Name: Balasubramanya P. S.
Country: India

Year: 2025
Volume: Volume-10, Issue-2 (July-December)
Page Number: 233-238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18620942

ABSTRACT:
This paper explains the ICT-based E-Learning during the COVID-19 pandemic with reference to European Union member countries. It follows the E-Learning priorities agreed by the European Union institutions and Member States during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study basically identifies the challenges posed by the need for quality and efficiency. There is a broad impression that the ICTbased E-Learning in the Covid-19 Pandemic Era is helping the learning process in schools and producing better results. Higher education is also reaping major benefits from ICT-based E-Learningduring Covid-19 Pandemic. The large companies and public administrations report good results from E-learning in the workplace in the era of Covid-19 Pandemic. However, it has had little effect on small and medium-sized enterprises. The digital divide, with its increased risk of social exclusion, is a growing concern, despite the potential of ICT-based E-Learning for disadvantaged learners during Covid-19 Pandemic. The experience presented in this paper appears to indicate a need for policies to focus on embedding ICT-based E-Learning tools in education systems for teaching and learning, for management and administration.

KEY WORDS: ICT, E-Learning, Covid-19 Pandemic, European Union, Lisbon treaty, National
Policy, Technological innovation, Digital divide.