The Post-COVID Classroom: What Will Change?

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The Post-COVID Classroom What Will Change?
- EDUKHOJ
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OVERVIEW

• The year 2020 has seen everyone getting locked up
  within the confines of their homes to avoid the
  deadly virus. This, in turn, has made us realize
  the importance of the outdoors and interaction
  with people, especially how important it is for
  the all-round growth of children to have
  in-person social interaction with their peers. No
  matter how effective online education is,
  children need to spend an adequate amount of time
  in the company of others for healthy growth - The
  traditional classroom setting is a perfect
  example of that as it helps to promote
  camaraderie among students. As everyone awaits
  for the schools to reopen, what are the changes
  we are most likely to see from the safety
  point-of-view of students and staff from the
  deadly virus? Lets have a look

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PROPER VENTILATION

• A wise lesson learnt from COVID-19 is that
  air-conditioned closed rooms are not ideal for
  all age groups including children. Naturally
  ventilated rooms where sunlight can enter are
  healthier as they help in preventing infections
  and keep the room fresh for long. So now
  classrooms and campuses where students and staff
  spend most of their time need to have proper
  ventilation to ensure a fresh infection-free
  environment.

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SOCIAL DISTANCING

• Students, teachers, and staff members are advised
  to strictly adhere to social distancing norms. In
  the classrooms, students must be made to sit at a
  distance of 6-ft. from each other. Larger windows
  and additional doorways can be added to keep the
  infections at bay and to meet the set hygienic
  standards.

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SANITIZATION STATIONS

• Proper sanitization of the school/college
  premises must be done regularly. Sanitizing
  stations must be installed at every entry exit
  points of the school and classrooms, and must
  have adequate hand wash facilities.

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OUTDOOR LEARNING

• For safe and fun learning, outdoor spaces can
  also be created and utilized where children can
  learn in small groups. COVID has made us realize
  that in-person group learning and meetings are
  vital for the development of children it
  imparts them with essential life-shaping skills
  like teamwork, camaraderie, effective
  communication, empathy, spontaneity, etc.

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TRAINING OF TEACHERS

• During this pandemic, we saw how problematic it
  was for teachers to transition from offline to
  online learning. Some tech-savvy teachers could
  do that smoothly while many faced uphill
  challenges. Hence, post-COVID, we are much likely
  to observe a spike in the tech training of
  teachers for effective online teaching. This will
  benefit the school in the long run as the future
  model of education is going to be a hybrid of
  offline and online learning.

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