Online Education in Bangladesh During COVID-19

Abstract

The global education system has been seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Observing the global pandemic scenario, all academic institutions have been shut down from 18th March 2020 until l3th September 2021 in Bangladesh. To resolve this matter, the government took the initiative to move whole education systems and their practices online without physically reopening the system. This research investigates the problems and possibilities of online education during and after the COVID-19 pandemic by qualitative and quantitative techniques. The results of this study found that the education system is under threat due to the aggravating situation of COVID-19. This chapter outlines several initiatives toward rising online education in Bangladesh during and post COVID-19, which finally describes the progress made in the primary to the higher education system. The chapter discussed various aspects of online education practices in Bangladesh and their multiple developmental activities to make these online education practices more realistic and sustainable.