STATUS OF ONLINE EDUCATION DURING COVID-19 OUTBREAK AND PROSPECTS OF NEP-2020: TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION ANALYSIS

Published: 19 April 2023| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/hbcms2sh5x.1
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This study aims to narrate the present status of the online education system during the COVID-19 outbreak from the point of view of teachers engaged in higher educational institutions and to explore their perception about the successful implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) - 2020. This study considers primary data collected through a structured questionnaire circulated among the respondents through Email, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. The study considered 127 responses received from teachers of 57 higher educational institutions spread over 16 states of India. The study observed that the teachers faced difficulties while imparting education in the online mode because of several factors. Some of the significant factors include an infrastructural facility (lack of uninterrupted internet connectivity, frequent power-cut, no support from the institute), psychological pressure, work-life balance etc. The study observed that the majority of respondents from different higher Education institutions exercised the teaching-learning process by using Laptop in the Google form platform and circulating study materials through WhatsApp, Email etc. mostly during pandemics. The analysis of responses reveals that the majority of the teachers of higher education institutions are not satisfied with the ongoing online education practices, examination, and evaluation system adopted during the COVID-19 outbreak. However, teachers are optimistic about the role of the online education system in the process of implementing NEP-2020 and most of the respondents are in favour of the parameters like flexibility in subject choice, education in the mother tongue, multidisciplinary approach, the proposed change of schooling structure and online mode etc.

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Assam University

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Higher Education, COVID-19, Online Education

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