PROBLEMS REGARDING ONLINE STUDY DURING COVID-19 PANDEMICAMONG SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SELECTED SCHOOLS OF DISTRICT SHRI MUKTSAR SAHIB

Abstract

Background: In December 2019, an outbreak of a coronavirus, known as covid-19 occurred in
China and has spread rapidly across the globe within a few months. Covid 19 has infected 94
million people and has caused 2 million deaths in 191 countries and territories (John hopkins
university, 2021) affecting over 1.5 billion students.
Aim of the study: The aim was to asses the problems regarding online study during covid-19
pandemic among school students.
Methodology: An exploratory research design was used to assess the problems regarding online
study during covid-19 pandemic among school students of selected schools of Shri Muktsar
sahib. A total number of 105 school students were taken from selected schools by using
convenience sampling technique. Self administered questionnaire and rating scale were used to
assess the problems regarding online study during covid-19 pandemic.
Results: Shows that all i.e. 105 (100%) students were attended online classes. There were 103
(96.3) students who used mobile and 02(1.9%) used laptop for online classes. There were
11(10.3%) students used google meet, 29(27.1%) used zoom and 65(60.7%) students used both
(google meet and zoom) app to attend online classes. Regarding time 59(55.1%) students
attended online classes for 1-3 hrs ,44(44.1%) for 4-5 hrs and 02(1.9%) for 6-7 hrsper day.
There were 05(4.7%) student who attended recorded videos and 100(93.5) students attended live
classes.In problems it was found that 27(25.2%) students faced social media distractions
followed by network problems among 24(22.4%) students. The relationship of age, class and
mother’s education were found to be statistically significant at 0.05 level significance.