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India is facing exceptional difficult times due to the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic like the whole world. All higher education institutions in India are shut due to national lockdown, so the research and teaching–learning activities have been badly disturbed. In this context, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked the universities and colleges to carry on the educational process making active use of technology and other available possibilities. In Jammu and Kashmir too, most of the universities and colleges have started taking online classes despite of having limited access to internet since the lockdown began. So, it was thought worthwhile to know the experiences of students in higher education space about online learning. The study employed the online administration of a questionnaire on 300 students selected through snowball sampling and focus group discussion on 30 students to extract the experiences of students about online learning. The results show that majority of the students agreed to the statement their teachers are conducting online classes. Teachers are doing their best efforts to make use of technology to continue the teaching-learning process. But they reported that certain problems also emerged in the process of online learning. There are issues of network connectivity, poor bandwidth, lack of availability of advanced technological gadgets and poor ICT skills among others. The students who belong to far-flung/remote areas faced problems in getting connected to their teachers on regular basis or they had to move to the upper parts of hills to have better connectivity.

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