The closures of schools, colleges, universities and other educational institutes have thrown light on numerous social and economic issues, like student debt, online education,] foodstuff uncertainty ]and vagrancy. The teaching and assessment are switched to the online platforms. There has been unparalleled involvement in the public interest in dissimilar facets of the self-sufficiency of higher education institutions, which include administrative, monetary or hypothetical, and from admittance to qualification. The crisis crystallizes the quandary representatives are fronting among closing schools and keeping them open. The unadorned temporary interruption is sensed by many people globally. Home educating is not only a considerable jolt to parents’ efficiency, on the other hand likewise to adolescents’ societal life and education.
Teaching and student assessments are also getting online, with a lot of experimental and fault and doubt for everybody. Many valuations have simply been void. Prominently, these disruptions will not be an interim problem, but also have long-standing costs for the pretentious associates and are expected to upsurge disparity. Schools are considered as the primary source of learning and being at school means boosting the abilities of children. Globally learning at home will bring some stimulating jiffies and frustrated moments, but it cannot replace the learning within school. There are considerable differences among families in the level to which they can assist their child to learn. These variances include the available time they can give to teaching, their non-intellectual and irrational skills, available resources and knowledge of parents.
Eventually this will result in an increase in the inequity of human capital growth. The closure of schools has also affected the assessment and evaluation process, due to which almost all the exams are cancelled or postponed. Internal assessments have also been cancelled. In the UK all the exams GSSEs and A Levels are also cancelled. Many universities and colleges are substituting traditional examination processes with online assessment tools. Online quizzes and assessments is a new field for both teachers and students. So we can expect a lot of errors in both doing online tests and checking of online tests. Similarly university students are also suffering due to COVID-19.as it is going to affect the final year students most. All of their assessments, projects and thesis have moved online. Furthermore they are also expected to face a major global recession at the time of their graduation.
From all the above scenarios, it is very clear that these obstacles will be long-term consequences for affected students. So as an elucidation, there is a need for public private collaboration. The budget of online education and assessment needs to be abridged. The learning institutions need resources and funds after reopening to re-erect the forfeiture in learning. Still many questions are raised about using the resources and targeting the children who are mostly affected. Assessment and examinations are very much important and necessary and should not be cancelled rather postpone. It is better to take exams late instead of not taking. Policies and reforms should be made for the fresh graduates and students who will be going to graduate next year, so that expected recession and unemployment hit them less.
Online learning is the only solution left for time being until any sustainable and implementable policy comes forward. Making use of technology easier by providing user friendly and easy to access tools to teachers as well as learners is crucial till the reopening of schools. But this is not favorable in the long term, as families with parents work from home and students taking online classes are facing difficulty in the number of devices and bandwidth. We can’t ignore the negative impact on learning outcomes of students. Online classes lack focus and concentration of students. The learning opportunities are lessened. This has put more burdens on parents now. They are not only responsible for providing and monitoring online classes on a regular basis but also have to make sure the completion of home tasks.