Since the beginning of the pandemic there have been many questions regarding our future as human race, some of which have still yet to be answered clearly. It was clear that Covid would affect us socially given that we were dealing with an airborne virus which had no cure. With the limitation of “in person” communication and the pandemic beginning of the year in 2020, it was unclear how students would be continuing the rest of their semester. Quarantine left schools closed delaying the graduation period for students, especially ones who were transitioning from middle to high school and high school to college. The solution that seemed to be the most practical was to hold online schooling, forcing many students to get comfortable doing all of their work on a computer instead of the usual in-class experience. To some, this transition may not seem that drastic, but studies have shown that covid has negatively affected students all over the world. As we are progressing past the pandemic era we have to consider what changes have been made due to covid and understand how these changes have affected us so that we can take the right steps to recovery. One question that we should ask regarding these changes is “How has Covid affected education?”

        Although schools did not close completely, for some students the beginning of the pandemic marked the end of their school year. The move from in-class to virtual learning was very abrupt and took time for both students and teachers to get used to. There were a few problems with virtual learning such as lagging with video calls, students not logging into the correct classes, students not having access to a functioning microphone, or students not having access to a computer or internet access at all. According to the World Economic Fourum children from low-income households, children with disabilities, and girls were less likely to access remote learning due to limited availability of electricity, connectivity, devices, accessible technologies as well as discrimination and social and gender norms. This was also the case in countries where there isn’t much access to computers or the internet in households in countries such as Ghana, Mexico, and Pakistan. Although there have been issues with virtual learning, there are still a number of schools that offer online based learning  or a hybrid style based learning due to covid.