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Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal – Vol. 9, No. 6

Publication Date: June 25, 2022

DOI:10.14738/assrj.96.12627. Ayyub, M. F., Asghar, A., & Arshad, H. M. J. (2022). Impact Of COVID-19 on Education Sector in Pakistan. (A Case of Punjab Group

of Colleges). Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 9(6). 305-314.

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Impact Of COVID-19 on Education Sector in Pakistan. (A Case of

Punjab Group of Colleges)

Muhammad Furqan Ayyub

Adnan Asghar

Hafiz Muhammad Jawad Arshad

ABSTRACT

On 20thMarch, 2020 because of vide spread of COVID-19, the individuals were

advised for isolation at home considering the lockdown of educational institutes.

This caused economic barren and lack of learning and knowledge globally. As a

result, Pakistan was at the top level worldwide for closure of schools during

CORONA virus (COVID-19).For elimination of its adverse effects, The Government of

Pakistan rapidly started effective strategies. The development and implementation

of different tools for students to facilitate in their studies proved a great milestone

for PGC. Microsoft teams for online lectures, recorded lectures, video audio

conversations between students and teachers, special test system to gain

competitive edge managed the situation during this COVID 19.

Key Words: PGC, COVID-19, Microsoft teams, online lecture, Recorded Lectures

INTRODUCTION

In Pakistan, the Punjab Group Of Colleges has been successfully establishing the highly

managed policies for its largest quality education network. For excellent growth of the society,

The PGC set the education development with great commitment and contributed in the remote

areas as expansion. The Punjab College was established by The Chairman Mian Amer Mehmood

in Lahore in 1985, at intermediate and graduation level with top class study

practices.Moreover,3 chartered universities, 417 colleges, 15 Resource Academia Campuses,

1075 Allied Schools, and 425 EFA Schools were also established afterwards. For every student,

The PGC has a glorious structure from Playgroup to Ph.D. Else the remarkable education system

school and college levels, The PGC finely running Capital University of Science and Technology

in the Federal Capital, University of Central Punjab in Lahore, and Mohammad Ali Jinnah

University in Karachi. Now, after lapse of 35 years, The Punjab College with state of art has

become a highly known brand in education sector in Pakistan with 417 purpose-built campuses

in 118 cities nationally providing educational facilities. For years, The Punjab Colleges have

been achieving top positions in all educational boards, sports, and debates. We are committed

for excellencies forever in the education sector with latest tools and study practices.

STERATEGIES AND TOOLS

Punjab group of colleges gives admittance to a-list instruction to all the learning devotees. The

premier point of presenting e-learning by PGC is to open entryways of learning readily available

and this drive uncovers the amazing chance to encounter the virtual world and learn in an

alternate and more straightforward way. The plan of this entryway offers "in the nick of time"

data and significant course based material for quick learning. This across the board student

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direction gateway brings to you MCQs, intelligent recordings, past papers and numerous

grounds the executives highlights. E-learning by PGC adjust your learning style, fortify your

ideas and keep tabs on your development to assist with driving you to the method of

flawlessness.

LIFE AT PGC

At Punjab Colleges, an immense scope of social, instructive, sports and social exercises are

accessible and the blend of these exercises makes a charming student life nearby for our

students. Engaging in grounds life is the speediest method for turning into a piece of the school

local area and to make one's own improved growth opportunity. Grounds life exercises are

worked around the idea of empowering every student local area part to communicate his/her

own gifts and to regard all individuals from our grounds local area. Alongside high scholarly

norms and open doors for improvement in a wide assortment of fields, the nature of our offices

is likewise a significant motivation behind why Punjab Colleges are a top decision for students

across Pakistan.

CULTURAL FESTIVAL & FUN FAIRS

Consistently we sort out exciting social celebrations and fairs where students have an

opportunity to show their imaginative potential.

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Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 9(6). 305-314.

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SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS

To give experiential information to our students, we coordinate classes and studios with

industry experts and great lecturer from varying backgrounds. Students benefit from genuine

encounters and examples of overcoming adversity.

Concerts

Now and again PGC arranges shows with famous performers and artists in all our grounds. We

firmly put stock in advancing the craftsmanship and culture of our country.

Welcome and farewell party

From the time our students go along with us till the time they leave; we make an honest effort

to provide them with an encounter that could only be described as epic. We commend these

essential snapshots of trouble and joy with our students every year.

Study and recreational trips

PGC sorts out outings to invigorating social and northern objections for every one of our

students. The outings are represented by rules and managed by our group of experienced staff.

Sports gala

Sports affair is a yearly game where all students get to participate and contend with one

another. The champs are perceived by PGC and properly compensated while offering them a

chance to vie for public level clubs.

Science & art exhibitions

Consistently at PGC, we put together Science and Arts Exhibitions so our students have an

opportunity to seek after their energy and interest throughout everyday life. This produces a

stage for development and workmanship.

DISCUSSION

Because of the wide spread of COVID-19, the Govt. imposed lockdown on 20th March, 2020 and

the people were encouraged to disengage themselves at home. This lockdown violently

impacted the economy as well as every one of the instructive exercises were closed down which

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made a colossal hole in students' learning and information all around the globe. Pakistan was

among the primary nations on the planet to establish broad school terminations because of

Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). The Government of Pakistan made a quick move toward the

beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to answer and to alleviate its effect. Countless approach

papers about how to answer the pandemic have been created by the Government and other

closely involved individuals, however the test was, and is, to guarantee a planned execution of

best practice and direction across one of the biggest education systems. The World Health

Organization has adulated Pakistan for endeavors made to hold the quantities of

contaminations down. The primary case was pronounced on 18 March 2020, and the

Government held its first essential gathering on 26 March 2020. The National Disaster Risk

Management Fund designated reserves and, in May 2020, the Government distributed its

National Response and Resilience Plan - a structure for methodologies and reactions to the

pandemic. Being a head of educational chain PGC likewise confronted these issues toward the

beginning of the COVID-19. PGC develop different tools for students to facilitate in their studies

during this pandemics, such as Microsoft teams for online lectures, recorded lecture, video

audio conversations between student teacher, special test system etc.

ONLINE LECTURE THROUGH MICROSOFT TEAMS

For continuance with excellences motives in the field of quality education along-with the

standards and the goals set by which ultimately contribute towards the nation and country

during COVID 19, PGC adopt different tools and techniques to facilitate the students. PGC not

only set the Microsoft team for quality education for both the top managed faculty and the dear

students but also felt it extremely necessary to manage the recorded lectures for the students

in order to save the present and the future of the students and upcoming generations of the

dear Homeland “Pakistan” as the matter of imparting quality education to the beloved students

of PGC was highly required as the Great leader of Pakistan and his kind company also had laid

the greatest stress for spreading the knowledge and saving and utilizing the precious present

& future of the students and allied families together connected as nation for the establishment

of nation based on unity, discipline and faith.

*Students Portal login interface

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Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 9(6). 305-314.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.96.12627

RECORDED LECTURES

This strategy of designing and setting the recorded lectures really proved as an extremely

effective technique as it provided the opportunity to students for learning, quality education

and utilization of talent through internet and exposure by attending the video classes.During

Covid-19, this strategy truly helped the organization i.e. PGC and its shining, valuable students

as the video lectures became a new tool for the students for remote learning to save & utilize

time effectively for greater achievements. It’s really challenged the Covid-19 with true spirit as

the faculty hired by the PGC was also committed towards achieving the organizational goals of

quality education in the time of Covid-19 as an extreme crisis in the country which may prove

as a great hurdle in the field of education to hinder imparting the quality education which the

PGC let not succeeded it through its faculty based on true commitments and objectives and the

skilled strategies and it really contributed towards to the students, parents and nation&

country along-with PGC.

Student portal

As the vision of Punjab Group of Colleges has always been to develop and implement latest &

innovative techniques, tools, measures and mechanism in the field of study for ensuring one

best class quality education over the students to enable them to complete strongly with

challenges nationally & internationally, the PGC developed & implemented student portal. This

student portal provides ease to the students and their parents for reports of students. The

student portal also provides guidance to students over the academic affairs regarding MCQS,

Interactive Videos, Past Papers and multiple Campus Management. It has a proper way of login

and further usage and whenever any student uses the student portal, he feels clearly that he is

quite attached with the latest I.T. techniques which also not only gives the student a feel of being

a part of fast pace, but also gives the opportunity to contribute towards I.T advancement at

national as well international level. This is how the PGC has always been engaged in developing

& implementing the latest practices in the field of education for ensuring the best class quality

education, the PGC did the same during the Covid-19 and implement the student portal for

students to facilitate them and eliminated the effects of Covid-19 by doing so, failing which

Covid-19 may prove as a hindrance in the way of the spread of the best class quality education

for students. So, PGC made it quite impossible by utilizing its organizational skills related to

I.T’s with proper time management and without study loss of students. So, the development of

student portal has been no doubt a great milestone for PGC & students over Covid-19.

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Test system

As it is quite clear in the study market that the student gets him enrolled in PGC for the best

future and the study practices, therefore, PGC has developed a complete & structure study

system for the students ensuring the quality education and Bi-Weekly Test System is one of the

above mentioned study system. For this purpose, i.e. Bi-Weekly Test System, the students and

their connected In-charges are provided the syllabus in the start of the each month, by the PGC

management.

This approach enables the both the students and their In-charges for exact preparation of the

course, which ultimately shows the results of students as well the In-charges through the Bi- Weekly Test System and if this approach is taken in the long scenario, it shows the excellent

and outclass results with top positions in the study markets every year. So, Here again, it is not

out of space to mention here the PGC has always been interested, motivated and initiative for

implementing the best class quality education practices for the students.

SPECIAL DISCOUNT POLICY DURING COVID-19

The PGC not only has a clear focus of best class quality education system for the students for

ensuring their bright & successful future both nationally & internationally but it has also been

quite interested and initiative for supporting the community and dear nation of Pakistan.

The PGC offers the scholarships for the competing students for enabling them successful in

future. The PGC also provides the opportunity of discount in fees on kin-ship basis as well as

for the deserving students, so, that their bright future may intact and they may excel in field of

study.

The PGC also provided 25% waive off in fees to students during the Covid-19, as it laid the worst

effects on economy and made it quite difficult for the students & the parents to continue best

class quality education at national level due to the worst economic crisis caused by the Covid- 19. Here, again, by developing & implementing the 25% waive off in fees for students, the PGC

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Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 9(6). 305-314.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.96.12627

provided that PGC has always been committed highly for the spread of the best class quality

education for the community and nation and, this is how the PGC again made the Covid-19 fail

and continued its real vision of spreading the best class education for the community and the

nation as well.

Teaching Notes

Synopsis

This study will observe the affects of COVID-19 on the economy specially on all the education

sector. This study will also investigate the policies of the Government of Pakistan to overlook

this problem. This study will also help to know, how PGC develop different tools for students to

facilitate in their studies during this pandemics, such as Microsoft teams for online lectures,

recorded lecture, video audio conversations between student teacher, special test system to

gain competitive gain and manage the situation during this COVID 19.

Objectives

The objective of this contextual analysis is to show understudies how the working environment

elements have advanced after Covid-19 around the world. The reason for this examination is to

show understudies the adaptable working worldview and the difficulties that organizations

experience while carrying out it. Moreover, the educational program will assist understudies

with looking basically and scientifically at the execution period of any arrangement - the

difficulties and requirements that organizations should face and how they might defeat them.

This examination will propel understudies to find out about inventive techniques for the

supportability of organizations.

Target Audience

This contextual analysis is the most appropriate for college understudies of the board sciences

and examination. This might be instructed in essential administration and business based main

courses. This will assist understudies with understanding how the adaptable functioning

worldview functions and what its repercussions are.

Learning objectives and key issues

Themainpurposeofthisstudyistolearnhowbesteducationalpracticesandappropriatestrategic

management techniques can be used to improve quality education and further develop a

business and how challenges were encountered during the difficult time.

Experience of using the case

This case can be useful for the instructors at the undergraduate business studies level to

communicate the principles of management and covers strategic management topics

Questions for discussion

What should be priorities first in order to secure the organization's long-term viability? How

would an organization need to change internal connections to guarantee that no pandemic

difficulties slowed the company's turnaround unintentionally? Which strategic management

techniques are used to address the challenges in the development phase? Which strategic

management techniques are used to operate their functions in the worst condition of a

Pandemic?

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Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 9(6). 305-314.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.96.12627

Division

of the

Students

in Group

of 3-5

What

students

think about

the changes

in education

sector

should

require after

Covid-19?

The trend of

Technology and

flexible working

paradigm in

Pakistan and

discuss the story

of PGC?

Questions’ answer

How PGC out perform its competitors during COVID-19?

Answer: PGC develop different tools for students to facilitate in their studies during this

pandemics, such as Microsoft teams for online lectures, recorded lecture, video audio

conversations between student teacher, special test system etc.

Gain insights

from

students on

how the

education

sector might

overcome

these

obstacles.

Discuss

thoroughly

the

implications

of the

solutions

they

propose.

What do students

think about

utilization of

advanced

technology in this

situation for the

facilitation of the

students, and

explain in detail

what it is and how

education sector

around the world

have used it to

sustain

progression?

The possible

problems that

an education

sector would

have, and then

the actual

issues that

during Covid- 19 PGC

experienced.

Points what students proposed

Students’ feedback and the strategies they proposed to solve this case study

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How PGC help their students and society during COVID-19?

Answer: PGC facilitate their students in their studies during this pandemic with aspects and on

other side PGC also helps the parents and students in their fee packages with special discount

policy. PGC offer a special discount rate up to 25% fee waiver to all their students.

Resources:

• White Board

• Board Marker

• Charts

• Duster

• Hard copy of the case study for each student or soft copy on laptops/mobile phones to

access the document

• A projector in the class to display the case study content