The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in human history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 200 countries. Closures of schools, institutions and other learning spaces have impacted more than 94% of the world’s student population. This has brought far-reaching changes in all aspects of our lives. Social distancing and restrictive movement policies have significantly disturbed traditional educational practices. Reopening of schools after relaxation of restriction is another challenge with many new standard operating procedures put in place. Within a short span of the COVID-19 pandemic, I have researched that the works on teaching and learning in different ways. Several schools, colleges and universities have discontinued face-to-face teachings. There is a fear of losing 2020 academic year or even more in the coming future. The need of the hour is to innovate and implement alternative educational system and assessment strategies. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided us with an opportunity to pave the way for introducing digital learning. This essay aims to provide a comprehensive discussion on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on online teaching and learning of various papers and indicate the way forward. These are some the findings that I gathered from the field the study show that the circumstances created by COVID-19 have caused a great deal of concern among students, parents and teachers about assessment, distance learning inadequacy, and student overload., Opportunities to advance the quality of education, the support of teachers, parents, and families, coupled with practical suggestions for parties involved in the field of education are also included.

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