IPDA India hosts webinar on effects of prolonged lockdown on the education system
July 21, 2020
Partap College of Education, Ludhiana organised an International webinar in collaboration with Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia under the patronage of IPDA, U.K. on the topic “Effects of Prolonged Lockdown under COVID-19 on Education System”.
Prof. Radif R. Zamaletdinov, Director, Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication, KFU presented his inaugural dialogue in which he welcomed all the participants across the world and expressed his felicity for collaboration with Partap College and mentioned that such joint ventures are very useful for both the institutions. He also appreciated the efforts of jointly organising such International webinars on contemporary sensitive issues. Prof. Radif shared a few challenges being faced by students and teachers due to COVID-19.
Dr Balwant Singh, Director, Partap College, Chair, IPDA India enunciated that strengthening the professional relationships with international organizations and discuss in detail the effects of prolonged lockdown on education system worldwide are the core purposes of this webinar. The main ideology of the webinar is to unite the efforts of the world pedagogical community in solving the problems of the impact of the pandemic and the life restrictions caused by it on the education system.
The webinar was attended by 95 researchers from India, Spain, Italy and Russia. Eminent speakers from Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia were Prof. Iskander E. Yarmakeev, Prof. Tatiana S. Pimenova, Prof. Albina Abdrafikova, Prof. Gulnara I. Batyrshina and Prof. Svetlana V. Karkina. Dr Manpreet Kaur, Principal and Ms. Balwinder Kaur, Asst. Prof. were the speakers form India. Dr Manpreet Kaur spoke on ‘Build Back Better: Teacher resilience during COVID-19’. She focused on the key principles to strengthen the effectiveness of the teachers and emphasized that teachers need to be strong and stress free even in this period of disruption. Prof. Iskander E. Yarmakeev, Prof. Tatiana S. Pimenova, Prof. Albina Abdrafikova highlighted the pros and cons of Teaching Remotely. Prof. Tatiana expressed that teaching remotely is the best suitable and available resource for all to continue education in this lockdown and Prof. Albina explained the obstacles faced by Russian teachers, she primarily emphasised the struggles of elderly teachers who are not techno savvy to teach online and prepare study content for the learners. Ms Balwinder Kaur presented her views on effects of lockdown on school education system in India. She focused on the challenges being faced by students, parents and teachers due to lockdown. Prof. Gulnara I. Batyrshina and Prof. Svetlana V. Karkina presented the effect of Prolonged Lockdown under covid-19 on Art Education in Higher School. Prof. Svetlana explained how she is teaching music online and explained the courses carried and examination during quarantine period.
Dr Balwant Singh in his concluding remarks expressed the concern for learners who are forced for home schooling due to which they are getting deprived of important aspects of education. He asserted that society and civilization need whole education which includes socializing, emotional, cultural and moral skills. Ms. Alka Joshi, Asst. Prof. concluded the session by extending vote of thanks.
