COVID-19 Lockdown: Challenges Faced by Indian Students

Abstract

Fear of spread of the COVID-19, disciplinary lockdown, and delay in getting back to the normal routine of education centers is affecting the academic performance of the students, as they are facing difficulties to cope up with the new mode of learning. The purpose of this study was to look out for the challenges faced in learning during the lockdown and if they were raising the mental stress in students. A self-structured questionnaire including 10 questions formed through Google forms and validated using online Delphi method was forwarded to the students from different colleges and universities of Haryana and Punjab regions of North India. Out of a total of 844 student participants, 631 (74.8%) students were facing difficulty in studies. Whereas 744 (88.2%) students felt that they may encounter the loss of studies during the lockdown. The study found that most of the students are facing difficulties in the study during the lockdown which is increasing the mental stress.

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