Why are students opting for professional education in the gaming sector?

In today’s tech driven world, online gaming is no longer just a hobby, it is also a money-making opportunity. It is exciting, adventurous and&nbsp;engaging&nbsp;too.&nbsp;This&nbsp;profession&nbsp;needs a lot of technical skill. With youngsters aiming for&nbsp;new-age&nbsp;career options, gaming is rapidly becoming a much sought-after choice for many.&nbsp;&nbsp;



The current scenario of the gaming sector&nbsp; In the pandemic-struck&nbsp;world, the demand of the gaming sector has&nbsp;immensely&nbsp;increased. In&nbsp;the&nbsp;absence of real interactive opportunities, gamers have resorted to virtual interactive gaming platforms, the access to which has&nbsp;been made easier due to ready availability of digital devices and cost-effective internet services.&nbsp;&nbsp;



The net worth of the online gaming industry in India has gone up from USD 870 million in 2019 to USD 1 billion in 2021,&nbsp;with the profits only increasing with each passing day. Estimates say that this will further go up to somewhere around USD 3.9 billion by 2025. Moreover, the number of gamers is also expected to reach 700 million&nbsp;soon.&nbsp;&nbsp;



Previously, gamers used to only operate from computers or laptops. But nowadays, mobile gaming has been trending more. According to BARC and Nielsen report, mobile games in India have been downloaded 7.3 billion times in the first half of 2020, which comprises of about 17% of the overall worldwide downloads.&nbsp;&nbsp;



About 60% of gamers are India are below 25 years, while 43% of the total numbers are women. In fact, before the Covid-19 lockdown, gamers in India used to spend approximately 151 minutes per day which has gone up now to 218 minutes per day.&nbsp;&nbsp;



Gaming education: A growing necessity in India&nbsp; Many CEOs of online gaming companies have stated that gaming is important, but so is investing time and efforts into creating new games. In fact, they&nbsp;are of the opinion that more youngsters with the knowledge of coding&nbsp;and&nbsp;programming&nbsp;will be required&nbsp;to develop new games. This is where gaming education comes into the picture. It has become the need of the hour for the gaming sector to work hand-in-hand with higher education institutions to create a curriculum that will encourage tech-savvy&nbsp;students&nbsp;to pursue gaming technology as a serious career option.&nbsp;&nbsp;



Currently,&nbsp;there are already around 165 game-designing institutes across&nbsp;India,&nbsp;25 of&nbsp;which&nbsp;are in the capital itself. There are many certificate courses that students can join even after their class 10 board exams while studying in high school. Youngsters who are passionate about animation, software and learning UI or UX&nbsp;should especially strive to make a career in this field.&nbsp;



Understanding&nbsp;the&nbsp;benefits of&nbsp;gamification&nbsp; With online classes being the new-normal now, gamification has already become an integral part of the education system. Educators have been strongly&nbsp;focussing&nbsp;on game-based learning since a year now.&nbsp;Although&nbsp;it&nbsp;is still a new approach for many, this sector&nbsp;is slowly making its presence felt. Game-learning involves a practical or ‘learning by doing’ approach which makes it all the more interesting for students.&nbsp;&nbsp;



Teachers and parents have reported that since the introduction of game-based learning into the online education curriculum, students have shown signs of improved cognitive abilities, clear understanding of concepts, better retention of information and higher self-confidence.&nbsp;&nbsp;



Educators have been especially keen&nbsp;on&nbsp;continuing with game-based learning as it is really helpful to keep youngsters engaged and&nbsp;focused&nbsp;during long virtual classes.&nbsp;



India as a game manufacturer&nbsp; Youngsters in India are looking towards not only being&nbsp;professional&nbsp;gamers but also game&nbsp;manufacturers.&nbsp;In fact, currently, there are about 400 gaming companies across the country who are looking to hire passionate youngsters in the departments of coding and programming, designing, communications, marketing and public policy making. These companies look to make their revenues from subscriptions, affiliations, donations and merchandising. Since the&nbsp;gaming&nbsp;industry has been&nbsp;booming, it is certain that young professionals&nbsp;who&nbsp;are interested in this sector,&nbsp;will reap great benefits.&nbsp;

Youngsters nowadays are passionate about being professional gamers or game manufacturers. 

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