• SAMBIT CHATTERJEE

Abstract: The covid-19 pandemic jeopardized the academic calendars as the educational institutions closed across the world, however, most educational institutes shifted to online learning platforms to keep the academic activities going. But certain aspects of e-learning like preparedness, designing and effectiveness of e-learning is still not clear specifically in developing countries like India. In developing countries like India there are various constraints in the path of digital learning like lack of access to the gadgets and infrastructure required to access digital learning, non-availability of continuous internet connection, lack of funds, technological challenges etc. Moreover, the problem became more severe in the context of conducting examination in the online mode. Majority of the students, teachers and staffs dealing with the examination system of the educational institutions and universities faced with difficulties while conducting examination in the online mode. In this paper, an attempt has been made to understand the online education and examination in post pandemic India. A lot of journal articles and newspaper reports have been reviewed in order to analyze the prevalent situation in this country. This paper provides a brief background on online examinations, followed by the results of a systematic review on the topic to explore the challenges and opportunities. An explication of results from various research papers have been followed and eight key themes have been explored: Perception of the Students regarding Online Examination, Mental Health and Anxiety issues of Students, Cheating and resorting to Unfair Means in Online Examination, Perception of staff members of the examination departments and faculty members on online examination, Performance of the Students in online examination, Authentication and security, Interface design, Technology issues. Moreover, the various advantages and disadvantages of the online examination has been dealt with in this research work and relevant suggestions have been framed for smooth running of this system. Keywords: Examination Departments, Online Examinations, Interface Design, Internet Connection, COVID-19 Pandemic

Examination Departments, Online Examinations, Interface Design, Internet Connection, COVID-19 Pandemic

"Online Education and Examination System in India During COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no.a509-a518, May-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205067.pdf

"Online Education and Examination System in India During COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no. ppa509-a518, May-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205067.pdf