- The effect of COVID-19 is seen in each area around the globe. This gravely influences the training areas of India just as the world. It has made a terrible impact on the understudies’ life. Around 32 crore students halted to move schools/universities, and all instructive exercises ended in India. The episode of COVID-19 has prompted us that change is unavoidable. It has filled in as an impetus for the instructive organizations to develop and pick stages and procedures, which have not been utilized previously. The education area has been battling to endure the emergencies with an alternate methodology and digitizing the difficulties to wash away the danger of the pandemic.
AN INITIATIVE OF GOVT. OF INDIA ON EDUCATION DURING THE PANDEMIC
With the deadly spread of coronavirus, the Govt. has taken some significant steps to prevent coronavirus. The Union Government declared a countrywide lockdown of all education sectors on 16th March 2020.
Several arrangements have been made by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), including internet websites and educational platforms via Direct to Home TV, student radios for learning to begin. For the online teaching-learning method, students used common social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Zoom, Google Meets, Telegram, Youtube live, Facebook live, etc. during the lockdown. The MHRD ICT project is a unique forum that puts all emerging tools together for online education.
e-Pathshala is an e-Learning software by NCERT for classes 1 to 12 in various languages. The software houses books, animations, audio, etc. targeted at teachers, educators and parents in several languages like Hindi, Urdu, and English.
National Repository of Open Educational Resources (NROER): The platform offers a variety of multilanguage tools for students and instructors, including books, immersive modules and videos, including a variety of games focused on STEM. Material is mapped to the 1-12 classroom programme, with matched instructor services.
e-PG Pathshala usually is meant for postgraduate students. During this lockout time, postgraduate students can use this portal for e-books, online courses and research materials. The benefit of this forum is that without needing the internet for the whole day, students can access these facilities
IMPACT OF PANDEMIC ON EDUCATION
The outbreak of COVID-19 has created many negative and positive impact on education sectors. Educational sectors of India have accepted the challenges and tend to try their best to provide seamless support services to the students during the pandemic.
POSITIVE IMPACTS
- Heading toward Mixed learning
- The growth in the use of supervision in learning
- Boost the use of the soft copy of the content for learning
- Expansion of collective practice
- The increase in online meetings
- Digital literacy improved
- Increased use of electronic media for knowledge exchange
- The Big Exposure Universe
- Good use of time
- Application for open and distance learning
NEGATIVE IMPACT
- Educational events were not carried out
- Effects on jobs
- Unprepared school teachers/students
- Diminished global work prospects
- The increased obligation of parents to train their guards
- Loss in nutrition leading to the closing in schools
- Access to the digital globe
- School fees, college fees have been postponed
Government E-Learning Platforms That Are Propelling Education Amid Covid-19
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