The Challenges in Teaching and Learning for Teachers and Students during Covid-19 Quarantine Time

Abstract

The basis of education in developing human is very important in forming a new generation that can be balanced in terms of intellectual, emotional, physical, spiritual and personality as well as in preparing for the transformation of education in Malaysia. However the system education implemented in the country underwent into drastic changes and was severely affected when all schools had to be closed completely due to Malaysian facing the covid-19 pandemic crisis which is now a phenomenon of great concern to people around the world. The situation was really has a profound impact on all Malaysian especially teachers and students when the method of learning from home in addition to the need to adhere by standard operating procedure (SOP) and practice new norms in daily life. The Malaysian Ministry of Education as the leader of the national education system in overcoming challenges in the education sector needs to ensure that students have access to teaching and learning process widely and effectively during the covid-19 pandemic as well as help the teachers to implement new normative learning alternatives through the structured and planned learning from home and face to face. The implementation of teaching and learning appropriate to the situation of the students when they are unable to attend school or quarantine within a certain period due to covid-19 outbreak.