IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION

Abstract

The petrifying and severe impact of Covid-19 has shaken the world to its core. Further, most Governments around the world have temporarily closed educational institutions in an attempt to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. In India too, the government as a part of the nationwide lockdown has closed all educational institutions, because of which, learners ranging from school-going children to postgraduate students, are affected. Nevertheless, Covid-19 has prompted experts to rethink the conventional mode of education. Digital education appears to be a viable solution to fill in the void for classroom education for a period of three to four months while minimizing the chances of any infection to students until classes resume. Using technology, we can, if not provide a strong alternative to the conventional education system, mitigate and compensate for the impediments posed and inconvenience caused due to the Covid-19 pandemic to the education system and learners by extension. Learning, as they say, is a continuous and ever-evolving process. The educational institutions, in India, from schools to universities, can use this present adversity as a blessing in disguise and make digital education a major part of the learning process for all learners in the future. This paper throws its light on the impact of Covid-19 on the teaching-learning process, teachers, parents, and students.