The corona virus being a zoonotic disease, it originated in animals  which also affected humans. The outbreak has reflected unfavourable mental health impacts and symptoms. This pandemic has also affected the healthcare department that is treating the patients suffering from diseases other than Covid19.The world has been in a turmoil due to the complete lockdown, which instigated poverty, mental illnesses and down surge.

 All sectors were affected including the education system which resulted in lack of quality education and dropouts from school. Due to lockdown the schools opted for a new way of digital learning. The practice of online sessions and classes has sprung up. 

In a country with 65% of the population residing in rural areas, the implementation of digital learning has led to a huge number of children having dropped out of school for financial crisis and lack of technological equipment. 79% of the children are being involved in child labour in the times of this pandemic.
Ten million girls in India could drop out of secondary school due to the COVID-19, according to the Hindu with 1.6 million girls aged 11 to 14 years currently out of school, the pandemic could disproportionately impact girls further by putting them at risk of early marriage, early pregnancy, poverty, trafficking and violence.

For S.C. girls, enrolment was 19.34 per cent at the elementary level, which became 18.6 per cent at the secondary level and 17.3 per cent at the higher secondary level. In the case of S.T. girls, it was worse - 10.35 per cent at the elementary level, which fell to 8.6 per cent at the secondary level and then to 6.8 per cent at the higher secondary level. West Bengal ranks first in students dropping out of school in 2021. In 2020 the school dropout rate in the state declined from 3.3 percent to 1.5 percent while it went up from four percent to 5.5 percent at the national level. The state has also run a TV tutorial for students for all classes. The pandemic has given a hike in poverty and loss of jobs in the last one year which also paved a way for many parents to not pay for school. It's almost a tie between education and survival for some. 


 

Innumerable NGOS are working with underprivileged children and trying to help them with education as children from rural India are facing the problems most. Students who went back home to rural areas are suffering from lack of connectivity, awareness, essentials for digital education. The state governments and NGOS are working on this damage suffered.