The Big Picture - Primary Education: Opportunities & Challenges in e-learning

Sometime in the second week of March, state governments across the country began shutting down schools and colleges temporarily as a measure to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. It’s close to two months and there is no certainty when they will reopen. This is a crucial time for the education sector. As the days pass by with no immediate solution to stop the outbreak of Covid-19, school closures will not only have a short-term impact on the continuity of learning but will also have far-reaching consequences. The structure of schooling and learning, including teaching and assessment methodologies, was the first to be affected by these closures. Only a handful of private schools could adopt online teaching methods. Their low-income private and government school counterparts, on the other hand, have completely shut down for not having access to e-learning solutions. On this edition of The Big Picture we analyse the challenges and opportunities for primary education.

Guests -
1- Geeta Gandhi Kingdon, Professor, Education Economics, University College London
2- Professor Hrushikesh Senapaty, Director, NCERT
3- Navin Joshi, Vice President, Gradeup Learning

Anchor - Frank Rausan Pereira

Producer - Sagheer Ahmad