Digital Education in Corona Crises: (A Study Based on Jalandhar City)

Abstract

Second wave of COVID-19 had already swept India after its initial hit of the pandemic and definitely there will be  a third wave of corona virus disease (Covid-19) in India once the Omicron variant starts replacing Delta as the dominant strain, according to members of the National Covid-19 Supermodel Committee .Lockdown imposed in country since 2020 with closure of all educational institutions has significantly changed the perspective of education in near future and a paradigm shift has been witnessed in the education sector during lockdown as e-learning came to the forefront, across the world with students and teachers have been forced to adapt to e-learning leaving the traditional classroom teaching, which they were not prepared for. As a result, a total of 320 million learners in India have been affected and moved into the e-learning industry, which includes a network of 1.5 million schools. With huge regional and household disparities in access to the internet and technology, many students and educators are reluctant to this transition. This situation has sparked a debate about whether e-learning is a good alternative to classroom learning. This paper aims to analyse how adversely did COVID-19 pandemic effected the education system of India and identify the arising gaps in transition from traditional to online learning and teaching process with addressing the efforts of Government of India to mobilize and support learning continuity and mitigate the impact of school closures, address learning losses and adapt education systems.