The Impact of COVID-19 on Education in India

Abstract

Due to COVID-19, educational institutes across the world have closed, jeopardizing academic calendars. Most educational institutes have shifted to e-learning platforms to keep academic activities going. However, the questions about the preparedness, designing, and effectiveness of e-learning are still not clearly understood, particularly for a developing country like India, where the technical constraints like suitability of devices and bandwidth availability pose a significant challenge. To design and implement educational responses to the social and health crisis, all parties involved in education must be active participants during periods of lockdown and in the process of reopening schools.