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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2023)
New Day Starts in the Dark: Vision for the Post-Pandemic BRICS Education

Editorials

Vision for the Post-Pandemic Education in BRICS

https://doi.org/10.20896/saci.v11i1.1362

Published 2023-06-28

  • Ewelina Niemczyk

Ewelina Niemczyk
Professor, Comparative and International Studies, Faculty of Education, North-West University, Mafikeng, South Africa, Research Unit: Education and Human Rights in Diversity

Abstract

This article briefly explores the pandemic’s impact on higher Education in BRICS member states. Attention is brought to the measures BRICS nations adopted to continue providing quality education despite the imposed restrictions and challenges. As explained in the text, transformations imposed by the pandemic affected the functioning of the entire education system and adapted responses depended on the available resources and overall capacity to adapt to the crisis by individual institutions and contexts. Furthermore, the transformations pointed out the existing inequalities and many unknowns for which various educational stakeholders were not always prepared. As evident from the account, strategic planning must better prepare education systems for emergencies such as the Covid-19 pandemic. It is also paramount that the narrative of the strategic planning and the vision for the future focuses on thriving instead of surviving.

Keywords

BRICS Cooperation, COVID-19 and Education, Higher Education, Research Capacity Building, Contemporary Educational Issues, Post-Pandemic Education, Comparative Education

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