Research Paper
Year: 2021 | Month: July | Volume: 8 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 185-191
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20210725
The New Era of Education amidst COVID-19 Lockdown
Suprava Sahu**, Binita Nanda*
**Assistant Professor in Commerce, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha.
*Guest Faculty, JKBK Government College, Cuttack, Odisha.
Corresponding Author: Suprava Sahu
ABSTRACT
Novel Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic has immensely affected each and every aspect of human life. Due to spreading of the virus world-wide and that too at an alarming rate, education system has been badly hit since the arrival of Corona virus. It has made the schools and colleges to shut down and has compelled them to adopt the online mode of education. According to a UNESCO report, more than 157 crore students across 191 countries had been severely affected by the closure of educational institutions throughout the globe due to COVID-19. Efforts are being taken to identify and investigate the challenges that presently our higher education system is facing due to COVID-19 disruption. There are opportunities that need to be explored for the upcoming global teaching and learning after COVID-19. There had been a lot of anxiety and uncertainty regarding opening of schools and colleges as previously there was no vaccine for the corona virus. This paper attempts to study how different categories viz. Administration, Students and Teachers in the educational sector have been affected by the lockdown keeping in view the cancellation of exams, study plan, examination, career and classes. For the analysis, primary data has been collected through a questionnaire in which a total of 116 number of responses have been recorded.
Keywords: Schools, Colleges, Institutions, Universities, Online education, Education, COVID-19, Lockdown.
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