COVID-19 and Inequities in Education: An Indian Context

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Author(s): Panchali Banerjee (Jadavpur University, India)and Sayoree Gooptu (Jadavpur University, India)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 24
Source title: Handbook of Research on Inequities in Online Education During Global Crises
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Lydia Kyei-Blankson (Illinois State University, USA), Joseph Blankson (Ohio Northern University, USA)and Esther Ntuli (Idaho State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6533-9.ch019

Keywords: Distance Education / Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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The education sector has been one of the major victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has widened the infamous digital divide, which has wreaked havoc across the world. Accounting for the pandemic-induced academic institution closures, Indian educational institutions have tried to accommodate a digital medium of education to replace the traditional classroom teaching model. In this chapter, the authors reflect on the behavioral change of the pedagogical delivery as a response to the new normal, which has also put forward a wide digital disparity that entails inequities in the delivery of education to both rural and urban beneficiaries. The authors analyze how COVID-19 adds fuel to the existing socio-economic disparities making inclusive education a severe challenge, thereby amplifying the existing loopholes of the Indian education system in terms of disparate educational infrastructure across rural and urban India. The authors also suggest some potential solutions to combat the COVID-19-induced inequities in education in India's context.

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