Psychological Crisis on Higher Education Students due to Remote Learning during COVID-19
5 Pages Posted: 8 Feb 2022
Date Written: February 5, 2022
Abstract
In 2019, the whole world got hit due to the pandemic COVID-19 impacting the pillars of the economy of the country and leading to drastic changes in the teaching pedagogy because all the educational institutions were closed due to lockdown and forced to adapt to online teaching. This paper aims to find out the students’ perception regarding remote learning and its detrimental impact on their minds in terms of affecting their psychology by adding to their stress level due to various factors like social distancing, lockdown, academic stress where coping is a major challenge, anxiety issues, sleep disorder, frustration, depression, etc. The study encapsulates the impact on the psychological well-being of the students in terms of depression, anxiety etc. during COVID-19 after performing regression and correlation. A sample is collected from higher education students from the plain regions of Uttarakhand, both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in management specialisation. SPSS 21 is used for statistical analysis.
Keywords: COVID-19, higher education, psychological stress, remote learning
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