To counter the disruption in teaching and learning due to the nationwide ‘lockdown’ of educational institutions during the Corona pandemic, the government has advised all educational institutions to arrange classes in ‘online mode. ’The study tries to examine the perception of the students about the efficacy of these online classes at their institution and to identify the institutional, socio-economic, demographic, and technological factors responsible for their attendance in those online classes by a binary logistic regression model. A survey was conducted to collect data from 1100 undergraduate college students from selected districts of West Bengal. The Garret Ranking method is used to rank the importance of different problems faced by the students in attending those classes. The study recommends a blended learning model, skill development of the teachers by the training programme, and infrastructural development of the institutions to facilitate online teaching and learning better. The study also recommends some essential schemes of the government to reduce the digital divide and to unmask the potential benefits of online teaching and learning.

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Keywords: Corona, Online Class, College Students, Logistic Regression, Garret Ranking Method.