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5. COVID-19 and Education in India: A New Education Crisis in the Making

verfasst von : Jandhyala B. G. Tilak

Erschienen in: Contextualizing the COVID Pandemic in India

Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

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This article briefly reviews the devastating impact of the COVID-19 on the education sector in India. Focusing on school education, it also critically examines how effective online learning, the only major way adopted during the pandemic, has been in the delivery of education and whether it is a reliable alternative method of teaching and learning in India. It also briefly outlines a few important strategies required for the recovery of loss incurred and to face emerging challenges in education in India.

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Titel: COVID-19 and Education in India: A New Education Crisis in the Making
verfasst von: Jandhyala B. G. Tilak
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
Buch: Contextualizing the COVID Pandemic in India
Print ISBN: 978-981-9949-05-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-9949-06-9

Copyright-Jahr: 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4906-9_5

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