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Strategies for School Level Educational Reforms to Overcome Covid-19
Pandemic Situation Induced Barriers
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U.I.K. Galappaththi , G.R.U. Senevirathna , M.T.T. Ranjan and W.E. Sampath 2
1 Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna,
Hapugala, Galle,
2 University Psychiatry Unit, Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya
*Corresponding author: galappaththi@mme.ruh.ac.lk
Abstract
The current Covid-19 induced situation has negatively affected the continuation and the quality of the
School Education System in Sri Lanka. There are a number of strategies currently in place for
continuation of the school education system, including e-Learning strategies and use of television
programmes. However, the effectiveness of these strategies in terms of accessibility and quality is
largely questionable. The main objective of this paper is to discuss the opportunity of using an offline
supported learning management system for improving the quality and accessibility of the Sri Lankan
School Education system.
Keywords: Covid-19 Pandemic, School Education, Distance Education, e-Learning, Learning
Management Systems
Introduction
Disaster situations can occupy nominal world routines in numerous scales and can be categorized into
multiple cases. Based on the cause of the occurrence, disaster situations are classified into 3 categories
(Zobel and Baghersad, 2020).
Natural – Naturally occurring phenomena (disasters associated with weather, meteorological or
hydrological conditions like storms, earthquakes, and tsunamis and, disasters associated
with biological conditions like infectious diseases)
Man-made – Phenomena occurring due to the acts of humans (wars, explosions and fires)
Hybrid – When natural phenomena and human errors occurring interactively to elevate the final
damage (settlements near volcanic eruptions and forest fires)
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