THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN HIGHER EDUCATION ON TEACHERS AND STUDENTS - A PARALLEL STUDY
COVID-19 has struck our education system like a lightning bolt and shaken it to its core . The pandemic that has shuttered economies around the world has also battered education systems in developing and developed countries. The impact has been dramatic and transformative as educators scramble to put in place workable short-term solutions for remote teaching and learning, particularly in emerging markets, where students and schools face additional challenges related to financing and available infrastructure. Each and every institution are facing unique challenges. The COVID 19 Pandemic has imposed pressures to all sectors of the country and the education sector has also been imposed for the paradigm shift from traditional physical classroom education methodology to the Online classes. Lecturers are still struggling to maintain the same depth of engagement with students that they could have in a classroom setting. Just as the First Industrial Revolution forged today’s system of education, we can expect a different kind of educational model to emerge from COVID-19. This paper deals about the teacher’s adaptability to new methods of teaching the students in online classes, through videoconference like zoom meet, google meet etc.… and the challenges that they face. Also, this paper presents about the students and their financial difficulty and family support to connect themselves in online for their education and the obstacle they face to move from face to face learning to offline modem.