Szkolnictwo – cicha ofiara epidemii

Hereby article can be perceived as an attempt to analyze the consequences of pandemics for the society in general and education in particular. It gives an overview of pandemics throughout centuries with special emphasis on education, schools and universities. Attention has been drawn onto the measures having been taken to mitigate the negative consequences pandemics brought about. Special consideration has been devoted to current situation in Poland with the emphasis on negative effects and deep analysis of the reasons which caused chaos and deficiencies in actions undertaken by the authorities, has been put forward. Authors focus on the individual approach of both teachers and students towards distant learning, Reasons and potential consequences of the failure of on-line education. In this article, the authors argue that epidemics are pushing education sideways. The quality of education decreases and the desire to acquire knowledge decreases. The main goal of the article was to show the education process in the past and present under pandemic conditions. The authors made an attempt to show what can be kept in the education process and what must be abandoned. The discussions in this text show education as a victim of a pandemic, about this problem relatively little is said, although value of the education in the development of civilization is unquestionable.