Impact of Online Education on Student’s Attitudes during Covid-19 Situation at Post-Graduate Level in Pakistan

Abstract

Covid-19 appeared to be a pandemic on a wide scale that impacted the entire world. This pandemic has disrupted every corner of life. Higher education institutions not only remain close in Pakistan but throughout the world, resulting in a lack of learning for learners of all levels, in particular, higher education (postgraduate level), which has had a direct effect on education, learners and teachers in terms of time, learning and economics. Online Teaching is proving to be an emerging form of teaching worldwide in the field of education. Established countries have chosen much earlier for this teaching form. Universities in Pakistan started Online Teaching for students under the leadership of HEC, which was an effort to compensate the loss on an experiment based. This research was conducted to understand the influence of online education on the actions and attitudes of English students. Mixed method techniques have been used. The research was conducted in public sector universities of Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan. A questionnaire was distributed to the respondents by random and convenient sampling and a focus group interview was selected for the research. The engagement of the students was encouraging and their feedback was positive in this new area of teaching. To conclude, it cannot be an overstatement to say that online teaching can provide learners ease, happiness, and trust, and remove worry and frustration.