The COVID-19 pandemic has changed public
education from offline to online based. Some people believe that this online
school system is useless and it should be replaced with offline-based small
scale private educations. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this
opinion?
Because of COVID-19, various things have been changed including the education system mostly from offline to online. Some insist that studying from home independently can be daunting for many students and they should be taught by educational instructors in person with limited people in a classroom. I believe that this idea can be dangerous and it could lead a bigger second or third wave of COVID-19 epidemic.
To begin with, a majority of the
confirmed cases found from the school these days even though many public
schools are not opening yet in many countries. It is inevitable truth that the
school could be a place where accelerate the COVID-19 because there are not
only local students but also international students who might have visited to
their countries during the vacation. Even if the school provide the small
classes with limited students, it is hard to prevent spreading COVID-19 because
no one guarantee that there is no one infected by virus since they might be
showed up with zero symptoms. Therefore, it is not right time to open the
classes for the students even for the small group of people.
Moreover, this idea could make students
confused on their educational progress because they have been focusing online
classes by participating online meetings and completing online assignments. If
the school suggest the offline classes partly, the students have to fulfil both
online and offline tasks which can be a lot of pressure on them. For example,
some secondary schools in Canada, have been providing online as well as offline
classes from this September and most of students have responded that they feel
uncomfortable and pressure. They also mentioned that it is not an appealing and
an effective way of encouraging them to concentrate on their study.
In conclusion, although massive students
and parents have been stressed out because of the online classes for such a
long time, opening small classes can be connected to skyrocket the number of
cases and it is not the efficient way of letting students to keep up with their
classes.