Challenges Faced by Higher Education in India During Covid-19 Pandemic and its Way Forward

Abstract

Almost all sectors had been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic onslaught. Face-to-face class and laboratory activities required physical interactions and in its absence, higher education was one of the areas which had been most severely impacted. Higher education institutions (HEI) were obligated to cease face-to-face classes once it was determined that the virus can be transmitted through proximity with the infected person, direct contact with surfaces in the immediate area with infected people or things used by infected people (WHO, 2020). As a result, the colleges and universities hurried to build virtual and remote teaching programmes. In this article, we discuss the challenges posed by Covid-19 in the higher education and possible remedial measures required from the perspective of government agencies, institute administrations, teachers and students