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The education system in India, as well as the world, is adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. There are number of difficulties aroused in the academic lifeline concerning pedagogical practices, curriculum completion, assessment, and other instructional practices. The present study is intended to find out the strength, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges (SWOC) in the Indian education system during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a review study that is based on various reports, studies, and materials prepared by national and international agencies. The result of the study revealed that pandemic simultaneously creates challenges as well as increases opportunity for new experience and learning. The study enlisted strengths such as new areas of exploration, skills, and techniques, shifting to technology, vast exposure, opportunity for open-ended assessment, and Weaknesses such as inadequate resources, external distraction and family interruption, lack of digital literacy, unpreparedness. The result also showed Opportunities such as new classrooms, variety of learning resources, flexibility in learning, blended classroom, and Challenges such as barriers at home environment, infrastructural insufficiency, internet and connectivity issues, and pedagogical practices.