A Study of The Impact of Screen Time on The Social and Emotional Life of Students

Education is one of the key factors in building a good nation (Baiyere & Li, 2016). The Covid19 virus outbreak which made the entire globe face a storm, brought a new perspective about the role of technology. The technological development and the internet had changed the lives of people immensely and had also brought a huge change in various fields. But during the pandemic, a lot of changes happened especially in the education system across the world. E-learning was found to be a significant tool for effectively continuing the teachinglearning process during the lockdown. It has been supplying a solution to the learners who are unable to access the traditional means of education due to the present pandemic situation and the lockdown. (Nagata, Abdel, & Gabriel, 2020) The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus had caused a sudden interruption in the functioning of schools, colleges, universities, and other institutions. Amid these tough times, teachers began utilizing e-learning platforms to impart education to the students. (Soni, 2020). Teacher Education is an integral part of the educational system. It is intimately connected with society and is conditioned by the ethos, culture, and character of a nation. The constitutional goals, the directive principles of the state policy, the socio-economic problems and the growth of knowledge, the emerging expectations and the changes operating in education, etc. call for a suitable response from a futuristic education system and provide the perspective within which teacher education programme need to be viewed. India has a large system of education. There are many schools (primary, secondary, higher secondary) and teacher education institutions to cater to the need of education. When India got freedom, the then existing educational system was accepted as such because it was assumed that ending it abruptly could be chaotic. Though, today the scenario is quite different, and a rigorous deliberation is required in the field of teacher education.