Impact of Covid-19 on Education in India

Abstract

The coronavirus is one of the most disastrous viruses in the entire history of the modern human era after world War second. The whole global community despite all the latest state of  medical facilities and medicines trembled before the pandemic in the first and second waves during 2020 and 2021. The impact of the pandemic covid-19 is observed in all the walks of life the world over . Education sector in India as well as in the world has been badly affected by this naturally  life threatening catastrophe.It badly damaged the educational activities and all other extra curriculum activities of the students as well as the general population of the world. In India it has however worked as a catalyst for the educational institutions to take a detour along alternative platforms and techniques which have not employed on a wider scale so far  in our country. Around 32 crore students  faced this grave situation and they were widely seen in a state of dilemma particularly about their future. Schools , colleges and universities remained closed for months making everything at sixes and sevens in the lives of students.After observing the global scenario of the covid-19 crisis, the World Health Organisation issues the mandatory norm of social distancing and the initial preventive measures.So the nations of the world  started the governmental measures of lockdown. Consequently classes were suspended and tests and examinations of educational institutions were postponed indefinitely . The pandemic which topsy-turvied the entire world also messed up the regulated and scheduled lives of students. Yet by way of a silver lining, covid-19 crisis threw open numerous newer opportunities to swap the tedious and traditional classroom teaching model with an out-and-out digital model of teaching. This present paper is devoted to the study of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on education sector in India.