India being the second-largest populated country in the world, with just under 1.4 billion inhabitants and among this, a large group of people is engaged in traditional teaching-learning methods. Even though most educational institutions are exploring information communication technology (ICT) at schools, colleges, and university levels, still most of them are struggling with the implementation. The unanticipated outbreak of Covid-19 and imposed lockdown forced the education system worldwide to use the web-based learning platforms for sustainable education and left no option for the traditional pedagogy. This situation worked as a catalyst in changing the whole education system overnight, i.e., shifting themselves from person-to-person learning from classroom to web-learning. The aim of this study is to examine the significance of e-learning during the Covid-19 outbreak and it also highlights the growth and development of EdTech start-ups and tools during this pandemic. Thus, it has become the need of an hour to adopt online education along with the conventional approach to make it more effective.
Key words: Covid-19, Online learning, pandemic, EdTech, education, web-based learning, Education, Effectiveness.
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