Abstract
This paper investigates the adoption of online teaching by school teachers in India, and the factors facilitating such adoption in the context of Covid-19 pandemic. The sample consisted of 18 schools teachers teaching in different schools in Panchkula (Haryana), India. The study adopts a qualitative approach; one-hour in-depth interviews were carried out with the surveyed respondents. Results indicated the important structural changes that are taking place in India regarding the roles and responsibilities of teachers across every teaching levels. Important insights were obtained about factors responsible, challenges faced, and the benefits achieved as a result of adoption of online-teaching. Respondents also reported the support of their spouses, institution, and children which helped them in this transition from actual classroom teaching to virtual class room teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic whereby successive lockdowns were imposed by the governments across countries to mitigate its impact. Respondents perceived the crisis created by Covid-19 pandemic as the most significant reason to adopt online-teaching. A better understanding of issues pertaining to the adoption of online teaching will contribute to the development of new futuristic educational programs and policies.
Highlights
The Covid-19 pandemic extensively impacted the entire world in every possible segment be it industries, businesses, travelling, education, day-to-day working, lifestyles, health system, employment, and financial systems
Online teaching turned out to be a focal point for the teachers as well as students during the successive lockdowns initiated by governments to combat the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic
Various measures were taken to provide online study material to students including the formation of National Repository of Open Educational Resources, and National Digital Library of India (NDLI) (India education Diary, 2020)
Summary
The Covid-19 pandemic extensively impacted the entire world in every possible segment be it industries, businesses, travelling, education, day-to-day working, lifestyles, health system, employment, and financial systems. The pandemic mitigation related steps have impacted education the most in India where the physical teaching was the sole teaching mode in the country especially at the school level, the teachers had no other choice but to adopt online-teaching to keep the learning process going on during this time. Online teaching turned out to be a focal point for the teachers as well as students during the successive lockdowns initiated by governments to combat the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. In India, various efforts and initiatives were taken by the central and state governments to keep the teaching-learning process going on such as SWAYAM, DIKSHA, e-Adhyayan, MOOCS, e-Pathya, SHAGUN, and Swayam Prabha (Choudhury, 2020). This study is an attempt to fill this research gap and is guided by the following objectives:
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