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.
