- The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education systems around the world, with nearly 75 countries closing schools by mid-March 2020. This affected approximately 600 million learners. - School closures are an important measure to limit transmission of the virus but they can negatively impact communities. They may lead to increased dropout rates and learning loss as well as parents missing work to care for children at home. - Various alternatives are being explored to continue education during closures, including digital and online learning platforms, distance learning programs, and educational television or radio broadcasts.

1. Mr. SHRIKRISHNA BAOKAR
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IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
ON EDUCATION IN INDIA

2. • As the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) spread
across the globe and in India, alarm bells are
sounding in the education sector.
• At the beginning of February 2020, only schools in
China and a few other affected countries we
closed down due to the transmission.
• However, by mid-March 2020, nearly 75 countries
have implemented or announced school
closures.
• This includes both nation-wide closures as well as
local closures (in case of limited or regional
transmission).
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INTRODUCTION

3. • The close down of educational institutes is
estimated to affect roughly 600 million learners
across the world (only school going students).
• However, school closures are an essential step in
halting or limiting community-level and local
transmission.
• Further, a number of students have plans to
pursue their higher education in universities
abroad.
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INTRODUCTION

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REFLECTION SPOT
1. How are universities and schools across the
country impacted by the novel Corona
Virus?

5. • What are educational institutes are doing to keep
students safe from contracting COVID-19?
• Institutes across the globe are simply instructed to
limit the exposure of susceptible student
population.
• This includes measure such as-
– School closures
– Postponing/rescheduling examinations
– Cleaning and sanitization of premises
– Consideration of long-term contingency
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6. What do school closures mean for the community?
• The impact on education is likely to cause losses
in terms of dropout rates and learning outcomes,
especially in regions with low shock-resilience.
• Children have fewer opportunities of learning
from home.
• Further, closure of schools is likely to lead to
parents missing work, in order to stay at home
and take care of the children.
• This also affects productivity, incurs loss in wages,
consequently affecting the community and the
economy as a whole.
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7. What do school closures mean for the community?
• A large number of health-care professionals are
women. Their work may be disrupted by the
presence of their children at home due to school
closures, causing unintended strain on health-
care related systems.
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8. What are the possible alternatives for interrupted
education during COVID-19?
• Exploring the possibility of digital learning, high
and low technology solutions etc on the basis of
power supply, digital skills of teachers and
students, and internet connectivity
• Inclusion in distance learning programs, especially
for students coming from low-income groups or
presence of disability, etc.
• Providing support for digitalization to teachers as
well as students
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9. What are the possible alternatives for interrupted
education during COVID-19?
• Several online learning platforms are offering their
services to a wider audience.
• Indian government provided MOOC courses on
Swayam portal, Online Digital Library and various
skill development platforms for both students and
teachers.
• Toppr made its services free for use for some time,
especially for class 10th and class 12th students in
India.
• At the same time, global platforms such as Alison,
Coursera and edX gave free access to their
courses online.
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10. What are the possible alternatives for interrupted
education during COVID-19?
• FutureLearn also launched a feature through
which university students and staff get unlimited
access to their courses.
• Uses of ZOOM, Screen Cast O Matic, Google
Classroom, Google Form, Wordpress web sites,
WhatsApp, Youtube and other ICT modules for
active teaching and learning.
• Such instances will prove to be useful to both
students and teachers, uplifting the education
industry in some way.
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11. Let us hope the pandemic gets
eliminated soon.
Until then, keep safe!
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!……….Thank You…………!