Educational Learning and Teaching Methods’ Challenges during COVID-19 Outbreak and a Sudden Transformation Towards Totally Digitizing Education

The outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was reported on 31 st of December 2019 by Wuhan City Health Committee, China (Joseph et al., 2020). The early cases were about 27 pneumonia confirmed cases and linked to Wuhan Seafood Market. Late in January 2020 the number of cases jumped exponential and the confirmed cases reached 697.244 with 33.257 deaths on 31 March 2020 based on the declaration of World Health Organization (Joseph et al., 2020). Initially, the early cases were thought to be a type of seasonal influenza; however, the deep investigation lead to a novel coronavirus that later called . The symptoms are similar to that of seasonal virus infections such as fever, cough, sneezing, fatigue; however, other symptoms observed and reported such as diarrhea, severe headache, lymphopenia, haemoptysis, and dyspnea (Barranco & Ventura, 2020). The epidemic rendered pandemic and the whole world encountered a sudden shock of the fast-moving viral infections and spread of the disease that made countries to change the course of life. The unprecedented pandemic growth lead to a chaos in the whole world (Agoramoorthy, 2020) and changed dramatically many things in a rapid pace in all aspects of our lives. Almost all sectors were affected; the tourism sector with all associated sectors, the industrial sector, the health care system, the business flow, the exchange stock markets, Information Technology sectors, etc. Further, the outbreak changed the social bonds and behavior of all people regardless of their education, age, gender, race, social status, income. This triggers a dire need to conduct thorough explorative research in all related matters and challenges. The educational sector was no exception and faced many obstacles to continue the education process. The closure and suspension of schools, universities, colleges, and educational entities was imposed in almost all the countries around the globe. This sudden and dramatic change created a chaotic situation not only for these educational institutions, but also for students in all grades starting from KG to university