A comparative study of students’ life on campus before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala

ABSTRACT

With the unexpected outburst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the traditional education system of classroom learning shifted to a system of online classes. This study mainly aims to compare the effectiveness of campus life of students on campus before and during the pandemic period. Majority of the students preferred on campus classes and the students’ satisfaction levels of campus life before the pandemic were comparatively much higher than during the online classes. It was also found out that the learning in a classroom was more effective for the students. The impact of covid-19 pandemic on certain factors affecting students such as extra-curricular activities, financial factors, physical health, social life, workload and mental health were analyzed and suggestive measures for overcoming the same are also provided in this study. © 2022.