Dr. AK Damodaram
Dr. CH Lakshmi Tulasi
Dr. L. Venkateswara Reddy
Abstract
Attending school/college for learning is the ‘right’ of every student irrespective whether the student is in primary, secondary or in higher education. This right cannot be denied to the student under any circumstances. However, the outbreak of CORONA VIRUS forced us into the unprecedented scenario and has affected the teaching-learning ‘by and large’ across the globe. These nationwide closures of educational institutions are impacting more than 80% of the world’s student population. As per UNESCO (data releases on 27th March, 2020), around 1.5 billion of students were forced to stay home and 63 million teachers from 165 countries were unable to go to schools and colleges to sustain imparting education due to CORONA pandemic. The expected void of present 3 months created by COVID-19 is not simple for today’s ‘student’ and consequent effects shall lead to many more problems in the years to come. It may range from affecting career opportunities of the individual graduates to survival and growth of many industries directly & indirectly. The present situation is a big game changer now globally. India being the educator to the world is expected to do much more to sustain teaching-learning and thereby sustain the development and growth globally in these hard times. The present article highlights the prevailing challenges to teaching-learning amid COVID-19 situation and provides an understanding of role of an educator. Also, a holistic effort is made to predict future teaching-learning scenarios in light of post COVID-19 situation.
Keywords- COVID-19, Teaching-Learning, Educators, and future scenarios of education.