In almost last two years all on a sudden we all are facing an unknown crisis. A disease named Covid-19 has interrupted the normal functioning of our lives and livelihood, which has been declared as a Pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO). As the outbreak intensified, livelihood of people suffered immensely. It has changed the normal rhythm of our lives and professions. Like other fields, its effects can be felt in the sphere of education too. Regular face to face interactions in classrooms have stopped ever since the lockdown started. In our state i.e. West Bengal, Government has initiated to open the doors of schools for class IX - XII & Colleges in twice. But the severe outbreak of this disease has compelled to close the institutions considering the health issues of the learners. But the physical presence of learners in Elementary Level was totally interrupted from the starting of Lockdown. Due to world-wide Pandemic in Covid-19 virus, the education of whole world somehow affected and the schooling system nearly ruined for near-about two years. Then, we did not know surely when regular classes will be resumed in Elementary Level. In this respect, drop outs are increasing in our Education System. Government has tried to introduce various online teaching platforms. They have been tried to habituate the learners with this digital learning system. Use of electronic gadget and many other modern digital devices changed the scenario of education in today’s world. Government of India also introduced the idea of “Digital India” and the digitized education system created a new impact in the field of education too. In near recent times various types of digital platforms like Banglar Siksha Portal, Swayam, Swayam-prabha, E-Pathsala, Bhart Digital Class etc. has also been introduced. Various institutions are applying many online apps to conduct classes, exams or etc. Various E-Content like Moodle cloud, Unacademy Team etc. may be used for digital classroom learning. But a large number of people couldn’t access this kind of system gladly due to their financial as well as societal conditions. So, communication gaps had been seen in our system. They might be marked as Digital Glitch. Due to such kind of circumstances, the Drop Outs problems had been raising. In this article, the presenters try to analyze the reasons behind the Drop Outs of our education system. They also have tried to give some of the initiatives taken by the Government to run the education process at present. The article also concludes that this system is a time consuming matter. All the stakeholders should do the collective works. The success of this process not only depends by the Government initiative or measures but also the will power of all can make it successful in near future.
Gupta et al. (Sat,) studied this question.