How COVID has exacerbated the gaps in India's School`s education system

 How COVID has exacerbated the gaps in India's School`s education system

COVID pandemic has altered the perception of the world. Although most discussions focus on the rush to produce a vaccine, declining economy, and our frozen social life, the education and destiny of our posterity, particularly in India, has unfortunately been overlooked! This has hindered education's equality, primarily affecting those who are already underprivileged.

Imagine this: most nations around the globe have closed their schools to prevent COVID-19 from spreading. School closures have touched around 1.725 billion learners as of July 27, 2020. In other words, according to a Best School in Barrackpore, 98.6 percent of the world's student population is unsure of their next steps.

According to Authpur National Model School over 1.5 billion students are already out of school. What makes the whole thing in India even more distinctive?

According to a study conducted by the Best ICSE School in Barrackpore, In 2016, around 3.5 percent of the children aged 11 to 14 years and 13.5 percent of children aged 15 to 16 years were dropouts in rural India.

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With the Midday Meal Program, India has constantly countered high dropout and low attendance rates. According to the Schools in Barrackpore, enrollments grew by 30% after its implementation. Simply put, the world's biggest attrition rate is a result of the ongoing shutdown of schools.

Since the pandemic dragged our lives to a standstill, the Indian school system was plagued by inexperienced teachers and a significant number of vacancies.

According to the Schools in Barrackpore because of insufficient infrastructural development, barely half of India's educators actually teach on any given day. In remote places, roughly one 

out of every five primary school teaching jobs is empty, with only one teacher managing a school.

It's difficult to imagine a seamless transition to virtual teaching during the lockdown, while numerous teachers were unable to teach when institutions were truly open.

Although most private schools have started offering classes online and are using online technologies to continue teaching, Government Schools continue to struggle with facilities and staff training. Furthermore, as opposed to public schools that have yet to be outfitted, thousands of private schools already have access to e-learning systems.

While there isn't any doubt that taking classes virtually is the greatest approach to continue educating students throughout a pandemic, the real concern is whether rural, underprivileged households have the necessary resources to participate.

According to a statewide study of villages conducted by Authpur National Model School, barely 47% of homes have access to electricity for more than 12 hours daily. In contrast, only 24% of Indians have a smartphone, with only 11% of households owning a computer. Overall, only around a quarter of India's population has access to the internet.

To ensure that every child has the right to Education, a cross approach is necessary. In the beginning, students will need to be encouraged to participate rather than drop out in order to help their economically burdened families. Secondly, public school instructors must be brought up to speed on the newest in digital learning and provided with adequate training and assistance. Finally, in order to access online classes and other learning aids, students will require devices and consistent internet access.

Authpur National Model School, is contributing by launching 'Education for All,' a social campaign to promote education in these immensely challenging times. To accomplish this, we've partnered with various organisations to help organize resources and overcome the digital gap by providing children in need with seamless access to high-quality education.