COVID-19 and Online Education: Changing Trends in Modern Socialization

Abstract

The process of becoming social is known as socialization for it is socialization which makes human beings a superior species than animals. COVID-19 has raised several questions for the future generation but whenever the dust would settle down, education will be the biggest casualty. The present research paper is based on the data collected from working parents as well as home makers from different states viz Delhi, Jammu, Punjab, Karnataka, U.P in order to identify the problems they have faced while socializing their children and coming on terms with online mode of education. Going to schools, colleges and higher education institutions for that matter for acquiring knowledge has actually become a thing of past. It would not be incorrect to use “traditional education” for pre COVID education system. The Covid-19 pandemic which made social distancing a new normal for everyone has affected all walks of society, including education. The pandemic situations have given an unparalleled push to online education. According to a recent United Nations report, “the COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190 countries and all continents (UN 2020). For keeping education system running, educational institutions had to quickly adapt to the contemporary situations. Online mode of education has its own pros and cons. Under developed as well as developing countries where providing offline education was a challenge in itself, online education has risen as a much bigger challenge. It has become difficult for parents, especially working parents, as well as students themselves to cope up with the crises generated by COVID-19 pandemic.