The Covid-19 Crisis had shattered the global economy with a severe impact on almost all major sectors. According to the report, The coronavirus will adversely impact over 290 Million students across 22 countries due to lockdown. Extended lockdown in the Education sector will not only weaken the basic fundamental knowledge of the students but also reduces the employment opportunities in the long-run. Coronavirus with complete lockdown has also brought the loss of human capital.
 |
| Education Sector |
The Coronavirus has shown a stronger impact in almost all countries where education with low learning outcomes and a high drop out rate. In order to sustain the momentum, Several educational institutes are opting for e-learning programs.e-learning has no bounds. students, professionals, and enthusiastic learners can learn from anywhere anytime without geographical barriers. It provides quick, convenient, and 24*7 fast access to acquire knowledge anywhere across the globe.
Several companies are offering interesting and interactive sessions for students to update themselves in this competitive world. e-learning fills the Vaccum created by the coronavirus in the absence of traditional classroom learning. Central Government is also focusing on Prime Minister e-vidya digital learning and a dedicated platform for students from class 1 to class 12. For differently disabled students the government is providing customized content facilities along with audiobooks, podcasts, and radios that help them to access more into the education.
There are certain challenges which we need to address to make the online-education system more interesting and effective.. Uninterrupted Internet access facility is the biggest challenge in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities and there is big ambiguity in the operational framework and regulations. The important thing is stress, anxiety and increased screen time due to the usage of various electronic devices also need to be considered and we need to develop customized e-learning solutions for students.
e-learning activities are very much successful in Urban areas and it needs to be expanded more on rural areas and also for differently disabled sections of the society. The latest booming technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Virtual Reality, etc can be instrumental in taking this online-learning system to the next level.
0 Komentar untuk "Impact of Coronavirus in the Education Sector."