Educators, administrators, training organisations, service providers, parents and students around the world are feeling the extraordinary ripple effect of the crisis as educational institutions and training centres shut down amid the public health emergency. In India too, schools around the country have been impacted by Covid-19, facing closures that could further last for several weeks that too during the crucial …
Coronavirus outbreak has taken the world by storm. Coronavirus lockdown in India and education The Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar has also started virtual classes in order to complete the syllabus in time. Amid coronavirus lockdown in India, faculty members of IIT Bhubaneswar are using technology to live stream lectures from remote locations. Education during coronavirus: Take a cue from …
Editor’s Note: Tess Taylor is the author of the poetry collections “Work & Days,” “The Forage House” and most recently, “Rift Zone” and “Last West: Roadsongs for Dorothea Lange.” Views expressed in this commentary are solely hers. That is to say, even before Covid-19, we were all already living in the presence of vast public health epidemics: gun violence, poverty, …
Indian and other non-EU students have voiced concern over steps taken by several universities due to the coronavirus challenge, such as receiving conflicting messages in some universities to “go home” ahead of Easter vacations next week. Sanam Arora of the National Indian Students & Alumni Union UK said: “Our observations and feedback received from Indian students so far is overwhelmingly …
