IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON ONLINE EDUCATION SECTOR AND EDTECH COMPANIES

Abstract

Education establishments (schools, colleges and universities) in India are generally focused on conventional learning approaches only, i.e. adopting typical lectures in a classroom face-to - face. While several university institutions have now begun to change up instruction, others are still sticking with old procedures. The unexpected appearance of Covid-19, a lethal disease triggered by a Crown Virus (SARS-CoV-2), shook the whole planet. It was deemed a pandemic by the World Health Organization. This threatened the worldwide schooling structure and pressured educators to turn to an electronic teaching approach overnight. Many learning organizations who were traditionally hesitant to shift their conventional pedagogic method had little choice but to switch to online education. The essay discusses the significance of the study of e-learning forms in crisis periods through online learning and capabilities, limitations, incentives and challenges. This paper also sheds some light on the development of EdTech start-ups through pandemic and environmental catastrophes and provides advice for college teachers about how to tackle online learning challenges.