IMPACT OF COVID-19 EDUCATION IN INDIA

The COVID-19 pandemic affected education sector drastically. It led to total closure of Schools, Colleges and Universities which affected on almost 94% of students worldwide. Due to sudden lockdown, there is transition of students and teachers to online teaching-learning mode. This situation had challenged the educational institution to shift into online mode which have been not used before. In India, around 250 million students were affected due to closures at the onset of lockdown induced by COVID-19. The pandemic posed several challenges which included an expected rise in dropouts, learning losses, and increase in digital divide. Many academic institutions have taught us that changes are inevitable. The Sudden shift in the teaching methods have shown wide inequalities in capacity of teachers, learning outcomes, digital infrastructure provided by the government and access to the technology to different sections of the students. Numerous educational institutions in India are not equipped with digital facilities right now to cope with online education system. This study is mainly focusing on impacts of COVID-19 on educational sector, positive and negative impact of COVID-19 on education sector, are the government efforts and policies are accessible and beneficial to all the students? Impact on Teaching and learning system during this pandemic.