"Education cannot wait" teaching during the COVID-19 outbreak challenges, obstacles and future decisions: an exploratory report at the English department, Batna 2 university, Algeria

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Since the COVID-19 outbreak that started in earlier 2020, institutions, schools, universities, and many other financial departments have found themselves in the face of a righteous virus that has altered the function of different matters.

due to this COVID-19 pandemic, governments have taken measures to limit and besiege the spread of the virus, such as quarantine and the suspension of all academic activities in public and private institutions.

"the COVID-19 has resulted in schools shut down all across the world.

globally, over1.2 a billion children are out of the classroom" (C.LI, Lalalni, 2020).

such measures have disrupted the course of education, obliging stakeholders of different institutions to take urgent actions to keep on the natural flow of teaching and learning and help educators maintain a better course of education.

so due to this COVID pandemic, education has changed dramatically and has adopted e-learning on different digital platforms.

the new type of learning that has been presented and established in Algerian schools, mainly universities, has brought educators into a hot debate on whether this type of learning is effective or not and whether we should shift to e-learning instead of old type.

this research paper examines the new kind of teaching established in the COVID-19 pandemic and whether it has positive or negative effects on education in general and institutions in particular.

a questionnaire has been given in the English department at Batna 2 university to gain insights and shed light on the different challenges and obstacles facing teachers.

results are analyzed and reported, along with some future measurements in a form of recommendations.