Impact of COVID crisis in the education sector in USA

2020-09-03



Almost all young youngsters in the United States are no longer in the classroom as areas are shut down to decrease the spread of the new Covid cases. Many states have just demonstrated that campus will remain closed for rest of the scholastic year. Many have moved to remove learning, yet numerous schools are attempting this just because. The implications of an instructive disturbance like this could be felt for quite a long time to come

Losses incur due to COVID-19 in education sector even if we have plenty of online sources learning

On schools and school going students

In spite of the fact that it's difficult to foresee, we know from our exploration that youngsters lose some of what they studied while they're out of school each vacation and now at this students are out of schools for an uncertain period, so it’s very difficult to predict the learning process of the child through online education system. It especially influences low-income students and students with extraordinary necessities. Those kids who have just start kindergarten will face the gaps in their achievements as the environment of school plays a major role in the upbringing and learning process from the very childhood period. The mix of existing accomplishment gaps and being out of school for a significant stretch will fuel the circumstance and would have adverse impact. Additionally one more concern is the exposure of kids on screen time which they have to spend to study online on electronic gadgets.

On colleges and college going students

There are ample of sources to read online but not in a coherence manner. Colleges provide a curricula which had to be followed during an academic year. Online sources could be additional material provider and helpful in our learning process but some students still lagged behind as every student do not have the accessories to study. For example, in a household only one laptop is there and during this pandemic (COVID-19) time most of the work is done from home so parents also have to work on the same laptop and student also want to study so it will be deterrent to whole of the family. And this problem is not only faced by the students, the same problem is with the teachers who have to teach from home but doesn’t have gadgets to make the presentation as laptops are busy with one or the other family member.

On Technical and career oriented courses

There are particular difficulties in the vocation and specialized instruction division, as well. Many of children in secondary school are taken on excellent profession and specialized instruction programs that will give them a certificate to go straight forward into the workforce when they graduate. Those projects regularly include a great deal of hands-on communication with people or work in labs and things like that. So wrapping up those projects is challenging.


Online education system during COVID-19

As we all know that during this pandemic we have to follow social distancing norms worldwide. So schools and colleges have to remain shut and in this situation online education plays a crucial role. Online learning is the ocean of knowledge. Even for most of the projects and assignments to be submitted to the institutions are prepared with the help of online study material. So it’s the time to reap the benefit of online classes. And in this direction schools and colleges could provide a scheduled curriculum for the academic year which should be followed honestly. One concern arises over hear about the internet connectivity which is not available ubiquitously. Every student should be connected to internet and have the access of necessary gadgets like smart phones, laptops or computers at their place of reading even if it is at their home as of now we don’t have any choice other than to study online and maintain the social distance to lessen the impact and spread of the disease.