COVID-19 PANDEMIC: IMPACT AND STRATEGIES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR IN INDIA

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virus (SARS-COV-2). The existing situations are forcing us to a challenge to the traditional
classroom teaching. Online education plays an important role here ensuring that the learning
does not stop. All the relevant trustworthy governing bodies like MHRD, UGC have proposed
to continue teaching learning thorough digital platform along with all the associated tutorials
together with their e-assessment. The present study attempts to focus on impact of COVID-19 on e-learning in higher education from Indian perspective. The descriptive qualitative method is applied to frame this work and various source including journals articles, newspapers, and internet sources have been used to gather information about the subject of concern. The study reveals that COVID-19 has created a positive impact on Indian higher educational institutions. Although students participating in home learning programme but they reported the home learning programme to be even more stressful than regular classroom. The Learning Management System has been accepted to a greater extent.