Thesis Statement
Because of uncertainty and turbulence associated with the outbreak of COVID-19, learning institutions experience declined student enrollment, reduced tuition fee collections, reduced student mobility in higher education, reduced recruitment opportunities for graduates, and hampered university partnerships globally.
How the Global Pandemic Affects the Educational Sector
COVID-19 pandemic reduces recruitment opportunities for the graduates intending to seek employment in the job market.
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The outbreak of COVID-19 affects the mobility of international students in various parts of the world.
The outbreak of coronavirus affects the commitment of governments to fund public learning institutions such as universities and colleges in Africa.
COVID-19 pandemic causes reduction and delays in the payment school fees in higher learning institutions, colleges, and secondary schools globally.
The global pandemic may change students' preference and a behavioral mode towards a particular degree program in higher learning institutions globally.
Opposing Reasons on the Impacts of COVID-19 on Educational Sector
COVID-19 outbreak compels various educational institutions globally to utilize and harness the available technological instruments for the creation of learning content.
COVID-19 pandemic encourages the use of technology in enhancing greater flexibility and accessibility of learning materials by educators and students.
The current epidemic improves the quality of education through the use of e-learning in various schools.
The global pandemic encourages various learning institutions to ensure useful educational content; subsequently, promoting sufficient remote learning activities.
COVID-19 pandemic encourages the application of technology to promote the effective experience of educators and students in various parts of the world.
Introduction and Thesis
The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic results in severe disruption in the operations of various learning institutions globally. The current global epidemic affects more than 1.5 billion tertiary and secondary school students throughout the world. Institutional efforts to prevent coronavirus's spread cause severe economic, physical, and emotional challenges to educators and students internationally. Currently, the policymakers experience difficulties associated with terminating operations of learning institutions and permit employees to continue working to ensure a stable economy in various nations. Management of schools use online or internet-based services to teach and conduct student assessment. The outbreak of COVID-19 interrupts learning institutions' activities, resulting in short-term and long-term impacts on the affected cohorts. The consequences of coronavirus may promote inequality in the education sector globally. Because of uncertainty and turbulence associated with the outbreak of COVID-19, learning institutions experience declined student enrollment, reduced tuition fee collections, reduced student mobility in higher education, reduced recruitment opportunities for graduates, and hampered university partnerships globally.
Argumentative Plan
Because of uncertainty and turbulence associated with the outbreak of COVID-19, learning institutions experience declined student enrollment, reduced tuition fee collections, reduced student mobility in higher education, reduced recruitment opportunities for graduates, and hampered university partnerships globally. According to the United Nations (2020), COVID-19 pandemic may increase unemployment rates from 5.3 to 24.7 million globally. Additionally, the outbreak of coronavirus may cause a decline in global trade from13%-32% by the end of 2020. The economic recession may affect higher education institutions (HEI) by reducing recruitment opportunities for the graduates intending to seek employment in the job market (Siegel, 2020). The global pandemic may cause reduction and delays in the payment school fees, affect the commitment of governments to fund public learning institutions, and may change students' preference and a behavioral mode towards a particular degree program.
The outbreak of COVID-19 affects the mobility of international students in various parts of the world. The global pandemic reduces the number of students pursuing their higher education internationally. For instance, the US-China students experience a significant reduction in their mobility because of COVID-19 epidemic. Coronavirus hinders effective partnerships between various universities globally (Husain, 2020). Multiple countries such as Australia, COVID-19 facilitate a change from conventional lectures to internet-based or online education.
Based on the competing requirements from business and healthcare sectors, the outbreak of coronavirus affects public funding for universities and colleges in Africa. Moreover, the global pandemic hinders the repayment of student loans and fee collection in various African states (Abale & Charak, 2020). Consequently, the uncertain consequences of COVID-19 may affect future enrollment of approximately 5 million students in various Indian universities and colleges.
Counterclaim
Though the current global pandemic reduces recruitment opportunities for the graduates, affects the mobility of international students, and public funding for universities and colleges, COVID-19 outbreak compels various educational institutions globally to utilize and harness the available technological instruments for the creation of learning contents. The educational contents promote remote learning activities in various educational institutions. COVID-19 pandemic encourages the use of technology in enhancing greater flexibility and accessibility of learning materials by educators and students (Luthra & Mackenzie, 2020). The current epidemic improves the quality of education through the use of e-learning in various schools. Consequently, COVID-19 pandemic results in the application of technology to promote the practical experience of educators and students in various parts of the world.
Rebuttal
Unlike conventional lectures, the use of e-learning may promote inequality in the education sector. A considerable number of students lack access to computers and internet connection in various parts of the world. Developing nations lack adequate technological advancement to facilitate remote learning (OECD Publishing, 2020). Moreover, most students from developing countries lack technical skills to enhance remote educational instructions, subsequently hindering educational quality and learning experience among students.
Finally, uncertainty and turbulence of COVID-19 pandemic result in a declined student enrollment, reduction in tuition fee collections, reduced student mobility in higher education, reduced recruitment opportunities for graduates, and hampered university partnership globally. COVID-19 pandemic reduces recruitment opportunities for the graduates, affects the movement of international students, and public funding for universities and colleges. Lastly, the use of e-learning promotes inequality in the education sector.
References
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Husain, A. (2020). Coronavirus Pandemic: Effects, Prevention, and Management . The Readers Paradise.
Luthra, P., & Mackenzie, S. (2020). Four ways COVID-19 could change how we educate future generations. Cologny. World Economic Forum . Retrieved from https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/4-ways-covid-19-education-future-generations/
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). (2020). OECD Employment Outlook 2020 Worker Security and the COVID-19 Crisis. OECD Publishing.
Siegel, L. (2020). Nolo's IEP Guide: Learning disabilities . Nolo.
The United Nations. (2020). COVID-19 and Higher Education: Learning to Unlearn to Create Education for the Future. New York City. Academicimpact.un.org. Retrieved from https://academicimpact.un.org/content/covid-19-and-higher-education-learning-unlearn-create-education-future
