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COVID-19 virus has spread all over the world including India. This corona virus pandemic has radically disrupted all the sectors including education sector, which affects the socio-economic conditions of the people and education system. The government of India and states has been declared the lockdown to break the spread chain of the disease all over the country and temporarily shutting down the schools, colleges, universities and all types of educational institutions as a measure to contain the spread of the novel corona virus. The study suggested some measures to overcome from the situation such as special hygiene and health related measures like social distancing, using precautionary tools and equipments and some socio-economic and technological measures such as economic supports for redesigning of the sector, public private partnerships in education system, digitization of the study techniques and educational infrastructure and use of Indian traditional knowledge has been suggested by the authors to overcome from the predicament and restructure the education sector in India. Authors concluded the study with highlighting some lacunas that the education plays a key role for socio-economic development of the people in any country and with the implementation of these suggestive measures, the country will move forward and ensure the overall progress in education sector.

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Possible impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdown on Education Sector in India.pdf