integrate online units into traditional, classroom delivered courses.
This integration should be carefully planned based on learner characteristics, course content, and
the learning content.
Alaa (2007)
Conducted a study to find out the readiness of faculty members of Egyptian University to
develop and implement e-learning.
The results revealed that the majority of respondents, who came from wide range of faculties
across the University, considered themselves to have limited competence and little experience in
e-learning. However, they perceived e-learning to be useful in general and to have the potential
to support their teaching-related activities in particular.
Anna Ya Ni (2011)
Did a research on “ Comparing the Effectiveness of Classroom and Online Learning: Teaching
Research Methods” she found on her research study compares the effectiveness of online and
classroom learning, attempting to go beyond grades and to include a logical assessment of
interaction, effectiveness in achieving learning objectives, and student persistence.
The result of this study indicate that although student performance is independent of the mode of
instruction certain courses are more challenging to students who persist in the virtual
environment than in the classroom. Furthermore, participation may be less intimidating and the
quality and quantity of interaction may be increased in online classes.
COMPANY PROFILE
Shine Project was started to full-fledged online operations from T-Hub, Hyderabad, Telangana in
May 2020, addressing the issues related to the accessibility of education during the COVID-19
pandemic, with the belief to succeed in conquest of helping students who were affected by the
lockdown. Satisfying the needs of the students by providing a high quality education in an
affordable manner is the agenda.
With an appropriate market assessment & a top class management, it became the fastest growing
education company in India in a short span of time! It’s well-tailored online courses have
become valuable and affordable catalysts in everyone’s personal and professional skill
development.
Shine Projects believe that the traditional way of tutelage is the best because it helps in effective
learning & helps in on the spot doubts clarification. For this reason, important courses are always
taught in a live method via Zoom platform.
They have successfully conducted thousands of live classroom sessions and webinars and trained
over 50,000+ students. They have also attained an exceptional rating of 4.7/5 with feedbacks
from over 2700+ candidates on Google page. It’s linkedin , Instagram, twitter and youtube page
are equally noteworthy.
They are affiliated and accredited to NSDC & were awarded as the best start-up of the year 2020
by ‘Business Connect’ and were rated as the Best Company in focus for the year 2021 by ‘Prime
Insights’. It is currently operating in India, middle-east and U.S.; while also mapping other
potential locations.
Vision:
Mission:
• To enhance world’s current ed-tech scenario and assist students in attaining/improving the
employability.
• To incubate experts in providing effective and efficient knowledge transfer through our courses
& Internships.
Website : http://www.shineprojects.in
Founded: 2017
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The present research aims to identify the perception of students on the use of e-learning
platforms. Consumers usage decisions is based on 3 key aspects i.e. the knowledge gained by the
customers through it, challenges faced by the customer during the usage and attitude towards
online and offline education.
The level of customer’s education, customer’s household size as well as educations features are
some of the key factors which affect consumers prefer to use it.
SAMPLING:
The population of this study is the target population like, Parents, Students, Teachers who took
decision whether online mode of education is better than offline mode of education. Due to
Covid-19, we have used Non- probability Convenience Sampling Method, it means sample
drawn at the convenience of the interviewer people tends to make the selection at familiar
location and choose respondents who like themselves.
METHODOLOGY:
We have used MS- Excel and Google forms, diagrams and different charts to represent primary
data collected thorough questionnaire.
CHAPTER 5
The pie chart represented above shows the result of survey in which people of different ages
were asked question about perception towards online education.
From the above pie chart it clearly shown that majority of people lie between 18-25 age.
Figure 2: Gender of the Respondents
The pie chart represented above shows the result of survey in which different gender were
asked question about perception towards online education.
Thus, from above pie chart it is clearly shown that male candidate responses are more in
The pie chart represented above shows the result of survey in which people of different
qualifications were asked question about perception towards online education.
Thus, from the above pie chart it is clearly shown 18% of people are in intermediate, 61% are
undergraduate, 19% are postgraduate and rest are doctorate.
Figure 4: Profession of the Respondents
The pie chart represented above shows the result of survey in which people of different
profession were asked question about perception towards online education.
Thus, from the above pie chart it is clearly shown that 83% of people are students and 14%
of are service man/women and rest are the other two.
Figure 5: Income of the Respondents
The pie chart represented above shows the result of survey in which people of different
income group were asked question about perception towards online education.
Only 51 people respond to this question and out of which majority of people’s income lies
between 50000-10000.
Figure 6: Preferred mode in present scenario?
The bar chart represented above shows the result of survey in which people were asked about
that whether online education is preferred mode in present scenario.
From the chart shown above it is clearly shown nine people were strongly disagree and thirty
people were strongly agree and thirty eight people were neutral and rest are the other. Overall
we can estate that online education is preferred mode of education in present scenario.
Figure 7: Selection criteria of the course
The pie chart represented above shows the result of survey in which people of different age,
qualification, profession and gender were asked question that what would they consider
before selecting an online course.
Thus, it clearly shown that most of the people would like to choose the course that is
university affiliated and that provides job and the course that would teach them valuable
things that are going to be helpful in future.
Figure 8: Effective than face to face instruction?
The pie chart represented above shows the result of survey in which people of different age,
qualification, profession and gender were asked question that what they think whether online
education is better than face to face instruction.
Thus it is clearly shown than more number of people were disagree and others response was
neutral. From this we can conclude that people are not happy about being teached online.
Figure 9: Why Online Education?
The pie chart represented above shows the result of survey in which people of different age,
qualification, profession and gender were asked question that what would they consider
while choosing online education.
From the above response we can say that most of the people choose to attain more
knowledge and to get certificate and some choose to increase their grades.
Figure 10: Mode of Interaction?
The pie chart represented above shows the result of survey in which people of different age,
qualification, profession and gender were asked question that how they would like to interact
during online education, what kind of platforms they would choose.
The majority of people would like to choose meeting apps and education apps with just some
percentage of people would like to choose webpage/desktop and recordable videos.
Figure 11: Time spent?
The pie chart represented above shows the result of survey in which people of different age,
qualification, profession and gender were asked question that how much time do they spend
weekly on an online education platforms.
The majority of people spend two to four hours per week and some spend four to six hours
per week and rest are the other.
Figure 12: Whether it will increase the skill set or not?
The bar chart represented above shows the result of survey in which people of different age,
qualification, profession and gender were asked question that whether online education
would increase their skill set or not.
The majority of people were neutral to this question and some were agreed that it would help
in some way to increase their skill set and rest were disagree that it would not help them in
anyway.
Figure 13: Whether it would increase the quality of higher education or not, how it would help
them to gain job opportunities and placement?
The bar chart represented above shows the result of survey in which people of different age,
qualification, profession and gender were asked question that in what way online education is
effective to them, how it would help them to gain job opportunities and placement, whether it
would increase the quality of higher education or not. There are different responses towards
this question as stated in the graph.
CHAPTER 6
CONCLUSION
This research was conducted to understand the perception and attitude of Indian consumers
towards online education compared to and offline education. I did this research among the
individuals which were in the age of group 18 to 39 and which had gone through both modes of
learning experience online as well as offline. The research included respondents from different
cities and different occupations, though mostly students. The sample size was 150 out which 109
respond to it with 56% male and 44% female. Throughout the report I observe that people are
neutral with online education. Most people respondents are agreed that online education
improves skill set of the people. Students have opportunity to learn while they are working. But
still, it has been observed that people prefer offline way of education because it provides one to
one interaction between student and teachers, moreover it provides real time interaction in the
classroom.
Some question were asked liked it will treat same while recruiting new people. Will they have
same skills like offline educated person has. Will they get same acknowledgement and credit like
on campus student is getting. So, these all question asked whether online education will change
the way education we learning or not.
The answer got for above question is most of the people are agree that it will help to overcome
the problem of higher education like, expensive fees, fulltime study, need attend every class, and
poor infrastructure of colleges and schools, etc. problems will be solved via online education.
In conclusion of the report it can be said that online and offline education has their own
advantages and disadvantages according to the requirements of the students because some
student want education while working and some students want education full time so, both has
different priorities.
The Objectives stated in this study were achieved. To know whether it will be treated as same as
offline education or not: Through this study we get to know that people are more towards offline
education and they do not find online education that much convenient. To know advantages and
disadvantages of online education. Though there are many advantages of online education such
as people are flexible in taking online classes and working at their speed and time. They are more
likely to express their views and discuss and debate. Many disadvantages are also there like they
miss face to face contact with the instructor. They find difficult to access to the requisite
technology and due to minimal availability of technical support. To study the opinion of
students, teachers and parents regarding online education: Through this study we are more likely
to conclude that people like offline education than online education. To check whether
effectiveness of e-learning differ with reference to use of technology and demographic. Through
this study it is observed that administrators and instructors may evolve negative attitude towards
online education due to non-understandability of the workload.
Some Limitations has also been stated like the research is only applicable in Modinagar. It is
done on the basis of data provided by the respondents. The questionnaire is designed based on
our research objectives.
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Appendices
Questionnaire
Consumer Behaviour on online education/course
Name *
Email Address *
Age *
Gender *
o Male
o Female
Admission *
o Intermediate
o Undergraduate
o Postgraduate
o Doctorate
Education Qualification *
o Student
o Self-employed
o Service
o Housewife
Income *
o 50000 - 100000
o 100000 - 200000
o 200000 - 300000
o 300000 above
o Strongly Disagree
o Disagree
o Neutral
o Agree
o Strongly Agree
What are the determinants which should be consider while selecting the
course? *
o Price
o Job orientation
o Social media recognition
o University course Affiliation
o Strongly disagree
o Disagree
o Neutral
o Agree
o Strongly agree
What is the reason for choosing online education? *
o Education App
o Meeting app
o Webpage / Desktop
o Recordable videos
o Strongly Disagree
o Disagree
o Neutral
o Agree
o Strongly Agree
o Strongly disagree
o Disagree
o Neutral
o Agree
o Strongly Agree
o Strongly disagree
o Disagree
o Neutral
o Agree
o Strongly Agree
Do you think online education is an effective way of learning? *
o Strongly disagree
o Disagree
o Neutral
o Agree
o Strongly Agree
Submit