© JUL 2020 | IRE Journals | Volume 4 Issue 1 | ISSN: 2456-8880 IRE 1700001 ICONIC RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING JOURNALS 1 Impact of COVID-19 on Education System in India: A Review SEEMA SRIVASTAVA 1 , PRABHAKAR SINGH 2 , VISHNU PRATAP SINGH 3 1 Department of Education, M.L.K. P.G. College, Balrampur (U.P.) 2 Department of Anthropology, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj (U.P.) 3 Department of English, Govt. P.G. College Sangipur Pratapgarh (U.P.) Abstract- When educational institutes are closed, children and youth miss out on social contact, which is essential for learning and development. As a result, they are deprived of opportunities for growth and multidimensional development. Due to sudden shift to online learning without any planning especially in countries like India, students seem to be losing interest due to low levels of attention span. New ways of delivery and assessments of learning outcomes will have to be adopted which opens immense opportunities for a major transformation in the area of curriculum development and pedagogy. Indexed Terms- Covid-19, Education, Learning. I. INTRODUCTION Covid-19 is a zoonotic disease with intermediate host. Intermediate host for SARS-CoV is palm civet and camel while the possible intermediate host for SARS- CoV-2 is pangolin or snakes. The reserve host for all the three is bat. Bat carries so many viruses and around 200 corona viruses without getting sick. So the primary mode of transmission is from bats to intermediate host to humans. The transmission of Covid -19 can be direct in the form of droplets produced during sneezing, coughing, speaking and accidently inhaling the droplets in a closed proximity of an infected person. Droplets are water holding entities of diameter more than 5μm and these can be caught by a healthy person within a certain range of 1 m approximately. The indirect transmission is when virus is deposited on a dead surface like door bells, lift buttons, stairs, vegetables, fruits etc. which may come in contact with rest healthy persons frequently. From here the virus reaches to eyes, nose and mouth and finally leads to a new corona patient. Even fecal matter of infected person is found to be the transmitting source hence it can spread through fecal-oral transmission (Kumari and Shukla, 2020). The petrifying and severe impact of Covid -19 has shaken the world to its core. Further, most of the Governments around the world have temporarily closed educational institutions in an attempt to contain the spread of the Covid -19 pandemic. These nationwide closures are impacting over 91% of the worlds' student population. In India too, the government as a part of the nationwide lockdown has closed all educational institutions, as a consequence of which, learners ranging from school going children to postgraduate students, are affected. School closures impact not only students, teachers, and families, but have far-reaching economic and societal consequences. The impact was more severe for disadvantaged children and their families, causing interrupted learning, compromised nutrition, childcare problems, and consequent economic cost to families who could not work (Verma and Prakash, 2020). The lockdown has interrupted the regular academic session. Primary and secondary school students are most affected because most of them are cut off from the academic interactions with their teachers. The disruption in education and learning could have medium and long-term consequences on the quality of education, though the efforts made by teachers, school administrations, local and national governments to cope with the unprecedented circumstances e- learning. School closures negatively affect student learning outcomes. Schooling provides essential learning and when schools close, children and youth are deprived of opportunities for growth and development. The disadvantages are disproportionate for underprivileged learners who tend to have fewer educational opportunities beyond school. Student