Covid-19 tests self-learning skills of students today
Sunday Nation, 26 April 2020
Covid-19 pandemic has challenged the status quo of the contemporary society on several fronts.
Its impact has been felt across almost every aspect of life, including healthcare services, economics, entertainment industry and sports, work and family life, and in religious and educational practices.
Amidst these global disruptions, the winners have been the contemporary twins, Information Technology (IT) and internet.
On the education front, the immediate focus has been on providing an emergency response, to keep the learning going remotely via the internet.
If our investment of resources right now just targets a stop gap measure, we might miss an opportunity to make a systemic change to education.
Covid-19 has thrust us by force, as it were, into how education ought to be carried out in the 21st century.