A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF WORK FROM HOME CHALLENGES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC BY THE STAKEHOLDERS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

To prevent the COVID-19 pandemic spread Central Government started the lockdown and as such it affected whole nation and to major extent to higher education. The sudden closure of higher educational institutions resulted in not completion of syllabus, jeopardising the education and academic year. The disruption caused by the COVID -19 would be contained by social distancing, was initially planned, and because of the spurt of new cases impeded the immediate opening of the higher educational institutions for long time. Seriousness of COVID-19 is in fast spread through contact and having high death rate. The COVID-19 prompted the lockdown for whole of India from 24^th march onwards; the higher educational Institutions had to continue with the imparting training to its students through digital platforms. The remote working or work from home was need of the hour, which the faculties from the higher educational institutions started utilizing digital platforms like Zoom, Microsoft teams, WebEx etc to continue with the training to complete the let over syllabus. The educational was more a classroom lecture-based but for few cases like MOOC, online certifications which students used to take at the comfort of their homes, more of recorded and text-based. The lecture-based was a norm for the academic session in the college environment. The present educational scenario is disrupted to a great extent by the COVID -19 pandemic, was forced by law for quarantine purpose. This study is to critically analyse the work from home challenges during COVID-19 pandemic by the stakeholders in Educational Institutions. The study had brought many pertinent challenges like internet connectivity issues 83 % even in the urban and semi-urban area stakeholders. The security issues of disruption during the Zoom did not hinder its overall popularity among the stakeholders due to its usability. The study highlighted that classroom based method most preferred when compared to the digital platforms during the COVID 19 platforms, maybe because the effective interactions.