Impact of COVID-19 On Education Sector in India

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has affected human life in a very drastic way. COVID-19 has a severe impact on
education sector too because of the COVID-19 pandemic all educational organizations like schools,
coaching, colleges etc. are closed temporarily it has a high impact on education system. These
nationwide closures have impacted millions of students. Most of the countries around the world have
temporarily shut down all the Educational Organizations in order to prevent the diffusion of corona
virus. In India around 32crore learners stop going to school, college and coaching. The actuality of
several countries is that they have to close their Educational Organizations and had to cancel their
exams due to this a huge distress is created among students and teachers. COVID-19 pandemic has
forced all the educational organizations to flourish themselves and to use digital interfaces and
proficiencies which have not been used earlier. Digital learning makes education more commoner and
approachable. Digital learning is also advantageous for students with learning deficiencies.
Digitalizing in education system also changes the old method of classroom teaching now students
require mobile phone and an excellent internet connection to take their classes they didn’t have to go
anywhere in order to attend their classes. Now a days classes are being conducted on digital platforms
like Microsoft teams, Google classroom, zoom, Google meet, etc. The main motive of this paper is to
recognize the positive and negative side of COVID-19 pandemic. The paper will try to find out the
ways that will help the education sector to get back their previous glory and necessary place as before.