The Way Forward to the Post-pandemic Evolving Education Ecosystem: An Institutional Theory Perspective

Abstract

With COVID waves continuing, the imagination of a pure classroom program is waning in developing countries. It is an accepted fact that online education is here to stay. There are, however, challenges to be overcome before online education becomes a part of mainstream offering without compromising on the learning possible through a classroom programme or reducing its business value proposition. This study attempts to understand the numerous challenges, benefits and perspectives of online education and their effect on parents’ perception to view online education as a mainstream offering. The conceptual frameworks are grounded in the institutional theory perspective. The study juxtaposes this with the parents’ idea of a school education that exists in their minds and tries to explore the possibility of the emergence of a hybrid system that tries to mix the best of both worlds. The study was conducted using a perception survey instrument to collect the primary data from the potential parents. Currently, this survey was
conducted on 50 respondents (initial set). We tested hypotheses using multivariate analysis. The child’s adaptability and teacher’s ability were the keys to online education success.

Keywords: online education, face to face education, child’s adaptability, teacher’s ability