The nationwide COVID-19 lockdown has forced K-12 schools and universities to close and send their students home which, in turn, has impacted over 91% of the world’s student population. The closure has placed unprecedented challenges on governments, institutions, teachers, parents and care givers around the world.many countries are continuing to handle this disruption by deploying different modes of learning through a mix of technologies.the sudden, forced immersion of learners into virtual learning during this period of covid-19 has proved that the education industry is disrupted.schools have always considered educational apps or digital learning as a supplementary tool and may have had difficulty in mainstreaming it, mostly due to not having fully understood its efficacy.as the digital learning acceleration continues, it also throws light on the digital divide in india. India is going to witness a 50% increase in students over the next 15 years and although it has many universities and colleges, only few have the facilities to match this surge of students in the future. Online education could be a logical solution to accommodate this problem. The government of India, for the first time, is allowing Indian universities to offer online degrees which previously was limited to foreign universities. Now, to encourage and widen the access to higher education, this restriction has been lifted from 20% to offer 100% courses online.
The sudden, forced...