Change is the law of nature. In the rapidly changing world, the pandemic brought everything to halt. But in every negative situation, there is always something new to learn. Online teaching was the safest mode to continue the teaching-learning process at all levels. The paper is an attempt to explore the extent to which online teaching is able to fulfill its purpose in the Covid scenario. The major objective is to find out merits and demerits of this teaching from both students' and teachers'

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... rspective. The paper will also try to explore the major barriers in such teaching and how these can be overcome. The data is collected through an online questionnaire having yes/no questions as well as some open ended questions for students and teachers separately. It was found that majority of the sample found that internet related issues are a major drawback of such teaching Apart from that, both the groups expressed mixed opinions about its pros and cons. The paper certainly would be throwing some light about the general success or failure of this mode.