IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION SYSTEM IN INDIA

The severe impact of COVID-19 or Corona virus has shaken the world to its core. Due to this
pandemic, several government all over the have temporarily closed all educational
institutions in an attempt to check this deadly virus. In India also, the government announced
to close all the educational institutions as a part of nationwide lockdown, as a result of which,
students that are from schools, colleges, coaching institutes, are effected very badly.

The nationwide lockdowns affecting the total 91% of the students all over the world. Several
other countries have implemented localized closures impacting millions of additional
learners. UNESCO is supporting countries in their efforts to mitigate the immediate impact of
school closures, particularly for more vulnerable and disadvantaged communities, and to
facilitate the continuity of education for all through remote learning. The UNESCO report
estimates that the coronavirus pandemic will adversely impact over 290 million students
across 22 countries. The UNESCO estimates that about 32 crore students are affected in
India, including those in schools and colleges.

Therefore, the government has come up with e-learning program. Many educational-tech
firms have tried to grab the chance of making money by offering free online classes or
attractive discounts on e-learning modules. These measures have been met with
overwhelming response by students with some start-ups witnessing as high as 25% growth in
e-learning. Distance learning seems a viable solution to students during this time as they offer
convenient, on -the- go and affordable access to lessons. E-learning also comes as an
interesting and interactive alternative as compared to classroom teaching.

Covid-19 has made the educational institutions to think an alternative for the continuation of
the classes. Online mode appears to be the viable source of taking classes until the college
resumes and the things back to the normal. A complete revolution in the way we learn today
has been brought about by Technology. Each student gets in contact with a world-class
education, which is not easy to impart by the traditional white chalk and blackboard method
of teaching. This new learning is more interesting, personalized and enjoyable. A massive
open online course (MOOC) is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open
access via the web. India is considered to be the biggest market for MOOCs in the world after
the USA. Since the population of India is huge, massive open online course (MOOC) is said
to open gateways for a lot of Indians in terms of bringing an educational revolution. Online
distant learning programs give a great opportunity to avail high-quality learning with the help
of internet connectivity.

Digital learning has numerous points of interest in itself like computerized learning has no
physical limits, it has more learning commitment experience as opposed to the conventional
learning, it is additionally financially savvy and understudies get the chance to learn in the
bounds of their customary range of familiarity. Be that as it may, computerized learning isn't
without its constraints and difficulties, since vis-à-vis collaboration is normally seen as the
best type of correspondence when contrasted with the fairly impersonalized nature of far off
learning. All inclusive, online instruction has met with some achievement. On account of
India, we despite everything have far to go before advanced learning is viewed as standard
instruction, since understudies living in urban region have the offices to settle on
computerized training, be that as it may, country zone understudies don't have the necessary
foundation nor are monetarily solid to profit the assets required for advanced instruction.
Working of the computerized training foundation by the Government of India by and by
seems, by all accounts, to be troublesome because of absence of financial plan. Further,
regardless of whether the computerized framework is fabricated, preparing must be given to
the instructors to utilize the advanced framework to give bona fide and legitimate, continuous
and consistent training to the understudies. Far off adapting progressively depends on the
solid force gracefully and pervasive Internet availability which may be a fantastical thing for
Tier 2 and Tier 3 urban cities in India.

In case we encourage up the light on the educational material, digital education will have a
constrained scope as compared with the composed and handy material which is given in an
instructive established. Additionally, the verification of the instructive fabric is at stake. E-
learning will continuously give the understudies with diverse data completely different ways.
So, the genuineness of the educational material ought to be tried some time recently these
materials are circulated with the understudies. Creation of substance, dispersal of substance
and assessment of content ought to be done. Mixed instruction should come confront to
confront and remove instruction ought to go hand in hand right now. Instructive information
circulated in online ought to be legitimately kept up. Since eventually these digital
educational course classes will too lead to hacking frameworks and interlopers coming
within. The advanced security challenge will stay at huge whereas conferring education. Due
to the outbreak of the pandemic, the work from home (WFH) culture is booming in India. As
social distancing is prescribed as the best way to curb the spread of COVID 19, companies
are faced with an unprecedented challenge of ensuring it is business as usual even if everyone
is working remotely. Therefore, not only businessmen or start-ups in India have opted for an
online platform like Zoom App to stay connected with their employees who are working from
their homes but also the educational institutions have opted for different digital platforms to
facilitate learning for their students. However, only educational institutions in urban areas can
provide those facilities. Again the questions are raised for the learners in rural areas, the
educational systems in rural areas and their growth.

With so numerous different ways to characterize e-learning and the instructive approaches
that can be taken in these learning situations, numerous colleges and additional educational
modules movement classes have begun making utilize of the innovation. Through
applications such as Zoom, different colleges particularly designing and planning colleges of
Pune have embraced the errand of teaching understudies through video conferencing.
Resolute by the security concerns which such video conferencing applications may posture,
these applications are broadly utilized and have demonstrated to be useful and with a part of
focal points. There's picture, sound clarity which makes conferring of information and
learning viable for both the educators and the student.

But at the same time, there's a dazzling disadvantage as exams got to be put off.
Examinations cannot be conducted online. It isn't as it were fair the question of conferring
ceaseless and continuous learning amid the flare-up of COVID-19 widespread but moreover
the foremost vital challenge for the teachers is to centre on the generally components of a
well-developed course. Creating an intentional and well-defined online course, which
underpins the educators and learner, means devoting the fitting time and inserting the
appropriate course components into the e-learning environment. Through the utilize of
innovation, we are, able in case not give a solid elective to the ordinary education system,
mitigate and compensate for the obstructions postured and bother caused due to COVID-19
widespread to the instruction framework and learners by expansion. Learning, as they say,
could be a nonstop and ever-evolving handle. The instructive teach in India, from schools to
colleges, can utilize 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.