Impact of COVID pandemic on Education in India

1. Department of
Zoology
Impact Of Pandemic Covid-19
On Education in India
Presented by
Ganesh K. Lahane
Project guide
Prof. Dr. K.B. Shejule Sir
( Associate Professor & Head Of
Department Of Zoology )
M.Sc . IInd year
Seat No:- ZND004030

2. INDEX

3. Abstract

4. Introduction:-

5.  The education sectors including schools, colleges and universities
became closed. Classes suspended and all examinations of
schools, colleges and universities were postponed indefinitely.
Thus, the lockdown destroyed the schedules of every student.
 The lockdown is responsible to choose the online modes.Initially,
the educators and the students were quite confused and didn’t
understand how to deal with the situation. But latter on all
realized that the lockdown has taught so many lessons to manage
with the emergence of such pandemic.
 Thus, COVID -19 has created many challenges and opportunities
for the educational institutes to strengthen their technological
knowledge and infrastructure.

6. Initiatives of Govt. of India on education during Covid-19 :-
 To prevent spread of pandemic COVID-19, the Govt. of India has
taken number of preventive measures.
 The union government declared a country wide lock-down of all
educational institutions on 16 March 2020.
 Govt. of India has observed one day nationwide Janta-curfew on
March 22 and implement lockdown from March 25, 2020.
 Almost all state government ministries have taken measures to
ensure that the academic activities of schools and colleges do not
hamper during the lockdown period.
 They have instructed the schools to hold all their classes online.

8. 1] Diksha :-
 Portal contains e-Learning content for students, teachers, and
parents including video lessons, worksheets, textbooks and
assessments.
 Under the guidance of its national boards of education (CBSE) and
NCERT, the content has been created by more than 250 teachers
who teach in multiple languages.
 It has more than 80,000 e-Books for classes 1 to 12 created by
CBSE, NCERT in multiple languages.
 The contents can also be viewed through QR
codes on textbooks.
 For detail http://diksha.gov.in/data/

9. 2] e-Pathshala :-
 is an e-Learning app by NCERT for classes 1 to 12 in multiple
languages. The app houses books, videos, audio, etc.
 aimed at students, educators and parents in multiple languages
including Hindi, Urdu, and English.
 In this web portal NCERT has displayed 1886 audios, 2000
videos, 696 e-Books and 504 Flip Books for classes 1 to 12 in
different languages.
 For more detail
http://epathshala.nic.in

10. B] Higher Education -
1] Swayam :-
 is the national online education platform hosting 1900 courses
covering both school (classes 9 to 12) and higher education
(under graduate, post graduate programs) in all subjects
including engineering, humanities and social sciences, law and
management courses.
 The unique feature is that, it is
integrated with the conventional
education.
 For more details .
http://swayam.gov.in/

11. 2] Swayam Prabha :-
 has 32 DTH TV channels transmitting educational contents on 24 x 7
basis.
 These channels are available for viewing all across the country using
DD Free Dish Set Top Box and Antenna.
 The channels cover both school education (classes 9 to 12) and
higher education (undergraduate, postgraduate, engineering Out-
of-school children, vocational courses and teacher training) in arts,
science, commerce, performing arts, social sciences and humanities
subjects, engineering, technology,. law,
medicine, agriculture.

12. 3] e-PGPathshala :-
 is for postgraduate students.
 Postgraduate students can access this platform for
e-books, online courses and study materials during
this lockdown period.
 The importance of this platform is that students can
access these facilities without having internet for
the whole day.
 For more details http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/

13. Positive impact of COVID-19 on education :-
 Educational institutions of India have accepted the challenges and
trying their best to provide services to the students during the
pandemic.
 Another major advantage of online learning is that it allows
students to attend classes from any location of their choice. They
only need a good internet connection.
 In virtual classes, students do not have to go to school and come in
contact with others. This saves them from receiving any type of
infections from others that helps in keeping their immune system
strong.
 Moreover, being at home gives them a chance to eat fresh and
healthy foods all day.

14. 1) Better Time Management :- Students are able to manage their
time more efficiently in online education during pandemics.
2) Increased the use of electronic media for sharing information:-
Learning materials are shared among the students easily and the
related queries are solved through e-mail, SMS, phone calls and using
different social Medias like WhatsApp.
3) Rise in increase in online meetings:- The pandemic has created a
massive rise in teleconferencing, virtual meetings, webinars and e-
conferencing opportunitie.
4) Enhance the use of soft copy of learning materials:-
In lockdown situation students were not able to collect the hard
copies of study materials and hence most of the students used the
soft copies materials for reference.

15. Negative impact of COVID-19 on education:-
Education sector has suffered a lot due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
Not all students will be able to access online classes.
The overall growth and Development of an individual that takes
place in schools are lost.
Students don’t get the free nutritious food (like Mid-day meals in
India)
Students may be forced into child labor to support the family.
Girls are at a higher risk of child marriage and early pregnancies.
It has created many negative impacts on education and some of
them are as pointed below.....

16. 1) Unprepared teachers/Students for online education:-
Not all teachers/students are good or at least not all of them were
ready for this sudden transition from face to face learning to online
learning.
Most of the teachers are just conducting lectures on video platforms
such as Zoom, Google meet etc. which may not be real online
learning without any dedicated online learning platform.
2) Increased responsibility of parents to educatetheir wards:-
Some educated parents are able to guide but some may not have the
adequate level of education needed to teach children in the house.

17. 3) Access to digital world:- As many students have limited or no
internet access and many students may not be able to afford
computer, laptop or supporting mobile phones in their homes, online
teaching-learning may create a digital divide among students.
4) Access to global education:- The pandemic has significantly
disrupted the higher education sector. A large number of Indian
students who are enrolled in many Universities abroad.
5) Loss of nutrition due to school closure:- Mid day meals is a school
meal program of the Government of India which is designed to
provide better the nutritional food to school-age children nationwide.
The closure of schools has serious implications on the daily nutrition
of students as the mid-day meal schemes have temporarily been
shut.
6) Educational activity hampered:-

18. Methodology
 Data and information presented in current study are
collected from various reports prepared by national and
international agencies on COVID-19 pandemic.
 The Information Is collected from various authentic
websites.
 Some journals and e-contents relating to impact of
COVID-19 on educational system are referred.
 The data is collected with the help of google form among
the different regions of Marathwada.

20.  Among these collected
responses, 85
 candidates family
background as a
farmer/ their source of
income is farming.
 And very few from
Govt. sector / Private
Job.

21.  During the lockdown
period/ pandemic
situation many
students feel alone/
isolated.
 The present bar chart
showing the
information.

22.  Students think about
their future & feel
uncertain about that.
 Due to the Pandemic
situation They worried
about their future.
 The bar chart showing
the details statistics.

23.  Many students are
unable to study in
lockdown period.
 The reasons may vary
from individual to
individual, these are
shown in the attached
pdf.

24.  In many institution the
academic syllabus is
not completed due to
this pandemic
situation/ unavailability
of online teaching tools
& many more reasons
are there.
 From collected
responses more than
50% showing the
uncomplete status.

25.  Due to improper
internet connection
the students are
unable to attend
online classes at
home.

26.  In rural areas the
internet connection is
not proper, so the
students belonging to
rural areas face many
problems during this
pandemic situation.

27.  Many of the students
have proper internet
connection, but in
large families they do
not have privacy and
peaceful place to
attend online classes.

28.  The online mode of
education loose the
interaction between
teacher & student. Many
of the students are not
comfortable with online
mode of education.
 Some students are not
agreed/comfortable with
the online mode of
examination.
 Due to many technical
problems & there are
many problems during
online examination..

29.  The present Pie chart
showing the information
about the opinion of is
Covid-19 pandemic
situation affecting on
career.
 The lockdown directly or
indirectly affected the
career/future in some
extent.
 The present pie chart
showing majority of the
responses i.e. 89.4 %

30. Photo Gallaryallary

31. Timeline of Covid Pandemic
 The above graph shows the timeline of covid-19 pandemic from
January 2020 to February 2021.
 The letters indicate J,F,M indicating the months January, February,
March respectively.

32. Conclusion & Result
 COVID-19 has impacted immensely to the education
sector of India.
 Though it has created many challenges, various
opportunities are also evolved.
 India is not fully equipped to make education reach all
corners of the nation via digital platforms.
 The outbreak of COVID-19 has taught us that change is
inevitable.
 The lockdown is responsible to choose the online
modes.