THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION: AN IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC CRISIS

Abstract

The situation of the coronavirus outbreak from Wuhan at the end of 2019 has caused a pandemic of the disease throughout the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the official name for the new coronavirus 2019 as COVID-19 which stands for “coronavirus disease starting in 2019”and declared this outbreak a common epidemic. It has had a serious impact on education at all levels worldwide. The teaching and learning activities taking place in almost all educational institutions throughout the world have been ceased.
The crisis has caused many changes in the education world. Students have not been allowed to study at schools while the teaching and learning activities must continue to accomplish the quality of education established, which is ultimately the quality of the future population. As a result, the teaching and learning practices conducted in educational institutions at all levels have been adapted in many ways in response to the changes. The innovative ways help solve teaching and learning problems and also allow students to be able to study, no matter where they are, based on the concept of distance learning through online media. The crisis also has an impact on the working system as the educational personnel, teachers, and staff are asked to work on a work-from-home basis. Due to the inaccessibility to the communication and technology in some areas, they are unable to complete the work. The impact on education has a direct effect on the students, the national force. It becomes a long-term effect which helps creating new educational management system. Educational institutions at all levels need to be adaptable to the current situation and prepared to cope with the uncontrollable factors for the future of further education, the new normal of education.