Impact of Corona Virus (COVID-19) on Education

 

Coronavirus (COVID-19) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe disease such as MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (MERS-COV) and SEVERE ACUTE RESIRATORY SYNDROME (SARS-COV). A novel coronavirus (nCOV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in Human. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Coronavirus disease is as communicable disease. So most of the people get infected by COVID-19.

                                                                                               As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spread across the globe. At the beginning of the February 2020, only the school in China and a few other affected countries were closed down due to the transmission. However, by mid March 2020, nearly 75 countries have implemented or announced school closures. This includes both nation- wide closures as well as local closures (in case of limited o regional transmission). The COVID-19 pandemic has affected  educational system worldwide, leading to the near - total closures of school, colleges and Universities.

                     Most governments around the world have temporarily closed educational institute is an attempt to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of 10 May, 2020 nearly about billions of the learners are currently affected due to the close down of the Educational Institutes. However school closures are an essential step in halting or limiting community level and local transmission. The national wide closures are impacting almost 70% of the world's students population. Several other countries have impacting millions of the additional learners. According to the UNICEF monitoring 177 countries are currently implementing nation wide closures and 13 are implementing local closures.

                                                                                                                                                               As the spread of coronavirus continues across the world, many questions remains unanswered, not least what is going to happen to those millions of students whose school, colleges and Universities have also been affected by corona pandemics. School, Colleges and Universities, Offices and some places particularly affected countries. Shutting up shop, not willing to risk large swathes of students being affected by virus.

                            School closures impact not only students, teachers and families, but have far-reaching economics and societal consequences. School closures in response to COVID-19 have shed light on various social and economic issues, including students debt, digital learning, food insecurity and homelessness, as well as access to childcare, health care, housing, internet, and disability services, The impact was more severe for disadvantaged children and their families, causing interrupted learning, compromised nutrition, childcare problems, and consequent economic cost to families who could not work.