A Study on Effect of Lockdown During 2020 on the Students of Agricultural Universities in Maharashtra

Amit Deogirikar¹* and Chandan Bora²

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture, Maharashtra, India
²Associate Professor, Gondwana University, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India

*Corresponding Author: Amit Deogirikar, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture, Maharashtra, India.

Received: January 27, 2022; Published: February 17, 2022

Abstract

The novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus caused a large-scale Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic all over the world. COVID-19 is an infectious disease that spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes, and through the touch. The infected person may leave the virus on the surfaces where he/she touches. Social distancing is the only way to restrict the spread is the disease. As a precautionary measure, the boarding colleges vacated its hostels and closed the colleges. It was a sudden decision when students could not get time to collect their study material while going home. The evacuation was indefinite and was totally dependent on the COVID-19 spread. The students were not aware about their syllabus completion, examination and no clear-cut idea of the study. Hence, it was felt necessary to study their psychological condition and preparation of their study during this unfamiliar situation. It was also felt necessary to know about their own concept about their preparation in lockdown period. Hence, a online study was conducted through a Google form which was circulated through WhatsApp of students and staff of all colleges under the all four Universities in Maharashtra. The responses for the same are discussed in the present paper.

Keywords: COVID19; Lockdown; Agriculture Students; Study

References

1. https://who.int/health-topics/coronavirus#tab=tab_1
2. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/india/
3. https://en.unesco.org/covid19/educationresponse
4. https://indiaeducation.net/resources/articles/impact-of-coronavirus-on-education.html

Citation

Citation: Amit Deogirikar and Chandan Bora. "A Study on Effect of Lockdown During 2020 on the Students of Agricultural Universities in Maharashtra". Acta Scientific Agriculture 6.3 (2022): 14-23.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2022 Amit Deogirikar and Chandan Bora. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.