Understanding the Perceptions Level of Adolescence (14-25 Years) Towards Online Teaching & Learning in the Corona Virus Pandemic

Abstract

The Corona Virus Pandemic that began in December 2019, brought a lot of changes in the World, not only in the healthcare sector, economic sector etc. but brought tremendous change in the education sector as well. Education plays a vital role in the holistic development of a person, however due to the coronavirus pandemic, a halt was put to this teaching-learning method all over the World to prevent the spread of the COVID-19. To provide education, the stakeholders in educational institutions decided to club the Internet and teaching together and e-learning thus was used at its peak during the Pandemic, thus students seated at home, through digitalization could study online. The objective of this study, was to understand the perceptions and opinion of Adolescents (14-25 years) towards online vs offline teaching-learning method. A Google Form questionnaire having both Qualitative and Quantitative Questions thus was circulated through snowball sampling and data from 150 participants was collected. The data collected was truly an eye opener. Majority of the participant's stated that they preferred Offline Teaching over Online Teaching. Majority of the participants stated that though online teaching has its own benefit and advantages but can never overpower offline learning Index terms: coronavirus, offline, online, social-media, teaching