STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS (SWOT) ANALYSIS OF ONLINE TEACHING LEARNING: TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

Education has been known as the most powerful weapon in life that can change the society and the world. In India, various steps were taken by the government after independence to make education available to all. Educational institutions in India are trying their level best to improve the quality of teaching and learning. Education sector in India has been an ever-growing entity. India has been one of the largest sectors in the world when it comes to education. However the period started from the year 2020 which becomes a start of COVID-19 pandemic. has totally change the education system whereby educational institutions have to close due to pandemic situation. The coronavirus (COVID-19) was declared as a global pandemic on 12 March 2020 and social distancing was adopted in many places to contain the problem. Indeed, numerous countries around the world decided to close schools nationwide to prevent or contain the spread of the virus, significantly affecting the learning of millions of children and adolescents. Therefore in the wake of current COVID-19 pandemic situation conduction of online teaching and learning has been made mandatory by the educational boards. Covid-19 has brought out a drastic change in the educational system not only in India but rather the entire world. Educational institutions across India as well as around the globe have moved to the virtual classes suspending physical classrooms. Online education in India is at an early stage of development. Though online and distance courses have been there from a long time. introduction of the online learning have been considered only in the last few years in India. When it comes to the Indian educational system. face to face classroom approach has always been the most prominently used. Familiarity and ease of using offline methods and lack of requirement for online methods of teaching has been the major barriers for adoption of online teaching and learning.