Impact of COVID-19 on educational trips – an Indian case study
Chintaman Bari, Rohit Chopade, Shubhangi Kachwa, Yogeshwar V. Navandar, Ashish Dhamaniya
Abstract
The novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) significantly impacts all sectors and brings the whole population to stuck at home due to a countrywide lockdown in India. Due to the lockdown, the major influence is on students and education systems all over the world. The present study attempts to study the effect of COVID-19 on traffic patterns and choice of mode for the students to reach their host institute. The response survey was carried out, and the pre- and post-travel patterns were investigated for the participants. The interesting finding is that irrespective of the income level, parents are more serious about the safety of their child against COVID-19. As the available infrastructure is not adequate to follow the COVID-19 protocol, parents have insisted on using their personalized mode to send their children to school subject to the utmost social distancing norms followed by schools. Policymakers and planners may use the outcome of the present study to see the impact of educational trips