Digital transformation in the education sector has implied the involvement of sustainable management, in order to adapt to the changes imposed by new technologies. A dedicated unit for the purpose of orchestrating the building of digital infrastructure, digital content and capacity building will be created in the Ministry to look after the e-education needs of both school and higher education. Since technology is rapidly evolving, and needs specialists to deliver high quality e-learning, a vibrant ecosystem has to be encouraged to create solutions that not only solve India‘s challenges of scale, diversity, equity, but also evolve in keeping with the rapid changes in technology, whose half-life reduces with each passing year. This centre will, therefore, consist of experts drawn from the field of administration, education, educational technology, digital pedagogy and assessment, e-governance, etc. Empirically explored digital transformation of the basic education of the young generation initiated by the COVID -19 pandemic. Reveals a variety of digital divides emerging and being reinforced as well as barriers to digital transformation encountered. Makes visible children‘s basic education as a significant area of concern for information management research. Argues we can offer a valuable contribution to children‘s basic education and teacher education our expertise on digital transformation.