Focus areas for students post COVID19

Life has changed. A pandemic came unannounced and changed the lives of people all around the world. It didn’t take much time for the education sector to realize the potential of Coronavirus and take effective measures to prevent the spread further. Classes were shifted online, exams were shifted online and even the competitions shifted online. One can say that students have been affected the most because they don’t really have the physical presence of their teachers right now. But technology has supported them as much as it could. It still is. One thing that is going to change forever in the Post COVID world is how students see a difficult situation. We are talking about their perspective. As more and more students are adapting themselves to this new education system, it’s really a sign of progress. Students love technology. They love moving forward and making their own decisions and the one thing that they will be good at after the storm passes, it will be accountability. The Post COVID world will also see students shifting their focus towards things that matter in the new world. As a University that is already helping students in their Post COVID dreams, Sanskriti University, one of the best private universities in India will also like to list down a few points which a student needs to have a good look at. Remember, it’s not going to be the same. Your focus areas will change. Out of the many things that a student must keep his focus on, we have selected the top 5.

• Technology: In the COVID world, we are making such good progress digitally that it will be impossible to unlearn things and go back to square 1. Students must focus on getting technical skills right because soon it will be a mandate to be an expert when it comes to technology. The government is trying to help the students by making the teachers more familiarized with the latest technology so that the students can follow their lead. But in the Post COVID world, if you would not focus on technology, your career is not going to be how you wanted it.
• Health: Parents no longer have to force the children to eat healthily or practice a healthy lifestyle. It’s important and children should do it on their own. Health is going to be one of the major focus areas for students because the youth doesn’t want to be careless and wants to prevent a future pandemic.
• Courses that can help humanity: As students work towards keeping themselves healthy they will look for courses that can let them keep their friends and family healthy as well. There is a possibility that healthcare courses and courses that let them become frontline workers, will be preferred. Their focus areas will shift from a program that gives them financial stability to a program that gives them emotional stability or both.
• Study in India: Students will and have to focus more on getting a quality education in their own country. Educational institutions will have to step up and provide variety that a meritorious student looks for. This is because as parents, people will not want their children stuck in a strange land in times like these.
• Being job-ready: There will be an increased focus on being job-ready. This doesn’t mean more focus on internships and experience gaining but also on expanding the knowledge that lets them become the best version of themselves.

The Post COVID world will see students more focused in general. We will also see them become more responsible and goal-oriented. All these things will eventually make them someone who embraced the new normal completely.