Impact of lockdown on learning status of undergraduate and postgraduate students during COVID-19 pandemic in West Bengal, India

Kapasia, Nanigopal; Paul, Pintu; Roy, Avijit; Saha, Jay; Zaveri, Ankita; Mallick, Rahul; Barman, Bikash; Das, Prabir Kumar; Chouhan, Pradip

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105194

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“…However, their recommendations were mainly based on discussions with academic staff or curriculum evaluation with rare input from students, which was covered in this study. Although studies by Upadhyaya, et al [9], Kapasia, et al [45] were conducted in India (West Bengal and Delhi-NCR regions respectively), with different facilities from Malaysia states, the results of these studies showed similar concerns regarding the learning process during lockdown. This could be interpreted as that the variances in students' access to education during lockdown are similar globally.…”

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Understanding Education Difficulty During COVID-19 Lockdown: Reports on Malaysian University Students’ Experience

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The COVID-19 pandemic has struck the world and forced countries to go into lockdown including education sector. Students have been staying in hostels or houses, unable to go to university campuses. This situation has left university administrators no choice, but to have an online learning channel. Malaysian universities in particular have gone through many challenges to bring their online learning system up and ready to resume education process. However, students have found themselves caught in this situation (pure online learning) with no plan or readiness. Literature reviews showed that students encountered some challenges that could not be easily resolved. This study explored the challenges encountered by students of a government-linked university. This university is one of the largest in Malaysia with over 10 campuses across the country. This study collected 284 valid answers. The findings show that respondents lacked full readiness in this situation physically, environmentally, and psychologically with some differences in perspectives according to their gender, age, and residing state. Respondents were concerned about the implications of lockdown on their performance. The findings of this study indicate that a sudden switch to a pure online alternative creates considerable challenges to students who have no plans to be physically apart from classes. The findings also indicate that the current blended learning process which uses online learning as a support mechanism for face-to-face learning has faced a considerable challenge to replace it, particularly with unprepared students. INDEX TERMS COVID-19 epidemic, country lockdown, online learning, Malaysia This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.

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Understanding Education Difficulty During COVID-19 Lockdown: Reports on Malaysian University Students’ Experience

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“…Of note, face to face education has not been started yet, as of October 18, 2020, while this manuscript was being prepared for submission. Moreover, regardless of the unequal opportunities, we observed that the great majority of the students in both countries disapproved distance learning (3,(38)(39)(40). Similar to our results, several studies reported that the distance learning was not as effective as normal education, might decrease their motivation and can cause anger and frustration (3,(38)(39)(40).…”

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Social and Psychiatric Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic and Distance Learning On High School Students: A Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey Comparing Turkey and Denmark

Seyahi¹,

Özcan

Süt

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Objective: In this study we investigated the socio-psychological effects of both the pandemic and distance learning on high school students in Turkey and Denmark. We aimed to assess whether there were any differences a) between students attending public or private schools in Turkey and b) between two countries having different approaches to pandemic and considerable socio-cultural and economic differences. Methods: We conducted a web-based questionnaire study in a cross-sectional design using Survey Monkey platform and sent out via social media to high school students from Turkey and Denmark. The survey collected socio-demographic data, several variables associated with pandemic and distance education and their effects on social life and psychological status. Additionally, emotional status was assessed using positive (PA) and negative affects (NA) schedule (PANAS). The survey ran from July 3 and August 31 2020. Results: We studied 565 (mean age: 16.5±1.0) Turkish and 92 (mean age:17.7±1.0) Danish students, of whom the majority were female adolescents (63% vs 76%). Students educated in public (47.6%) and private high schools (52.4%) were nearly similar in number in Turkish group, whereas in the Danish sample almost all students were from public school (98.9%). Turkish students were significantly more likely to be compliant with the pandemic related restrictions. Besides that, there were significant socio-economic disparities between Turkish and Danish students and also within Turkey between public and private school students. Turkish online education system was significantly less adequate and satisfactory compared to the Danish system. These were even worse for those who were attending public schools in Turkey. Regardless of the socio-economic differences, the majority of the students in both countries has been negatively affected by the pandemic and related restrictions and had a negative opinion about distance education. This was also true for the PANAS scores. The total scores of PANAS were similar between Turkish and Danish students (PA: 27.0± 7.6 versus 25.8± 5.6; NA: 24.8±7.5 versus 24.5±7.3) and also within Turkey between public and private school students (PA: 26.8±7.5 versus 27.1± 7.6; NA: 24.7±7.2 versus 25.0±7.8). While female students were significantly more severely affected in the Turkish group, no such gender differences were observed in the Danish group. Additionally, considerable portion of the students in Turkey and Denmark expressed loneliness (55.2% vs 59.8%, p<0.706), boredom (71.2% vs 58.7%, p=0.019) and anxiety towards the future (61.4% vs 22.8%, p<0.001). Decreased physical activity, sleep problems, eating disorders and domestic abuse were other complaints. Conclusions: Adolescents from both countries have been severely affected by the pandemic and its related restrictions and expressed negative views about distance education. Turkish online education system seemed to be less satisfactory when compared to Danish system and within Turkey, public school students had significantly more disadvantages compared to those attending private schools. Despite the fact that there were several socio-economic inequalities among students, in general, there were no robust significant differences regarding psychological status and opinion about distance learning, indicating a global worsening of emotional status during pandemic.

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“…They responded upon questions assessing their experience undergoing the lockdown order and its impact towards their lives. Having been completed the questionnaires to determine whether the stay-at-home order brings significant impact on daily life, the results of population show that being under such condition was associated to higher levels of anxiousness, monetary concern, along with feeling of desolation, in line with the hypothesized discouraging impact due to the stay-at-home order (35). We find a similar result to several studies from Greece, mentioning that lockdown during Covid19 outbreak resulted in large-scale abjection in 12.43% followed by grave distress in 13.46% (36).…”

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Literature Review: Quarantine and Lockdown During Covid19 Outbreak Impact on Mental Health Problem

Gracia

Rubetta

2020

JKL

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Introduction: COVID-19 is a unique disease that was first confirmed in Wuhan, Wubei, China in late 2019 and within 6 months the virus spread rapidly throughout the world. The obscurity in overcoming this virus is the background of the interventions applied. Several interventions conducted, such as nationwide lockdowns, quarantine and isolation. In addition to avoid the virus transmission, these interventions also have psychological impacts that affect the mental health. Methods: We did a review of the mental health outcomes referring to several interventions amid COVID-19 outbreak using two databases. Out of 302 papers found by the search engine, 5 articles were counted in this review. Discussion: Most reviewed researches proclaimed adverse mental health problems, along with anxiety, stress, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Stressors consist of infection fears, grieves, boredom, stigma, faulty information, short sleep duration, and minimum social activities. Several researchers have proposed abiding effects. Conclusion: Social interventions which are imposed limit the process of meeting the needs of human life. It is crucial to point out the mental health of the population and take charge to diminish its adverse effects for the time being. Therefore, the Government needs to implement a strict and fair policy, especially on the issue of community survival. Public health protocol socialization needs to be done, especially in controlling the transmission of viruses in public places, such as malls, public transportations, schools, workplaces, and many other.

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Impact of lockdown on learning status of undergraduate and postgraduate students during COVID-19 pandemic in West Bengal, India

Cited by 655 publications

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Understanding Education Difficulty During COVID-19 Lockdown: Reports on Malaysian University Students’ Experience

Understanding Education Difficulty During COVID-19 Lockdown: Reports on Malaysian University Students’ Experience

Social and Psychiatric Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic and Distance Learning On High School Students: A Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey Comparing Turkey and Denmark

Literature Review: Quarantine and Lockdown During Covid19 Outbreak Impact on Mental Health Problem

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