Vol. 9, Issue 8, Part B (2023)

Background: COVID-19 Lockdown was something which anyone was not prepared for. It was very sudden outspread of deadly virus globally. To stop this virus for growing so fast Government of India announced lockdown in the country on 24th March 2020. Due to which, there was shut down of all educational institutions. When there was a complete lockdown due to pandemic the learning of children from nursery to post graduate gets badly affected.

Aim of study: The aim of the study is to assess the impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on education among the students of class 9th to 12th of selected schools of district Mohali.

Material and Method: A Descriptive Research Design and quantitative approach was used in the study. 200 samples were selected by using convenient sampling technique from class 9th to 12th in Anees School, Mohali, Punjab. Likert rating scale was used for data collection and analysis was done by using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Result: The result showed that 0% students strongly disagree, 0% students disagree, 13% students were Neither agree nor disagree, 9.5% students were strongly agreeing but 77.5% students were agreed that COVID-19 really affects the education. Hence, we accept the assumption that there is a significant impact of COVID-19 on education. There was no significant association between COVID-19 on education score with socio demographic variables are Age, Gender, Class, Type of Family, No.of Siblings, Monthly family income, Fathers and Mother Occupation except 02 variables i.e Habitat and Mother’s Education.

Conclusion: The conclusion was that COVID-19 lockdown has negative impact on education. The students found it difficult to concentrate on studies in online classes and the performance of students was compromised.