Perceptual Dilemma among University Students: Online Versus Offline Learning

सार

The pandemic has significantly disrupted all facets of human life. The education sector has felt the effects of the Covid-19's repair very strongly. School and college closures were unplanned and brought on by the pandemic. They are compelled to start teaching online. Decisions must be made by educational authorities regarding how to continue teaching and learning while maintaining the security of their instructors, staff, and students. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the global education industry, particularly higher education, which is crucial to a nation's economic destiny.

The Pandemic's impact on the employment rate is the increasing panic. Because of the current situation, graduates in India are afraid that job offers from corporations would be withdrawn. The unemployment rate was estimated by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy to have increased from 8.4% in mid-March to 23% in early April, while the rate for urban areas was estimated to have increased to 30.9 percent.  The current study outlines the experiences that higher education students already have with online instruction and makes an effort to analyses changes in student psychology following the introduction of COVID 19. A survey of higher education students from various educational institutions and with various academic specializations is now being undertaken. The Friedman Annova test and the Wilcoxson signed rank test are used to analyses the psychological effects of the epidemic on students. Present study summarizes current online teaching experience by students of higher education and attempt to analyses changes in student psychology after the onset of Covid-19.