This research paper proposes to discuss the concept of how social, emotional & cultural cognitionlearning was promoted among the students’ Swami Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Shirshire-Bori, Goa by undertaking regular morning online assembly during COVID-19 pandemic. Just as the garden grows differently in different climates & with different plants a person’s brain develops differently depending on the age when given adequate opportunity, support & encouragement, Mary Helen Immordino-young, Linda Darling Hammond Aspen institute, 2018. This academic year i.e.2020-21 due to increase in corona positive cases in Goa, Directorate of Education proposed to give training to all the secondary teachers on How to take online   & offline classes for promoting online teaching among the students so, we at Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Bori started the new concept of taking regular morning online assembly between 7:00 am to 8:00 AM in addition to regular online classes in different subjects. During this period students were given opportunity to present various activities like thought for the day, News reading in English & Marathi, Moral storytelling, Regular light body  exercise, Patriotic Group singing, shlokas chanting/Prayers, Yoga session & the assembly ends  with our National Anthem & slogans on patriotism. More than Learning morality, value education through online assembly students were able to keep themselves happy & healthy due to exercise,Yoga & suryanamaskar due to which their social, emotional & cultural cognition & learning took place which was most important during COVID pandemic. Our teachers especially physical Education Teacher were in direct contact with students & their parents for presentation of various activities during assembly. This created a social & emotional bond between the teachers, students & their parents. 70% students reminded their parents about nextday’s presentation at 7:00A.M. So that they can get up early morning & get ready for the assembly. Sixty students were selected as the sample to know how social, emotional & cultural cognition & learning was promoted. Students &parents were asked to write a report how online assembly helped them In promoting social, emotional & cultural cognition & learning in students from 1^st July to 15^st August 2020. These students were also given questionnaire schedule that showed that 80% of the students who attended the online assembly promoted social, emotional & cultural cognition & learning.20% students could not attend the assembly due to internet connectivity issue & financial constraints. Parents of all the students were very happy that their children started getting up early morning for the assembly & performed during the assembly which kept them not only physically healthy &psychologically happy but also active socially, emotionally & culturally as they started using the online time table regularly.

Key words:

Social, Emotional, Cultural, cognition, Learning