The Changing Dynamics Of Education During Covid-19

The impact of COVID on education was evident across the globe. Being the center of COVID origin, China was the first to close the schools in February while the rest 46 countries followed the same by the end of March 2020 when the schools were almost closed. As per UNESCO, educational institute activity data between 17 February 2020 and 30 June 2020  was collected as displayed by OECD and partner countries, and the observations were made.

• From 24 February onwards up until 4 May, almost 38 countries had their universities suspended on a localized level.
• Later on, the suspension was lifted with guidelines, and by 24 June, only 25 countries had their institutions closed.
• In contrast, from 2 March onwards, almost 34 countries had their schools disrupted nationwide until 27 April.
• From 27 April onwards, a sharp depression was observed in this practice, and by the end, only 9 countries were suspending the schools.
• On further glace, it was also observed that many schools had changed the curriculum to deal with the situation, and breaks were adjusted to minimize the loss.
• From this data, it was clear that educational institutes were not considered a safe place, and thus, they were closed during the COVID outbreak.

*The data includes early childhood institutions to tertiary educational schools