COVID-19 and Education

Abstract

This chapter discusses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the education system and tries to propose some necessary strategies to meet with the new challenges. It considers education one of the major areas of disruption due to global pandemic. The abrupt shifting to online learning from traditional learning module is without adequate planning and preparation, especially for countries like India, where the backbone for an online system is not ready and the design of curriculum is not according to such format. It has created major risk in knowledge flow. That's why the chapter tries to highlight the situations and menaces, as it considers the primary aim of education to be building the capacity of young minds and equiping learners with adequate skills to encounter challenges and drive their knowledge and productivity in the right direction for decades to come and ensure the overall progress of the nation.