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Analysis of Undergraduate Students’ Performance during Covid-19: Evidence from a Public University in Karachi
Abstract
The study focused on student’s academic performance in undergraduate programs with aim to analyze whether or not Covid-19 impacted the academic performance of undergraduate students. With a sample of n = 124 undergraduate students, the study employed the survey research with participants from two campuses of a public university in Karachi. The study was conducted using simple random sampling technique. A questionnaire with 26 items was developed and administered to 21 pilot study participants. The data was collected through personal visits, online submission and other web applications. Out of n=133 samples, nine responses were rejected as they were incomplete, smudgy or delayed. The data was analyzed through SPSS version 22. Independent sample t-test was applied to two groups of undergraduate students studying in the morning and evening regular programs of studies using 0.05 level of significance. The study failed to reject the null hypotheses. The findings of the study supported the developed hypotheses and no significant difference was found in the opinions of the university students concerning their perceptions. The academic performance of undergraduate students was found to have been impacted by Covid-19 equally due to online lecture style and non-availability of resources.
Authors
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yousuf Sharjeel
Professor, Department of Teacher Education, Federal Urdu University of Arts Science & Technology, Sindh, Karachi
Kiran Ehsan Ellahi
Lecturer, Department of Teacher Education, Federal Urdu University of Arts Science & Technology, Sindh, Karachi
Salika Marghoob
Lecturer, Department of Teacher Education, Federal Urdu University of Arts Science & Technology, Sindh, Karachi
Keywords
Academic Performance, COVID-19, Pandemic,Public University, Undergraduate Students
