Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Education: A Case Study of Indian Education

Authors

  • Jhantu Mondal

Abstract

Indian Government had announced a nationwide lockdown from mid March of 2020 to prevent the spread of novel corona virus. All the educational institutions of the country have been closed to prevent the spread of the disease. Covid-19 has hampered the routine education of the students as they could not attend the educational institutions for a long time. Indian Government eventually introduced different online platforms which facilitate the online education of the students. But the students of rural areas are not getting the benefit of online education as they don’t have the access to high speed internet connectivity and computer at their home. Covid-19 has provides ample opportunities to the policy makers for introduction of newer technologies such as virtual learning along with the classroom teaching. Indian Government should put more emphasis on infrastructural development of the rural areas so that students of both rural and urban areas can get the benefit of online education.

Published

2020-12-01

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