{"id":864,"date":"2021-07-06T15:33:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T15:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/takhte.in\/VoiceofViews\/?p=864"},"modified":"2021-07-07T12:29:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T12:29:56","slug":"year-2-ac-after-coronavirus-a-future-imagined-by-youth-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/takhte.in\/VoiceofViews\/year-2-ac-after-coronavirus-a-future-imagined-by-youth-4\/","title":{"rendered":"YEAR 2 AC (After Coronavirus): A Future Imagined by Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Akshat Gupta<\/strong><br>Lotus Valley International School<br>Sector 126 , Noida<br>Uttar Pradesh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Weekly Winner<\/strong><br>Pan India Online Essay Contest 2021- 3rd Edition<br>Category \u2013 Children<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Essay Topic:<\/strong><br><strong>The COVID-19 pandemic has been marked by schools closing across the world. What lessons can we draw to make education systems more resilient for the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The word school is derived from the Greek word \u201cSchole\u201d, which means \u201clecture place\u201d; the COVID-19 pandemic reaffirmed the fact that our homes are our first lecture place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the pandemic spread around the world, school systems are forced to shut down. To date, the education community has primarily focused on the different strategies to continue schooling, including lively discussions on the role of education technology versus the distribution of printed paper packets. There has been relatively limited discussion on the know-how and efficient use of technology to develop and establish a robust system, which can be an efficient tool for routine and also workable in emergency scenarios like pandemics so that the impact of any such uncertainties on children can be minimized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of 30th March, more than 1.5 billion learners have been affected by school closures. If we compare the school closures during the global crises, such as the 1918 Spanish flu and World War II, the level of education disruption is much larger currently. As 90 percent of the world\u2019s young people are enrolled in primary school compared to 40 percent in 1920.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COVID 19 has taught us many new lessons that can help us strengthen our existing education system and mobilize its reachability to the rarest of the corners of society that gets affected worst in emergencies Education during conflict emergencies gets immediately suspended and is always last to get restored. However, an online system can be more effective for education and fun activities during a pandemic situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most important is to include life-saving health and safety messages in online teaching. Remote learning programs are the key, be it printed materials, online sessions through the internet or Radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to UNICEF report (1999), argued that in crisis, education activities should be designed as rapid response activities with longer development goals. This principle can help the education community to respond better to the COVID\u201319 pandemic scenarios. However, it means that school administrators and educators need to find ways, that the immediate response activities can lay the foundation of long-term goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continuity of education should be the key focus to support children\u2019s resilience and well-being and reduce anxiety during the emergency crisis, which helps them adjust to the new normal. There are some predictable risks for students who do not have access to technology as remote learning runs the risk of drastically widening the gap between young people with available resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Online cybercrime is also one of the areas of grave concern and stringent laws should be put in place to save children getting trapped being unaware of the consequences of certain cyber activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, would like to conclude by saying that creative and immediate responses lay the foundation of building back a better, more efficient, and effective system. Returning to normal might seems to be no longer an option, but this scenario will help in catalyzing more immense and drastic reforms, which are very much required to turn around the age-old existing educational system. After all, \u201cThe whole purpose of education is to convert mirrors into windows\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akshat GuptaLotus Valley International SchoolSector 126 , NoidaUttar Pradesh Weekly WinnerPan India Online Essay Contest 2021- 3rd EditionCategory \u2013 Children Essay Topic:The COVID-19 pandemic has been marked by schools closing across the world. What lessons can we draw to make education systems more resilient for the future? 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