MHRD is meeting the Covid challenge

The global pandemic of coronavirus infection has been spreading rapidly across the world, infecting more than 50 lakh lives. Around 213 countries of the world have been hit by this deadly virus. The best part is that we are witnessing improvement in the recovery rate. More than 1.8 million people have recovered from this infection. Governments, communities worldwide are working day and night to contain the spread of coronavirus. What makes this crisis so difficult is the fact that people are being asked to do nothing. Social distancing is the new norm and more than one third of the world population is confined to their homes. The education sector has witnessed one of the most major disruptions in history, globally. As one of the largest education systems in the world with a student population more than the population of the United States, we are confronted with various challenges in the running of our institutions. Considering the painful human impact of Covid-19, we have been told to be in isolation to defeat the enemy. Somewhat a mechanism has to be devised so that we somehow create togetherness without actually being together. As of today, more than one-third of the planet’s population is under some form of restrictions.

Since the second announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a complete lockdown till 3 May 2020, many Indian universities, colleges, schools have shifted to online instructions so that students do not suffer. Under the able leadership of our Prime Minister, we have taken various initiatives to help our students and teachers. It’s nice to see that various steps taken by the Ministry are extremely useful in achieving our goals related to academics and the teaching-learning process during these turbulent times. More and more of our institutions are witnessing changes in their environment. For the first time, our institutions are responding to such a large disruption, and more and more educational institutions