Post-Covid education all about retraining teachers, blend of online and offline learning: Academicians

The manner in which teachers are trained to get the most out of newer learning methods and a judicious blend of digital and classroom teaching will shape the future of education in the post-Covid era, feel noted academicians and experts.

The impact of technology on education, however, is yet to be assessed, whether it will turn out to be a revolution or a complete failure, they said.

“The social purpose of education was brought to the forefront due to the pandemic, though the imprint of digitisation on education is yet to be seen…digital learning skills are still patchy,” said Dr Debanjan Chakrabarti, Director-East & North East, British Council.

Online learning gained prominence across the world, as the pandemic and recurrent lockdowns made physical classes almost redundant for much of 2020 and 2021.

But, as academic institutions slowly but surely begin to reopen, students, teachers and parents are faced with a million-dollar question how learning would take shape in the post-Covid scenario, educators said at the recent Education East Summit organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry. “There have been problems with the mix of online and offline methods since Covid struck…but teachers should be retrained to focus on some key areas, more so in the aftermath of the pandemic create analytical minds and encourage non-linear thinking so that our students are skilled enough to adapt to changes taking place around them,” former IIT professor and Padma Shri awardee Ajoy Kumar Ray told

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