“Excess of everything is bad and there is need to have applications to reduce and monitor screen time.” – – PM Modi

The COVID-19 pandemic in India and across the world created the crisis to the education system when schools and colleges were temporarily shut down. A total of 320 million learners in India were adversely affected by the pandemic and had to shift to E-learning. This unexpected shift to E-learning led to the development of many health problems in the students mainly related to ‘Eyesight’ and psychosocial stress. The COVID-19 acted as a catalyst to the foreseen problems of over dependence on gadgets and has raised serious concerns of negative effects.

Ever since the country-wide lockdown due to COVID-19 began in India a substantial increase in children and young adults with complaints of blurring of vision, dry eye, headache, and diplopia have been noticed. Eye related issues like digital eye strain (DES) also known ascomputer vision syndrome (CVS), Dry eye disease and increased risk of myopia. This may be a global phenomenon.

Of the over 451 million monthly active users in India, 66 million are in the age bracket of 5–11 years, who access Internet on devices of family members, as per an IAMAI report titled, “India Internet 2019.” In an open online survey conducted through social media platforms for 2 weeks, 93.6% of respondents reported an increase in their screen time since the lockdown. With the education system itself shifting to the digital mode, parents are walking an emotional tightrope now, stuck between the educational demands of their children and the need to take care of their well-being.

Video games have been present for many years, children are now using........

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