EDUCATIONAL SET-BACKS DURING COVID-19 TIMES: A STUDY AT THE INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL A STRATEGIC PACK OF EDUCATIONAL REFORMS DURING COVID-TIMES

Abstract

The primary purpose of this paper is to highlight the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on the education system. More specifically, the paper provides a narrative description of the Emergency Remote Teaching and Learning, in general, and the Teacher Education Program at the institutional level in particular. In addition, lessons, learnt and potential impacts of the pandemic on the teaching and learning landscape, and the diffusion and adoption of e-learning in teacher education is highlighted to devise a Reformational Plan of Action for meeting the challenges of the time. The narrative in this paper is based, primarily on a descriptive Analytical Method in the light of documented analysis and students’ perspectives, collected through Qualitative Mode of Research Method. The findings helped in suggesting a plan of action to be forwarded in the form of recommendations as a way forward for a better strategy to be implemented in the Post COVID-19 Scenario.