Introduction: In March 2020 COVID-19 is declared as the Global pandemic and it has affected all lives, process, and system adversely. Pandemic has created lot of changes in all sectors. This is especially true in case of educational system due to advancement of technology. Many changes have taken place in educational system or sector. The concept E-learning was introduced but not been made as compulsion but due to the pandemic. The colleges and schools were shut down and there was no possibility to conduct offline classes.

Objectives: To assess the perception towards the online classes during COVID-19 pandemic among nursing students. To assess the perception towards the offline classes during COVID-19 pandemic. among nursing students.

Methodology: A comparative approach was used in this study. This study was conducted in selected nursing at Mangalore. 60 samples were selected by simple random sampling technique. Data was collected by a rating scale and analyzed using comparative statistics.

Results: The finding of the study concluded that online learning during COVID-19 pandemic, the academic life of the students was affected negatively. There was a significant association found between online and offline learning during academic life of nursing students with selected online learning characteristics like computer skills and offline characteristic like discipline, time spent for learning etc.