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    Effect of COVID-19 on the Academic Planning of University and Colleges with Special Reference to Kachchh Region
    (Chainany E-Journal, 2021-03-01) Shakya, kumarjay; Sodha, dhirubha
    World Health Organization declared the newly discovered corona virus as a global pandemic in the name of COVID-19. Whole world got disturbed due to this pandemic and it forced many to change their mindset to work. More than 100 million cases registered worldwide (as per WHO report 2021) and more than 57 million got recovered from it. The education sector at all levels got delayed to maintain social distancing and stop spreading the infection. Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma Kachchh University started the academic planning during the lockdown period and most of the colleges started to go digital for the betterment of all its stakeholders. The present study focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on the academic planning of the colleges running under KSKV Kachchh University and the level of awareness of the teachers about ICT tools for teaching-learning. The study is based on primary data using survey through structured questionnaire in which 43 respondents filled this survey presently working as teaching staff. Major findings of the study were that most of the teachers spent daily 4 to 6 hours on academic planning, conducted more than fifteen lectures in a week and planning for new courses for students. Most of the teachers have knowledge of ICT tools for teaching-learning, also received prior training for online class and Microsoft Teams was most popular software for delivering online class.