• Amanpreet Kaur

With the increasing connectedness of the world, the risks that are facing by the people globally has also been increased. The pandemic we all are facing today is not only restricted to the national borders. Regardless of caste, creed, gender, nationality, religion or region, status of people either in terms of money or education it has affected all the people of all the age-groups and its consequences hit very hard all the sections of the society. This pandemic has revealed the actual picture of our education system, its policies and plans regarding the equality and equity of education. The lockdown restrictions during COVID-19 have caused sudden closure of schools, colleges and universities nationwide which lead to inequalities, inequities and inadequacies from access to online classes, broadband facilities, requirement of computers and mobile phones to learning supportive environment at home. Students belong to well-off families and privileged ones could find the way to learn online and disadvantaged ones remained away from online learning which hamper their education. A great misalignment has been seen among the resources, needs and distribution of these. Even teachers were not updated and trained to adapt new online pedagogical teaching methods. Both teachers and learners are at risk of falling behind. As the things are getting change, flipped classrooms and blended learning may possibly become the integral part of the future education system. To meet the challenges of the new normal, our education system need to make new plans and policies, adopt new research strategies and infrastructure for the smooth functioning of all the educational institutions and to ensure better learning of the students for their coming future. This research paper throws light on how schools and the higher education get effected by pandemic covid-19 and how it can bounce back to new normal to meet the future challenges.

Covid-19 pandemic, higher education, teaching and learning, virtual education, online e-learning

"Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on the Higher Education", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.111-117, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFK06014.pdf

"Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on the Higher Education", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. pp111-117, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFK06014.pdf