Impact of the pandemic on education today

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Every event whether desired or fortuitous generates an impact, this impact can be positive or negative, unfortunately for humanity the covid-19 pandemic event did not arise today to benefit our lives, on the contrary it directly affects our lives, now my intention is not to explain the elements and factors that affect the pandemic, but rather to explain the negative impact that the covid-19 pandemic is having on education worldwide and at all levels.

Imagine for a moment the negative psychological effect that a child may feel because of the lack of interaction with his peers, because he suddenly has to receive a class by video call via whatsapp because he cannot attend his school because it has suddenly been closed due to the pandemic problem.

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We have only touched up to this point the psychological effect of the child not being able to attend a school physically and interact with their other classmates, it is also important to analyze the case in which children or most of them do not have the technological tools to receive their classes, even at a distance and receiving a digital education is important that our children receive a minimum of education, because if not we will be talking in the future of a great lack of education and poor education worldwide, especially in third world countries where poverty is the order of the day.

To this great problem we must add for example a very particular case which is that of my country Venezuela, where the lack of technological tools is compounded by the great problem that exists in the electricity service, where there are power outages of 8 hours a day, it is impossible to have an educational development at all levels, if apart from the pandemic other worrisome problems are added as well.

Certainly from our homes our children, teenagers and even older people can be educated at a distance by reading a book, researching on the Internet, receiving instructions from a family member, but the question is: Can all educational issues be addressed at a distance?

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Logically, the answer is a resounding no, that is to say that with distance education it is impossible to establish an educational mechanism that can satisfy the doubts of all the subjects that are addressed at different educational levels, as an example, when it is intended to teach mathematics at a distance, most students, whether at a basic, intermediate or university level, all agree that mathematics would be better to receive them educationally in a face-to-face manner.

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In this stage so negative for all, it only remains that each and every one of us can combat these aspects by making our own all the strategies of educational progress under the premise of holding on to an inclusive and very own education, where all the factors explained are not a brake mechanism for the development and continuity of education worldwide.

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Science plays a leading role in the future outcome in terms of education. The more we can educate our children correctly, the greater the possibility that these children will be the men of the future who, with a knowledge based on science, can establish the research mechanisms to develop innovation in everything related to medicines, vaccines and applied technology to defeat this silent enemy called sars-cov-2.