3. Introduction
Education plays important role in the development
of a country.
Through time & experience it has been proved that
education has the ability to cater to the needs of
human being.
Be it educational degree or hand on experience
of certain vocation, education plays crucial role.
India has undergone transformation in the
educational sector since independence.
4. Current Scenario
Various agencies
are working for
universalization
of Education
Implementation of various policy
is done between partnership of
Centre Government & state
government
Department of School Education &
Literacy & Department of Higher
Education are running various
initiatives for improvement of
Education sector
5. International scenario for Education
Various international agencies across the world are
functioning for the universalization of elementary
education.
International agencies such as, World Bank, Asian
Development Bank, UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP, etc. are
functioning for education.
The World Bank supports education in the countries
worldwide.
UNESCO helps young independent countries by providing
material & human resources for educational development.
6. Current Scenario
Department of School Education & Literacy has
various initiatives running for various sector of
School Education.
Emphasis on Digital Education, mental health,
cleanliness drives, fit India movement, COVID 19
Campaign, implementation plan for NEP 2020 etc.
7. Current Scenario
As Education is considered under concurrent list,
Centre can directly implement any policy decision
for states.
So being in the concurrent list making &
implementation of education policy is jointly done
with partnership between state government &
central government.
8. Number
of
Schools
• 1507708
• Urban Area:
2.49 in Lakhs
• Rural Area:
12.58 in Lakhs
Number
of
Teachers
• 9687577
• Female: 49.12
in Lakhs
• Male: 47.71 in
Lakhs
Number
of
Students
• 264527575
• Girls: 12.71 in
Crores
• Boys : 13.74 in
Crores
School Statistics : Source: UDISE + 2019-20
9. Current Scenario
Department Higher Education is involved with
following functions: enhancement of gross
enrollment ratio, promotion of academic reforms,
setting up new educational institutions, use of
technology in education, development Indian
languages, development of vocational education
and skill development, & international
collaborations for education.
10. Number of
Universities
: 1043
Number of
Colleges
: 42,343
Number of
Stand alone
Institutions
: 11,779
Total
number of
Institutions
: 55,165
Enrollment
Male :
1,96,43,747
Female :
1,88,92,612
Total :
3,85,36,359
Higher
Education
Scenario
2019 - 2020
11. Impact of COVID - 19
Feb 12, 2020 WHO proposed official name of the virus
as COVID -19
First death was declared on January 11th 2020, 61 year
old man from Wuhan, China
WHO declared COVID-19 as pandemic on March 11th
2020
India first COVID-19 case was found on January 30th
2020 from Kerala had travel history from Wuhan
India first COVID-19 death was reported on March 12th
2020
GOI observed one day nationwide Janta curfew on
March 22nd 2020
GOI implement lockdown from March 25th 2020
Lockdown 6.0 was declared on June 29th 2020 which
was effective from 1st July 2020 to 31st July 2020
12. Points to ponder - Impact of COVID - 19
One billion students out of school UNESCO reports, 1,254,315,203 affected
learner, 72.9% of total enrolled learners
Home schooling is difficult for parents
Too many learning resources for teachers, parents and students
Seniors losing last semester or final exams
Inequality in provision of online education
Inequality in resources for Digital Education
Emphasis on STEM
Social emotional learning affected
Cancellation & postponing of various exams of national & state level
13. Timeline: Pre – Pandemic - Pandemic – Post Pandemic
Lockdown due to
COVID-19 Pandemic
Bringing students
back to main stream
education
Re-opening of School,
Colleges &
Institutions in
phased manner
Loss of Learning
Loss for Employment
Opportunity
2020 2022
2021 2023
2019
Student enrolled in
various schools,
colleges and
institutions
14. Discussion Points
Impact of
Lockdown
How to bring
student to
mainstream
education again
Bridging the gap
Filling gaps in teaching & learning
How to bring student to mainstream
education again
How to develop skills
16. Solutions for bringing education back to normal
Collaboration with various other institutions
Coalition with other institutions
Innovative way for classroom teaching
Teachers Professional Development
Learning resources
Finance for education as people were provided
with grains what was provision for education?
Digital equipment
Vaccination
Postal services
Mobile teachers
Mobile schools
Edtech Platform
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