Role of ICT in Education System during Pandemic

In 21st century knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress in every society, in every family and the country as a whole. The Covid-19 was a global crisis. It has impacted the education sector tremendously. At this situation, ICT has played a vital role in facilitating teaching learning process. ICT is very much helpful to teachers as well as students. Due to these ICT tools, teaching learning process became easier. They have transformed classroom communication methods and modified instruction strategies. Also, ICT has made teaching and learning interactive and collaborative instead of the traditional approach. In the field of education, innovative learning especially learning can be done using the internet to generate device-based learning ICT. In this digital era, the use of ICT in classroom is important for giving students opportunities to learn and grasp the 21st century skills. In the digital world, everything is under control of the internet and brand-new technological inventions. At the time of Covid-19, teachers can use ICT through video conference to enable them for teaching and monitoring the student’s learning process. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the Covid-19 impacted the education system. Also, this paper represents some of the facts of ICT in the field of education in India. During Covid-19. Indian education system faced a lot of challenges that resulted in urging the Government to take initiatives to promote ICT in education system. Several private learning platforms also played major role in executing ICT in teaching learning process effectively and efficiently in India.