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The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in human history, affecting nearly 32 crore learners across the country. Closures of schools, institutions and other learning spaces have impacted badly on students. This has brought far-reaching changes in all aspects of our lives. Social distancing and restrictive movement policies have significantly disturbed traditional educational practices. Thus, schools have been converted into the digital space. Consequently, teachers started using different virtual platforms, social media and online meeting platforms without proper training, and institutional support. During the epidemic, education is going through different problems and unprecedented concerns. Multiple positive or negative impacts can be seen due to lockdowns which forced us to think about how we can strengthen the education system. This pandemic also exposed how we were under prepared to deal with such an emerging crisis in education. 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 paper highlights the trends that has emerged during the pandemic and the impact of Covid-19 on education in general and teacher education in particular. Also, various concerns related to online education are illustrated and suggestions for government, stakeholders, and teachers are also given.