Impact of Covid19 on the global education system including India
By: Creanovation Technologies
Tags: Covid 19 Crisis, India, Covid 19, Education, Education Reform

Impact of Covid19 on the global education system including India

There was a time when education was something only a few could afford. Compared to these times, education has made great strides today. But, this progress was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Since the beginning of the lockdown, the current education system has been going through a big shift. Companies like Creanovation Technologies are creating programs and tools that will allow the school and the students to navigate through their processes and continue their learning.

The coronavirus crisis has resulted in the stimulation of unprecedented innovation in the education sector and made us realize how unappreciative we have been to the educators and teachers. The pandemic has also highlighted the extreme social and economic inequality between the students. It raises the need for training the teachers better so that they can be proficient in this new method of education delivery.

According to the UNESCO, about 90% of all the students were affected by the lockdown facilitates at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. Different countries have had different responses to the crisis. Some of them have introduced remote learning and homeschooling programs while offering online resources for free. Some others have been delivering assignments to students’ home and broadcasting lectures through public TV and radio.

In India, about 32 crore students are affected by the nationwide lockdown and different restrictions. The lockdown has made the students face a whole lot of challenges, especially for the secondary students and final year students. Because of the virus, no company visited the campus resulting in fewer placements and unemployment. In fact, some students who received pre-placement offers lost their job because the companies were fearing bankruptcy.

The institutes have also faced challenges in conducting exams because of the lack of a proper mechanism. Even though students in colleges were able to continue learning through video conferencing apps like Zoom, the exams are a different story. If the exams are conducted online, it will result in an open book examination that doesn’t have any credibility.

The government has been trying to ensure that everyone has access to education using platforms like NCERT. They have received guidelines for teaching through online methods like Swayam Prabha, Swayam, e-pathshala, Diksha, etc. Different shows have been launched on Doordarshan to spread awareness regarding the virus and the teaching methods. Institutes like AICTE that are responsible for technical education in the country have released guidelines that allow the students near the colleges to access its internet facility.

Even though online classes have made remote learning possible, it has also raised several other challenges. Apart from poor network mechanisms and internet connectivity issues, the online classes lack the focus of a normal classroom. Since students don’t have experience interacting and learning online, it is difficult to continue learning in this situation.