IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

Education is the building block of any nation. Education builds skills, ideology, personality, thoughts, habits,
knowledge and mind of the Students. Any nation cannot afford the discontinuation of education system. The
Education sectors of India as well as Nation are badly affected from this pandemic COVID-19. The COVID-
19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in human history, nearby 32 crore
learners stopped to move schools, colleges and all educational activities in India. Affecting nearly 1.6 billion
learners in more than 200 countries. Closures of schools, colleges, institutions and other learning spaces have
impacted more than 94% of the world’s student population. According to UNESCO, 63 million teachers were
affected in 165 countries. A total of 1.3 billion learners around the world were not able to attend schools,
colleges or universities, and approximately 320 million learners are affected only in India alone. It has
changed the traditional education system to the educational technologies model in which teaching, learning
and assessments are conducted online. Both the positive and negative impacts of COVID-19 on Indian
Education system are observed.