01590nam a22001457a 4500 517566 517566 210720b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Dimari, A.K., Srivastava A.K. and Singh B.P. 26800 Online and digital education: Issues and concerns for India Bihar Journal of Public Administration 17(2), Jul-Dec, 2020: p.553-565 Worldwide 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 Bihar Journal of Public Administration EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS - INDIA AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 391635 IIPA IIPA 2021-07-20 17(2), Jul-Dec, 2020: p.553-565 AR124845 2021-07-20 AR