The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Corona-phobia and MCO on the Nigerian graduate students in the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. The study was quantitative and descriptive survey in design. The population of the study was 380 graduate students in the UTM. A total of 191 participants were selected randomly as the sample for the study. The study used an online questionnaire for data collection. Its validity and reliability were 0.7 and 0.8 respectively. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation). After the analysis, the findings revealed that both corona-phobia and MCO have effects on the students because they resulted in hopelessness, fear and stigma coupled with affecting the educational undertakings of the students. It is thus recommended that the authorities of the institution should introduce online services, academic activities and programmes to enable continuity of the educational activities during the pandemic period and reduce redundancy, anxiety and depression among the students.
Covid19's pandemic outbreak has dwarfed the global community to its knees so that the world was enveloped by panic, uncertainty and confusion. The quest for measures to control the plague has remained a challenging priority for each nation. Some of the world's most popular measures include restricting the movement of peoples, social distancing and isolation. Such tactics have created a great deal of mayhem, crises, and ultimately influence all social life interests including schooling, economy, religion and others. This study seeks to examine the educational and psychological impacts of Corona-phobia and the Movement Control Order (MCO) rule on Nigerian graduate students in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). The study was quantitative, consisting as its population of all 380 postgraduate students. A sample of 191 participants was randomly selected with reference to guidelines from Krejcie and Morgan. Also developed and distributed among the respondents was a questionnaire whose validity and reliability were 0.7 and 0.8 respectively. Findings revealed that Corona-phobia and Movement Control Order developed fear, hopelessness and stigmatization coupled with denial of access to physical library, laboratory facilities, academic consultations, and conducting excursion functions. It is recommended among other things that the UTM authorities should introduce online services, academic activities and programmes to enable E-lectures, E-exams, E-supervision, E-submission of thesis, E-proposal defense, E-viva presentation, E-approvals, E-corrections, E-visa renewal, and E-visa cancellation etcetera. These will ensure continuity of the educational programmes during the pandemic period and will reduce the boredom, anxiety and depression among students.
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