A cross sectional study on students outlook on online education during COVID-19 pandemic

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Education system has faced lot of challenges during this covid 19 pandemic to ensure proper delivery of education to the students. In spite of the toughest hurdles faced by the education system, it has managed to reach out to students with the digital approach. Though a totally different approach from the traditional teaching, student's apprehension towards the change should not be ignored. Objective(s) To assess students view on online classes during the COVID 19 pandemic. Material(s) and Method(s) Study design: Qualitative descriptive cross-sectional study. Study setting: Fr. Agnel college, Pillar. Study participants:12th std students (2020-2021). Study tool An online questionnaire using Likert scale was administered to the students. Assent/consent was taken before start of the study. Data was be analysed using SPSS software version 22. Result(s) Among the students participated 53% of students faced network issues,52% agreed that online education limited their participation in extracurricular activities. Majority of them faced health issues like eye strain, headache and disturbed sleep.