12 COVID-19 Pandemic: A New Era in Higher Education

The novel coronavirus has influenced emotional well-being of citizens, agriculture sector, employment, and energy throughout the world as well as other areas of the economy. Coronavirus has remarkably interrupted the higher education sector which is the main deciding factor for economic future of the country. The novel coronavirus has bashed our education system to the extreme level; we can expect a different kind of educational model to emerge after COVID-19. Higher education institutions (HEIs) such as colleges, universities, and tertiary education institutions were in huge loss due to prevailing situations. According to UNESCO, over 1.5 billion students in 165 countries are in huge loss as they cannot attend school. The Government of India conducted survey according to Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on higher education and observed that there are 993 universities, 39,931 colleges, and 10,725 stand-alone institutions listed on their portal, which contribute to education. This forced global communities to enhance new techniques for learning which also includes both distance and virtual learning. Apparently, it is the first time in India to experiment with education system merging from classrooms with online learning. Educating the students simultaneously about the emotional intelligence to control their fears and anxiety can render their mental stability, and education system will transform in the best way if there is psychological support for students .This work mainly focuses on the changes that need to be incorporated to get over the huge loss for the higher education system due to COVID-19.