The Effects of COVID-19 on Education in Pakistan: Students’ Perspective

Due to the wide spread of COVID-19, the educational institutes were closed on 20th March, 2020 and the individuals were advised to isolate themselves at home. This lockdown not only adversely affected the economy but all the educational activities were shut down which created a huge gap in students’...

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Autores principales:	Fouzia Malik, Fouzia Ajmal, Zohran Jumani
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Publicado:	International Islamic University Islamabad 2021
Materias:	Theory and practice of education LB5-3640
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d37e8ea063fe4917bb2f227d66c312ed2021-12-03T06:22:09ZThe Effects of COVID-19 on Education in Pakistan: Students’ Perspective2520-71562520-716410.36261/ijdeel.v6i1.1431https://doaj.org/article/d37e8ea063fe4917bb2f227d66c312ed2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://irigs.iiu.edu.pk:64447/ojs/index.php/IJDEEL/article/view/1431https://doaj.org/toc/2520-7156https://doaj.org/toc/2520-7164Due to the wide spread of COVID-19, the educational institutes were closed on 20th March, 2020 and the individuals were advised to isolate themselves at home. This lockdown not only adversely affected the economy but all the educational activities were shut down which created a huge gap in students’ learning and knowledge all over the globe. This quantitative study was designed to explore the impact of COVID-19 on the education of higher level students in the context of Pakistan. The five point Likert Scale questionnaire was provided to the learners enrolled in intermediate, undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level. 74 respondents respond to the questionnaire. The data were analyzed through SPSS 23. The results of the findings revealed that students have been facing a lot of difficulty to grasp certain concepts during e-classes. The students lacked internet access along with not been given any prior guidance related to the usage of online platform. The challenges regarding online classes at the same time are being faced by the teachers as well along with the students. It was also analyzed that although teachers are providing all the necessary resources and feedback to the students but still students have been going through difficulties in grasping the concept, gaining knowledge and communicating with their teachers online. Due to immense number of online classes teachers have a huge workload on their part.Fouzia MalikFouzia AjmalZohran JumaniInternational Islamic University IslamabadarticleTheory and practice of educationLB5-3640ENInternational Journal of Distance Education and E-Learning , Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 217-234 (2021)
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description	Due to the wide spread of COVID-19, the educational institutes were closed on 20th March, 2020 and the individuals were advised to isolate themselves at home. This lockdown not only adversely affected the economy but all the educational activities were shut down which created a huge gap in students’ learning and knowledge all over the globe. This quantitative study was designed to explore the impact of COVID-19 on the education of higher level students in the context of Pakistan. The five point Likert Scale questionnaire was provided to the learners enrolled in intermediate, undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level. 74 respondents respond to the questionnaire. The data were analyzed through SPSS 23. The results of the findings revealed that students have been facing a lot of difficulty to grasp certain concepts during e-classes. The students lacked internet access along with not been given any prior guidance related to the usage of online platform. The challenges regarding online classes at the same time are being faced by the teachers as well along with the students. It was also analyzed that although teachers are providing all the necessary resources and feedback to the students but still students have been going through difficulties in grasping the concept, gaining knowledge and communicating with their teachers online. Due to immense number of online classes teachers have a huge workload on their part.
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The Effects of COVID-19 on Education in Pakistan: Students’ Perspective

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