Online Classes as a Medium of Education during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Government College University, Lahore

Author(s) : Muhammad Aizzan Malik, Dr. Fouzia Ghani, Dr. Ahmad Raza Khan

Abstract:

COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world around us. Many of the changes that it has stimulated are yet to fully manifest themselves. Like the other fields of life, education too was affected by the pandemic and its ramifications. This led to opting of online educational system by the educational institutions. Keeping in mind the importance of education which has been further augmented by the inclusion of education as sustainable development goal by UN, it becomes imperative that we ensure that all sections or our polity have an equal access to education and in this regard online education can be very helpful. Public sector educational institution like GC University, Lahore took a lead in devising an indigenously evolved and synthesized online education policy but it too cannot be deemed perfect for reasons that somehow cannot be controlled by the institution in question. It is pertinent to note that there are a variety of impediments that have hindered our attempts to realize the potential of online education, if we overcome those impediments and create a virtual educational environment that has utility and inclusiveness to offer only then we can call it a good online educational system otherwise all the exercise will be futile.