4th August 2021 IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON EDUCATION

Category: Academics

Humankind is presently facing one of the worst situation-COVID-19. Coronavirus has affected day-to-day life and is slowing down the global economy. The pandemic has affected thousands of people who are either sick or killed due to the spread of this disease. The virus has changed the way we work, play, and learn. The people in India and across the globe are in the sense of anxiety or stress due to this pandemic. It has created several interferences in everyday people’s lives from their work schedules, uncertain future, health, etc. This Covid-19 has also made a significant impact on the education system. Due to this pandemic, schools, colleges, and universities are shut across the world. This has changed our traditional way of learning, and hence millions of students are inevitably adopting the new type of learning. This has resulted in a dramatic change in the education sector, with the phenomenal rise of e-learning. The unique teaching is undertaken remotely- on digital platforms. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, educational institutes worldwide began conducting classes via video conferencing software such as Zoom, Microsoft teams, Cisco Webex, Google Classroom, or Google Meet and soon. Educational organizations have created a framework for all overall development of distance learning. This helped the educators to handle the transition from offline to online teaching.