CHALLENGES POSES BY PANDEMIC COVID-19 IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION

The pandemic COVID-19 is the greatest threat in our whole life. It is an epidemic of the 20th Century. Whole world is facing this pandemic. It affects millions of pupils in the world. Human Beings are struggling for their existence. Every field of human life is affected by this epidemic. It created many challenges in every field/sector like: Health & Medical Science, General Sciences, Agriculture, Finance, Education, Culture, Mental health, Technology, Human Life, and International Relations etc. In the Field of Education it resulted in the worldwide closure of schools, colleges and Universities, affecting more than 188 countries. Education of more than 1.5 billion children and youths are affected. Due to lock-downs academic activities stopped and examinations were postponed. No one knows when the normal situation will be re-established. This epidemic affects every aspect of education. One of the most important measures to fight against the Covid-19 is ‘Social-Distancing' or ‘Physical-Distancing'. To follow this All the Educational institutions i.e. from Primary/Nursery to University level education system and academic activities are also. All stakeholders of education system i.e. Students, Teachers, Guardians, Society, Colleges, Universities, Educational Administrators etc. are affected by it and facing different challenges. Classes and other academic activities are suspended, Board and University Examinations are postponed, admission procedure / entrance test/examinations, competitive examinations are also postponed. The pandemic Covid-19 affected the whole life style of every person in the world. Since life-style is changing, the education sector also needs to change. However, institutions are trying to minimize the students' academic loss through on-line classes. But in our country where traditional mode of learning or face to face mode of learning is the back-bone of our education system, there are a lot of present and future challenges towards our education system. But we should never forget that challenges also bring opportunities.