Online coaching saves students the blushes, is the new normal: Experts

The COVID-19 lockdown came as a “shock” for Sakshi Sharma as coaching classes and schools closed abruptly amid her preparations for the NEET medical exams, leaving her worried that she could have to wait for a year to take the test again.

However, after some days into the lockdown, Sharma and her friends had found an alternative in online classes, which experts say will remain “an all-weather friend” not only for students preparing for competitive exams like the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), but for also imparting education in general in the COVID-19-induced new normal.

“It (the lockdown) came as a shock I and many others like me had no idea what to do. We were in the midst of preparing for the exam and the thought of wasting a year was terrifying.