The Maldives and Sri Lanka: Question &amp; Answer Session

Adam, Taskeen; Kaye, Tom; Haßler, Björn

doi:10.5281/zenodo.3885817

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“…Brought about by digital disparities and absence of availability to contemporary technologies, children from poor households get restricted access to courses online. On the other hand, increasing internet price is yet another barrier to attend online-classes (Adam et al, 2020). Due to which they are reluctant to take the online classes and they are afraid of failing in exams.…”

Section: Fear Of Failure and Psychological Distressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of Covid-19 on the Mental Health of Students in Pakistan: The Online Education Pressure, Fear of Failing and Psychological Distress

Siddique

Hamayun

Khan

2022

GUJR

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The Covid-19 pandemic has been around for a long time in Pakistan and it has resulted in the shutting down of education sector over a long period of time. Despite this hurdle, government has implemented Online Education System in universities throughout Pakistan. But this online education system comes with its own caveats and problems. The many gaps and oversights in Pakistan's online education system as well problems of being developing country have all contributed to deterioration of students' mental health. This article focuses on negative effects this lockdown and online education has caused on student's studies, how their mental health has deteriorated over the time span of online classes. The questionnaires were designed to assess online education pressure, psychological distress and fear of failing in students. Findings shows that online education pressure has caused a severe and significant increase in student's Psychological Distress, especially in context of Fear of Failure. This study will help policy makers in solving the issue of psychological distress in students by taking appropriate steps and adopting better strategies.

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Section: Fear Of Failure and Psychological Distressmentioning

confidence: 99%