Nepal starts its lockdown with the rapid growth in the spread in the new mutant COVID-infections. The India has been suffering a lot through the second wave of COVID-19 in the country with around 300k daily new cases and 3.5M active cases in the country. As Nepal shares an open border with the country, the chances of Nepal falling in the same situation is high with the daily 7.5k new cases and around 60k active cases. So Nepal government has taken measures for lockdown staring from 6 AM on April 29 to May 13 as per the decision from the cabinet.
This lockdown came with preparations. As the country faced 5 long months nationwide lockdown from 24 Mar to 21 Jul. Many institutions and organizations continued their affairs as smoothly as possible through work from home and online learning. Unlike the previous lockdown, the students did not have to miss out and delay their syllabus as the e-learning started along with the lockdown with lectures being provided actively as the physical classes.
The educational institutions have increased the classes period as compared to the previous lockdown but we have to agree that the lockdown has provided the students with more spare time. This might lead to the students being less focused on studies and less productive. I myself being an undergrad student try to keep myself busy during the quarantine learning new things and try being productive. As a IT student , I have researched and put together some of the best websites I have used to learn for my fellow brothers and sisters to keep learning.
Genese Cloud Academy
This learning platform is under Genese Cloud Solutions which provides physical lectures but also has big library for online lectures for free in Nepali on different topics like cloud computing, machine learning and other trending topics in the IT industry.
Udemy
This is one of the leading online global learning platforms which provides courses on various topics ranging from development, marketing and so on. It provides many good courses for free but also provide very good paid courses on various topics. You can also get total discount coupons on various paid courses through various websites like here.
AWS educate
It is the e-learning platform managed by Amazon which provides free courses on cloud computing mainly on its product: Amazon Web Services (AWS). You can also find various pathways and study about the major concepts like OS, networking, programming along the way. I personally advise you to go through the Cloud Computing 101 course first to gain basic knowledges on Cloud computing.
Coursera
This is one of the biggest e-learning platforms with courses partnered with more than 200 leading universities of the world. It has a huge database of courses in different areas of study like computer science, business, art and design. It also provides many professional certificate courses totally online recognized by the top employers and has also been providing online undergraduate and graduate degrees in lower cost. You can also apply for financial aid if you really like the course structure and want to enroll in it
Udacity
This is also one of the most popular platforms used for the learning various tech skills required. It main get go is the specialized nanodegree formulated by the company in different topics like cyber security, cloud computing, AI etc. Along with that, with some research, you can find some good free beginner courses on the platform.
CISCO Networking Academy
CISCO being the leader in the networking industry has been providing many free online self paced courses in different topics like cyber security, networking, system. The Cisco certifications are one of the most valued certifications for the employers around the world n the systems, networking and operations field. They have also starting giving programming courses through the platform. You can register to the website through here.
GitHub Student Developer Pack
This student developer pack is managed and provided by the GitHub after providing them with your college email address . The pack includes various paid plans and products for free after the verification of you as a student enrolled in some kind of diploma or degree. You must have an GitHub account to get this student pack. The products ranges from marketing, developer and design tools for free. Some of the best products provided are the domain names provided to you for free, cloud services like Digital Ocean, Microsoft Azure , design tools like Canva, learning platforms like DataCamp, educative.io and so on.
All the above websites are some of the websites that I used myself during the lockdown to learn some new skills. I may have missed out many good websites that you people use. Please mention the missing websites in the comments or you can directly message me so that I can update or upload the next list of the websites for you to check out.
I hope the list helps you in your learning journey.
Keep learning . Let’s be productive during the lockdown and gather additional skills in your skillsets.
Stay Safe. Happy learning.
