Perceptions Of Students' Regarding Impact Of Covid-19 On Their Learning Ín Public Sector Universities Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

ABSTRACT

It is necessary to understand the emergence and history of coronavirus due to which the whole world has been badly affected. The design of the study was survey in nature. The population of the study consisted of administration management, faculty and students of KP Universities. The target population of the study comprised of students in which the numbers of (n = 1000) students including males and females were taken as sample of the study throughout the selected 20 public section universities of KP by applying snowball and convenient sampling techniques. Quantitative approached was preferred. The key objectives of the study were 1) To know the impact of COVID-19 on universities students. 2) To examine the coping strategies of KP Universities regarding COVID-19. 3) To determine the responses of universities students' about e-teaching and learning during COVID-19. Data were collected online through self-developed questionnaire of 5-Points Likert scale with options "Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree" and interview by using electronic resources like email and whatsapp to know public perceptions regarding COVID-19 and its impact on students' learning. Data were delimited to the public sector universities of KP. The collected data were statistically analyzed through descriptive statistics. Results and conclusions were drawn by probing that COVID-19 badly effected students' learning. Some recommendations were given at the end regarding the control and proper solution of pandemic COVID-19 along with technology usage for e-teaching and e-learning at university level.