Education in a POST-COVID World

 Education in a POST-COVID World

“The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence”

- Rabindranath Tagore

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered sensitivities. In comparison, the situation has shown each and every one of us how much potential we’ve got. It has unintentionally also played the role of testing our capabilities. The UNICEF-ITU record states that this was the largest, substantial interference in education in recent history and has affected 1.6 billion children all over the world. So far, what we’ve seen only explains to us that the hybrid way of learning is the future of education.

 Remote learning at the comfort of one’s home, and accessibility to study materials at all times, from anywhere. How much more flexible can it get? However, it has projected an imbalance in terms of access to the internet in several parts of the globe. Furthermore, the efficiency of teaching, as well as learning has evidently decreased. Most importantly, a huge factor, academic integrity has been unstable. 

Considering all these details, would one still make the statement “Hybrid learning is the future of education.”? “Student centeredness” is a common term made use of by a lot of us when it comes to advantages of online learning. It is absolutely valid, but we cannot completely ignore the fact that not all students acquire the composed environment in a well-regulated manner.

From the learner point of view, something major that students missed out on was practical based academic work. All of these issues have been completely neglected or at least, levelled up to be better in a POST-COVID world. 

Bearing in mind that there are more points that influence POST-COVID education, the transportation resources were much conserved with remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Even so, it is back to being an expense to most people as the situation settles down. The expenses are worth the outcome of offline education is what I would say. Why? Because of the atmosphere students get to experience as children. Connecting with their teachers, and bonding with their friends with big smiles on their faces is just how it should be. 

The aspect of physical fitness of children is also covered this way. 

The teachers’ way of looking at it would be something like this: analyzing whether or not a student has understood a concept, whether or not a student is enjoying a lesson, and whether or not they are paying attention to what is happening. 

Another regard to this is one particular observation. Very obviously, we can also observe that some pupils seem to be introverted around the ones who once were "their people". Offline schooling is one of the most possible ways to allow children to walk out of their shell and interact better, gradually leading to coherent learning, and in fact, even a stronger personality.

"It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom." 

Written By Adil Sukumar

Special Thanks To Tina Samyuktha & Shivani Praveen