01485nam a22001097a 4500008004100000100005000041245006400091260004500155300003600200520109500236773004401331210720b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aDimari, A.K., Srivastava A.K. and Singh B.P.   aOnline and digital education: Issues and concerns for India  aBihar Journal of Public Administration    a17(2), Jul-Dec, 2020: p.553-565  aWorldwide lockdown to stop the spread of COVID-19 prevented the execution of economic and non-economic activities, resulting in unrest all-around. Although several sectors were likely to face severe consequences in post lockdown scenario, nevertheless it was also not possible to ignore the guidelines of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Ministry of Education (MoE) as well as World Health Organization (WHO) as lockdown was considered as an effective means to prevent the spared of Coronavirus. Thus, it was a crucial time for education sector as there was separation among teachers and learners. More importantly, School Board examinations across the country were on final phase of its completion and new academic session was set to commence from early April, were kept on hold. Similarly, university and colleges were preparing for undertaking annual examination. Even after completion of board examination students were all set to appear in the entrance examination such as JEE, NEETS and such other entrance examinations, but this could not happen due to this crisis. – Reproduced   aBihar Journal of Public Administration