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Background: Closure of school had an impact on over 94% of the world's student population.COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost 268 million children in India. At least 463 million children worldwide were unable to access remote learning during COVID-19 school closures in 2020. Aim: The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown has affected students worldwide. Closure of schools and distance from peers has brought many mental health concerns among them. Online education has seen a drop in academic performance due to many reasons like lack of internet access, no face to face contact etc. This study highlights issues concerning such matters with the help of literature review. Method: The studies were selected based on several inclusion and exclusion criterion like age range of sample i.e. 3-19 years, academic performance and mental health status. Result: Studies showed that during COVID-19 schools and colleges have seen a drop in academic performances of adolescent also there has been a lot of mental health concerns like anxiety issues, symptoms of depression, child abuse etc. COVID-19 has affected and will continue to affect the mental health and academic performance of children and adolescents. Conclusion: These studies reached the conclusion that COVID-19 has brought many adverse effects on both academic performance & mental health of adolescents. It also talks about some of the preventive measures that can be taken into consideration in order to protect adolescents so that early signs and symptoms of poor mental health can be managed and also it talks about measures that can help in improving academic performance.