Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has led to a lockdown, transforming the century’s old chalk and talk method to one driven by technology. The disruption of education system worldwide has offered valuable lessons and has provided a unique opportunity to re-imagine education, curriculum and pedagogy. The book ‘Coronavirus and Education: Opportunities and Challenges’ explores the educational issues faced during COVID-19. The papers contributed by the scholars have scrutinized the role of digital education, responsibility of teachers, wellness and mental health of youth, ecological learning, impact of lockdown on reading habits etc. The book would provide a critical opportunity to learn more about the major underpinning large-scale transformative change, as is needed in many education systems around the world. The hope is that we can come out on the other side of this pandemic with more evidence and lessons learnt about how to expand the impact of social interventions and introduce new ways of working within our education systems to provide quality learning opportunities to all. Contents Message: S. Satyajit Singh Majithia Message: S. Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina Foreword: Prof. Ramesh C Sharma Prologue: Prof. Amit Kauts Prologue: Prof. Deepa Sikand Kauts Preface 1. Role of Digital Education During and After Covid-19 1. Blending Offline and Online Classes: A Silver Bullet in Covid Times / Harpreet Kaur 2. Online Education during Covid-19: Pros and Cons / Navdeep Kaur and Maninderpal Kaur 3. Role of Digital Education during and After Covid-19 / Ram Mehar 4. Role of Digital Education and Covid-19 / Sangita Sharma 5. Online Teaching during Covid-19: Pros and Cons/ Sharanjit Kaur 6. Covid-19: Highlighter for the Digital Divide in India / Avneet Kaur 7. Digitalisation of Teaching during Covid-19 Crisis / Jaspreet Kaur 8. Covid-19: Role of Digital Education/ Rajwinder Kaur 9. The Fun They Had: A Story from Textbook – Its Relevance during Covid-19 / Aiman Nafis and Vidyapati 10. Teaching-Learning during and after Covid-19 / Priyanka Aeri 11. Covid-19 and Digital Education: The New Normal / Anju Tyagi 12. Covid-19: An Opportunity to Introspect / Rumita Arora 2. Covid-19: An Opportunity to Introspect 13. Introspection to Excellence: An Opportunity During Covid-19 / Gurmanjit Kaur and Parwinderjit Kaur 14. Self-reliance during Lockdown / Satinder Kaur 3. Moral Responsibilities of Teachers During Pandemic 15. Responsibilities of Teachers during Pandemic / Surinder Kaur 16. Moral Responsibilities of Teachers during Pandemic / Vani Datt Sharma 17. Teachers and Moral Responsibilities: Covid-19 Pandemic Period / Jyotsna Sharma 4. Social Distancing vs Wellness and Mental Health of Youth 18. Minding the Mind to Combat with Covid-19 / Bindu Sharma 19. Social Behaviour Context of Covid-19: Lessons Learnt for Life Time / Mandeep Kaur Kochar and Jasdeep Kaur Sachdeva 20. Mental Wellness and Psycho-social Impact of Covid-19 on Students /Satnam Kaur Johal and Pawanpreet Kaur 21. Covid-19 and Mental Health of College Youth / Paramjit Singh 5. Future of Education After Lockdown 22. Future of Education: The Post Covid / Jyotpreet Kaur 23. Challenges and Opportunities in Education in Face of Covid-19 Pandemic / Sanjam Upadhyay and Davinder Singh Chhina 24. Challenges for e-learning in Public and Private Schools: Infrastructural Set-up, Teachers’ Empowerment, Parental Involvement and Children’s Health / Manjinder Kaur 6. Coronavirus and Ecological Learning 25. Impact of Covid-19 Crisis on Environment / Sandeep Sharma 26. Positive Impact of Covid-19 Crisis on Environment / Surjit Kaur 27. Impact of Covid-19 Lockdown on Ecosystem: Community and Environment / Rajbir Kaur and Satinder Kaur 28. Impact of Covid-19 Crisis on Environment / Sandeep Kaur 7. Impact of Lockdown on Creativity and Reading Habits 29. Covid-19: A Time to Nurture Creativity / Maninder Kaur 30. Impact of Lockdown on Reading Habits: A Psychological Perspective / Sharanjit Kaur 31. Change in Reading Habits during Covid-19 Lockdown / Gurleen Kaur and Mamta Rani 32. Impact of Lockdown on Creativity / Indu Sudhir 8. Covid-19 and its Future Repercussions 8. Covid-19 and its Future Repercussions 33. Self-reliance: A Key to Post-Pandemic Renaissance / Sunita Gupta and Vani Gupta 34. Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for Teachers during and Post Covid-19 / Kiran Walia 35. Covid-19: Ushering a New World / Surinder Kaur 9. Other Related Issues 9. Other Related Issue 36. Corona Pandemic and its Health Implications in Indian Population / Satinder Kaur and Rajbir Kaur 37. Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Children / Baljit Kaur 38. Preparing Children for Pandemic / Ramanpreet Kaur 39. Assessing Student’s Learning during the Lockdown / Vijay Laxmi Peer Reviewers About the Author: Dr. Harpreet Kaur, Principal of Khalsa College of Education, Amritsar, is M.A. (English), M.Ed., M.Phil. and Ph.D. (Education). She has been teaching graduate and post-graduate classes for the last 30 years. She has to her credit more than 55 published research papers. Dr. Maninder Kaur, Assistant Professor at Khalsa College of Education, Amritsar, Punjab, is M.Sc. (Hons.) Economics, M.A. Philosophy, M.Ed., PhD. (Education). She has been teaching postgraduate and graduate classes for the last 23 years. Dr. Deepika Kohli is Assistant Professor at Khalsa College of Education, GT Road, Amritsar. She was awarded PhD. Degree by Panjab University Chandigarh. She has teaching and research experience of 12 years in teacher education institutions.