Education
Research Paper
E-ISSN No : 2454-9916 | Volume : 7 | Issue : 8 | Aug 2021
CRISIS OF INDIAN EDUCATION AND NEW STRATEGY FOR PREPAREDNESS OF PANDEMIC SITUATION EDUCATION SECTOR 1
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Ayan Kumar Maity | Chandralekha Bandyopadhyay | Saunava Manna 1 2
Department of Geography, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, India. Department of Geography, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India.
ABSTRACT In India, School closures have affected 320 million students (UNESCO, 2020). Due toclosure of schools to ensure the health safety of students teaching has moved to digital platform. Learning inequality, dropout from institution, Nutritional deficiency, digital divide, gender disparity, impact of school closure on marginalized children, technological inefficiency, inadequate infrastructure, physical and mental trauma. However different policies are taken by administration which helps to changing scenario of our nation's education system. This paper is highly highlighted on present education system of India and policy measures to maintain a balance system in education sector, during biological disaster. INTRODUCTION COVID-19 has affected a large member of students across state, class, caste, gender and region. Due to closure of school digital platform is increasing learning inequality among students. As of 12 January 2021, approximately 825 million learners are currently affected due to school closures in responses to the Pandemic as a result education has changed dramatically with the distinctive rise of e learning. Online learning has been shown to increase retention of information and take less time. By the end of March 2020, the pandemic was everywhere, resulting in the closure of most of the schools, colleges and universities in India. It accelerated the adoption of digital technologies to deliver education. The nationwide lockdown has a great impact on the education system of the country. Rural area education system was highly affected. Only few private school and universities could adopt online methods. Low income group mainly Government, Government aided and Government sponsored schools are not accommodated with this method.
resources developed by the Government like Diksha, E-Pathshala, National Repository of Open Educational Resources (NROER), Swayam, Swayam Prabha, Nishtha and National Digital Library etc. A Cycle Approach to education in Emergencies
OBJECTIVES: During this pandemic situation for Covid 19 the present paper highlights on the following objects: Ÿ
To find out the present situation of the students regarding COVID-19.
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Impact on physical and mental condition of the students.
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Rural
Urban
Rural Urban Access Operate Access Operate Internet Computer Internet Computer (%) (%) (%) (%)
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State
To find out the steps taken by the Government of India for education system day by day.
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Andhra Pradesh
1.5
10.4
11.6
29.5
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Assam
3.7
12.1
30.8
46.9
To find out the position of the backward students regarding online education.
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Bihar
2.7
12.5
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38.6
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Chhattisgarh
3.2
10.6
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34.6
METHODOLOGY: Data and information are collected on the basis of the online survey (Google Form). There we have kept about 50 types of MCQ questions where as only 150 response have been collected from various categories. Information are also collected various national and international journals and various authentic websites which have referred.
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Delhi
NA
NA
34.7
55.8
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Gujarat
4.4
21.1
20.1
49.1
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Haryana
5.9
37.1
29.5
55.5
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Himachal Pradesh
10.5
48.6
28.3
70.6
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Jammu & Kashmir
3.5
28.7
16
57.7
Government taken some steps on education during COVID 19: The Government has taken various steps to provide online education in COVID19 pandemic. These include PRAGYATA Guidelines on Digital Education, Internet access under BHARAT NET scheme, etc. (Ministry of Education, 21). The COVID-19 has resulted in schools shut all across the India. Mainly huge children are out of the classroom as a result, education has changed dramatically, with the distinctive rise of e-learning, whereby teaching is undertaken remotely and on digital platforms. Not only that it is the effect of postponed/ cancelling various types of examination like Central board of secondary education (CBSE) and West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) Madhyamik and Higher Secondary examination. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) postponed the interview for the Civil Services Examination 2019 (Wikipedia). Similarly the most of the State Governments and other educational examination postponed due to outbreak of COVID-19.In this situation The Ministry of Human Resources Development and its associated institutions are promoting digital education through Online Educational Platforms and through the mediums of TV and RADIO. While students and teachers can access these through the laptops, desktops and mobile phones, these resources are being reached to learners in remote areas through Television and Radio. The following are some of the online
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Jharkhand
1.3
11.9
15.6
40.2
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Karnataka
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8.3
22.9
33.5
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Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Odisha
20.1 2.3 3.3 1.8
46.9 9.7 18.5 5.8
27.5 17.2 27.4 17.2
56.4 35.4 52 31.2
16 17 18 19
Punjab Rajasthan Tamilnadu Telangana
39.4 18.5 14.4 9.9
26.7 26.6 24.7 17.6
57.1 49.9 24.8 41.9
20 21 22
Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh West Bengal
9.4 6.4 11.6 1.6 7 4 3.3
35.2 11.6 7.9
32.5 22.3 11
64.3 41 36
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Source: 75th round of National Sample survey conducted between July 2017 and
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