IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF COVID-19 OUTBREAK ON HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA

Over the months, we are facing an unprecedented Global health emergency due to the sudden outbreak of COVID -19 pandemic and it has affected every sector drastically including higher education in India. Almost all the educational institutions have been closed and teaching-learning activities brought into the end or moved online for the uncertain period of time. Despite being faced all these challenges, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) along with other associated bodies such as UGC, AICTE have managed positively in order to maintain the continuity in teaching-learning activities, research and development, examination and assessment and various other academic activities through online. Due to this pandemic attitude of teachers and students has been completed changed towards information and communication technology (ICT) and it has been made to invent various innovative modes of teaching and learning. More or less, the entire system, process and management of education would have been transformed. This research paper will assess and analysis the impacts of Covid-19 outbreak on Higher education in India. Furthermore, it would also highlights the strategic measures taken by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and other educational authorities to ensure seamless teaching-learning activities and academic services during this crisis.