Mental Health among Students and Educators and its Impact on Education System during Pandemic Dwivedi Pragya*, Pandey Parth Sarthi Department of Teacher Education, Nehru Gram Bharati University, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India *Corresponding author: pragyadwivedi02@gmail.com
Online Published on 29 July, 2023. Abstract Education lays the basic foundation and it is the essential building block for bright future. Among all types of education, school education is most imperative and essential for students. It is the inevitable mode of education that propels students not only to discover their interests but also invokes their passions which they carry forward all their life. It provides an impeccable opportunity for students to gain knowledge in the field of various academic domains. School education helps to shape curious minds of young children. This study tries to investigate the mental well being of students and teachers during the pandemic and after the pandemic. Effect of pandemic on students and teachers is assessed by secondary data and literature review and compiled accordingly. To assess the mental well being of students and teachers after pandemic, a survey has been designed on Google forms and it has been filled by students and teachers anonymously. Thus, a comparative study is done in order to assess the effect of pandemic on educators and students. Social skills, hobbies and interest, communication skills, critical thinking, creativity etc., all are moulded and shaped in schools itself. Thus, it is pretty to say that a large part of a child’s developmental psychology evolves and prospers in school. This study is at large a comparative study of mental well being of students and teachers during the pandemic and after the pandemic. Technically it is a comparison of online and offline mode of education in the context of mental well-being of students and teachers. The findings will be communicated as result comprehensive literature review which will be followed by a survey which will be undertaken with the help of Google forms. The findings of both are illustrated and substantiated in the result and discussion sections of the manuscript. Top Keywords Pandemic, Education, Social skills, Communication skills, Critical thinking. Top |