Effects of COVID-19 on the academic performance of Afghan students’ and their level of satisfaction with online teaching

The outbreak of COVID-19 affected almost every sector, including higher education institutions across the world particularly Afghanistan educational system. For this purpose, the researcher aimed to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on the academic performance of Afghan students and their level of...

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Main Author: Aminuddin Hashemi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-01-01
Series:Cogent Arts & Humanities
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2021.1933684
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description The outbreak of COVID-19 affected almost every sector, including higher education institutions across the world particularly Afghanistan educational system. For this purpose, the researcher aimed to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on the academic performance of Afghan students and their level of satisfaction with online teaching. It also explored the significant difference in academic performance of students along with their satisfaction level with online teaching across gender. There were 1231 respondents, including 867 males and 364 females, from public and private universities of Afghanistan. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were employed. The findings of the study revealed that COVID-19 has negatively affected the academic performance of Afghan students and the students were highly dissatisfied with online teaching during this critical moment. Besides, the study revealed significant differences in the academic performance of students and their level of satisfaction with online teaching across gender. A strong positive correlation was found between the academic performance of Afghan students and their level of satisfaction with online teaching during the COVID-19 outbreak. According to the findings of the study, several implications and recommendations have been provided.
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spelling doaj.art-d5c991d9c855458d9ed724eab6391f782022-12-22T04:04:25ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Arts & Humanities2331-19832021-01-018110.1080/23311983.2021.19336841933684Effects of COVID-19 on the academic performance of Afghan students’ and their level of satisfaction with online teachingAminuddin Hashemi0Takhar UniversityThe outbreak of COVID-19 affected almost every sector, including higher education institutions across the world particularly Afghanistan educational system. For this purpose, the researcher aimed to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on the academic performance of Afghan students and their level of satisfaction with online teaching. It also explored the significant difference in academic performance of students along with their satisfaction level with online teaching across gender. There were 1231 respondents, including 867 males and 364 females, from public and private universities of Afghanistan. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were employed. The findings of the study revealed that COVID-19 has negatively affected the academic performance of Afghan students and the students were highly dissatisfied with online teaching during this critical moment. Besides, the study revealed significant differences in the academic performance of students and their level of satisfaction with online teaching across gender. A strong positive correlation was found between the academic performance of Afghan students and their level of satisfaction with online teaching during the COVID-19 outbreak. According to the findings of the study, several implications and recommendations have been provided.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2021.1933684covid-19academic performanceafghan studentslevel of satisfactiononline teaching
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Effects of COVID-19 on the academic performance of Afghan students’ and their level of satisfaction with online teaching
Cogent Arts & Humanities
covid-19
academic performance
afghan students
level of satisfaction
online teaching
title Effects of COVID-19 on the academic performance of Afghan students’ and their level of satisfaction with online teaching
title_full Effects of COVID-19 on the academic performance of Afghan students’ and their level of satisfaction with online teaching
title_fullStr Effects of COVID-19 on the academic performance of Afghan students’ and their level of satisfaction with online teaching
title_full_unstemmed Effects of COVID-19 on the academic performance of Afghan students’ and their level of satisfaction with online teaching
title_short Effects of COVID-19 on the academic performance of Afghan students’ and their level of satisfaction with online teaching
title_sort effects of covid 19 on the academic performance of afghan students and their level of satisfaction with online teaching
topic covid-19
academic performance
afghan students
level of satisfaction
online teaching
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2021.1933684
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