Almost all sectors in the world got affected by the outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic. Education Sector in India also does not remain untouched.
Due to the pandemic, many educational institutions including schools and colleges were forced to shut down, exams were canceled and classes moved online.
Let’s analyze the impact of pandemic on various stakeholders of education sector in India
Students
Students are in confusion state over the reopening of educational institutes, schedule of the examination and grading system.
In the case of school education, most of the states in India promoted students without even conducting the examination. However, some of them are not satisfied with the evaluation system. In most cases, marks were awarded based on internal assessment test marks.
Final year degree and PG students are confused over the schedule of examination. What after the final examination? This question is also increasing anxiety among them as pandemic has left a huge impact on the job market.
Teachers
School teachers or faculties of the colleges are in a state of dilemma. On one hand, in most cases, they are not getting their full salaries which they used to draw before the lockdown, on the other, they cannot change the sector due to less jobs in the market.
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Management of educational institute
They are left with two options either to shut down educational institutes or wait for the situation to become normal.
Big educational institutions can wait for the situation to turn normal as they have sufficient capital to pay at least some percent of salaries to staff. However, schools with low budgets may be forced to shut if the government does not provide some kind of package.