Indian Journal of Health Social Work
National LockDown: CHANGING MODEL OF EDUCATION and it’s impact on
mental health DURING COVID-19
Neethumol Xaviour1, Elizabeth K. Thomas2, Jobin Tom3
1M.Phil. Scholar, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (IMHANS), Kozhikode. 2Psychiatric Social Worker, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (IMHANS), Kozhikode. 3Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (IMHANS), Kozhikode.
Correspondence: Jobin Tom, e-mail id: jobintom@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Educational institutions in India follow the traditional mode of teaching and learning, that is, they follow the face-to-face lectures in a classroom. The sudden outbreak of COVID-19 has imposed an educational crisis all over the world challenging the existing education system and forcing them to shift to an online mode of teaching. As the uncertainty continued most the institutes who were reluctant to accept the change was left with no option but to shift to online mode. In a country like India where majority of the students belongs to a lower socio-economic status, the sudden shift in education has resulted in inequality and digital divide which had an adverse effect on the mental health of the population. The article explains the impact of locked down on education, online education during COVID-19, challenges faced, psychosocial impact of online education, advantages and disadvantages of online education. Towards the end of this article it also gives a brief deatils on the recommended solution form a social work perspective.
Keywords: Lockdown, coronavirus, covid-19, mental health.
