Emergency remote teaching and Covid-19: Findings of a study in Nepal and Bangladesh

Nobody knew that Covid-19 would bring educational chaos to a large extent which will lead higher education to digitally migrate in an unprecedented way. With a limited skill set of teachers to cope with emergency remote teaching (or ERT), and limited infrastructure to carry out remote teaching in developing countries, higher education institutions in these regions transitioned to remote teaching from face-to-face mode. This article captures the concerns of emergency remote teaching during Covid-19 in higher education based on an empirical study carried out in Nepal and Bangladesh.

Developing countries often face emergency situations in education owing to several reasons, such as political unrest, natural calamity, epidemic or pandemic and war. We agree with Charles Hodges and his colleagues that emergency remote teaching can be a good skill set for future teachers of higher education to manage the educational crisis confidently.