India has a great legacy in the field of education since dawn of the civilization which is experiencing an unexpected paradigm shift in 2020 due to the outbreak of novel corona virus. To keep the education system operating entire global teacher-student community including India bound shift into the virtual platform. In the virtual mode the teachers-students face-to-face interaction is missing, so, it is very difficult for the teachers to communicate with the learning understanding their requirements. But this mode brings certain good thing also like easy access to the global education chain for enriching our knowledge. In India where majority of the students suffer from financial as well as accessibility crisis without the aid of the government, it will be like a unicorn that students get benefitted out of this mode. The study attempts to understand the feeling of both teachers and students about the virtual mode. Factor analysis and correlation method have applied to attain the objectives. A pan India survey was conducted regarding this for data collection purpose. Through factor analysis technique four factors are identified which have major influence on the online teaching learning process. It was revealed that due to the dearth of infrastructural assistance among the students and pressures from the family incidence of dropouts hiked. At the end of the day, we can say a proper blend of offline and online lecture delivery will serve a better quality of education in front of our new generations.

Keywords: Teachers, Students, Online Education, Factor Analysis, Efficiency.

JEL Codes: C38, H75, H21.