write a paragraph on covid 19 and education
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Most governments around the world decided to temporarily close educational institutions in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19.[1] As of 30 September 2020, approximately 1.077 billion learners are currently affected due to school closures in response to the pandemic. According to UNICEF monitoring, 53 countries are currently implementing nationwide closures and 27 are implementing local closures, impacting about 61.6 percent of the world's student population. 72 countries' schools are currently open.[2]
On 23 March 2020, Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) released a statement announcing the cancellation of Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge O Level, Cambridge International AS & A Level, Cambridge AICE Diploma, and Cambridge Pre-U examinations for the May/June 2020 series across all countries.[3] International Baccalaureate exams have also been cancelled.[4] In addition, Advanced Placement Exams, SAT administrations, and ACT administrations have been moved online and cancelled.
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The little corona with its silent declaration of war against humanity terrorized humanity. With lock down and the advisories from the government, it created deep impact on the society. Especially in the education field, it brought about dramatic changes. The advisories and the notices sent by the different governing bodies, councils and the boards of education stressing on conducting researches and related activities brought about changes at all levels of education whether primary, secondary or tertiary.
With all the imposed advisories from the authorities, the institutional heads without taking a least time to think, acted by forwarding it to their colleagues and the channel continued until it came to an end. It was only then, many who never prepared a paper, prepared the research papers within the four walls. With the existence of autocracy in most of the universities, institutes and colleges especially in the private sector, the institutional heads started exploring the other alternatives and ZOOM became the popular. Whereas in higher education some of the teachers used ZOOM as a platform to conduct online classes and some enthusiastic used it as a platform for sharing in the form of webinars, it was merely abused by the institutional and organizational heads for the day long meetings continuing for the weeks and a month with their subordinates without any output. It was pity that when the country and the fellowmen were suffering, these heads continued on discussing post COVID 19 opportunities for the institutional monetary benefits.
Zoom, not only restricted to higher education reached the schools and some schools and tuition classes initiated conducting online classes. As if these were less, some of the schools initiated the online classes for the primary and pre-primary school students and it was tragic and funny that the mother sitting with her child in her lap, with a mobile in her hand remains helping her child to get educated by the so called apt, dedicated and devoted schools. This was the height of the abuse of the technology. Was it so necessary for a small child to be on screen and that too the screen which cannot be controlled? What are the schools trying to convey or are they too trying to be corona to create terror to the uninfected parents and infect the children permanently? Indeed, education is necessary but home is the first school and mother is the first teacher. Apart of the formal lessons, the most important lessons of etiquettes, sharing and caring could be taught by the parents rather than giving them the practice to use mobile which has already proved to be a disaster because these kids cannot discriminate between the good and bad shared by the internet and even the internet fails to differentiate the age and maturity of the users.
As if this were less, the education boards started the assessment of the papers and the teachers were forced to come to assess the papers. Ofcourse, it is necessary. But when the terror or corona is rising, the facilities are few, social distancing is a problem and above all the mindset is not favourable, at this point of time, the evaluation or the assessment of the exam papers is questionable and doubtful because the worth of any work done out of compulsion and imposition is doubtful and these papers to be evaluated are the one to decide the future of the potential students, state and the country which cannot be taken casually. Nevertheless, with the fear of each individual being infected, at this time, it is difficult to assure that the terrorized mind which does not allow us to accept the call of satisfying the necessities other than the basic necessities will allow the body and mind to be ready enough to assess the papers normally and neutrally. In the situation when there is no certainty of opening of the schools and colleges; maybe the at the risk of many lives, the papers will be assessed and maybe the results will be declared but output will be questionable and doubtful. The declaration of results on time doesn’t mean development for the real development lies in the character formation of students.
Education is must and the use of technology as online teaching maybe temporarily fine but it is the fact that no technology can replace the classroom teaching because classroom deals with emotions, feelings and pacification of the called and uncalled, said and unsaid doubts of students which can be pacified only in presence. The webinars maybe welcome but it missed the opportunity to develop intimacy and have the company of the acknowledged persons face to face and the online classes missed the emotions
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