Education in the Time of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities

Abstract

The article provides an overview of the educational space of the post-Covid period in Georgia. The pandemic has put the world in front of a new reality; thus, higher education institutions have faced serious challenges. Online learning turned out to be the only way for safe education. All this required drastic changes in the management system of universities. Before the beginning of the academic year, the universities attempted to improve the available online services that was associated with certain difficulties. It must be noted that in many countries of the world, distance learning has been introduced for too long already and is being successfully implemented. Our country has had no experience in this regard, so it caused certain difficulties. There was a need to create electronic textbooks, virtual laboratories, and train the staff.
Considering the above mentioned, our aim is to study and evaluate the current situation in the educational system. We have analyzed the impact of the pandemic on various sectors of the educational system based on the studies available today. We also presented our vision and recommendations on the improvement of higher education.