The recent crisis in the world due to Coronavirus scare did force the whole education world to ponder about the importance of building a back-up system for this all-important instructional system called 'school'. The pandemic is also an opportunity to rethink as a parent about our expectations from school and one's role as a 'surrogate teacher'. Through this paper, the researcher will try to find out how the pedagogy has changed in Indian schools in the few months of lockdown, the challenges faced by educators, families and the students suggesting the need to plan for similar situations in future.
