SHADOW EDUCATION: PREVELANCE AND IMPLICATIONS

Education and learning are quite related terms. There are formal educational arrangements
made for providing education to all up to a certain level of schooling. The term Shadow
Education refers to a kind of education which provides supplementary support to the learners
by shadowing the mainstream education; this tries to deliver the services lacking in
mainstream education as well as provides support in preparation for examinations. The
COVID-19 pandemic brought every learner across the globe to a state of anxiety in their
learning as the formal schooling got obstructed. This article focuses on the conceptualization
of the Shadow Education system: from the genesis of the concept to the possible future trends
alongside mainstream education. The evolution of Shadow Education system across the
nations in terms of the features is discussed in the present paper. It outlines the underlying
drives of Shadow Education system and its impact on Formal Education. Shadow Education
system in India is one of the attentions of this paper. This concludes with a discussion on the
emerging trends in Shadow Education system and its implications.