Impact of Lockdown to Senior High School Students in Barangay Kalasungay, Malaybalay

City Bukidnon

Amparado,
Kendrcik Bautista,
Khim Joshua
Cajardo, Kirk Ahlein Clyde
L. Omo, Shamel

Accountancy, Business and

Management 24 June 2021
 INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

The rapid spread of the Coronavirus has affected millions of people and has reached

extensive consequences to healthcare systems as well as the global economy that went downhill

over the past year. Haleem and Javaid (2020) stated that the COVID-19 changed people’s day to

day activities and interrupted various world trade movements. Due to the accelerating number of

COVID-19 cases, extensive precautions were made including the implementation of lockdown to

ensure all safety precautions and to avoid physical contact from one person to another.

Education systems, on the other hand, face the same challenge from healthcare systems

and economic systems. According to Daniel (2020), numerous governments have instructed

various institutions to cease face-to-face classes causing students to switch to various modes of

learning at present. Students, up to this day, are learning through online classes and modular

learning which may not be completely effective compared to face-to-face classes.

Lockdown made consequential impacts to education systems especially to students opting

to a different mode of learning. The researchers of the study would like to study the varying

impacts of lockdown to Senior High School students, specifically in Barangay Kalasungay, to

provide information to both teacher and students about the struggles that students have

experienced under the immense lockdown.

 Objectives of the Study

This study will assess the impact of lockdown to senior high school students in barangay

Kalasungay. The specific objectives are the following:

1. describe the struggles faced by students in Kalasungay during the lockdown

2. identify the negative effects of the challenges that they

3. determine how did they overcome the struggles that they faced while doing modules at

home

4. identify the significant effect of the lockdown to the grades of the senior high school

students in Kalasungay

Statement of the Problem

This study will assess the impact of lockdown to senior high school students in

Kalasungay. Specifically, it aims to answer the following questions:

1. What are the struggles faced by students in Kalasungay during the lockdown?

2. What are the negative effects of the challenges that they faced?

3. How did they overcome the struggles that they faced while doing modules at home?

4. Is there a significant effect of the lockdown to the grades of the senior high school

students in Kalasungay?
 Significance of the Study

This study will determine the impact of lockdown to senior high school students in

Barangay Kalasungay. This will provide both students and teachers knowledge and information

about the struggles of the students which will help them to truly understand the student’s

performance and behavior and would open their eyes on how they can help in lessening these

struggles and to be more considerate on how the students perform.

This study will be beneficial to the following entities:

a. Teachers

b. Students

c. Parents

d. Future researchers

Scope and Delimitation

This study will assess the impact of lockdown to senior high school students of Kalasungay,

Malaybalay City. The study will limit the coverage of the grade 11 students only. This study will

observe and differentiate the lives of the students during the lockdown. This would observe their

academic result that would be useful to adjust on how to make a student more focus on their

studies in order to obtain a better outcome.

 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

The review of literature for this study focuses on the investigation and assessment of the

impact of the lockdown to the senior high school students in the area chosen by the researchers

which is barangay Kalasungay.

A study was conducted by Mandl (2021) about the impacts of COVID-19. This is one of

the first empirical studies investigating the effect of the sudden shift from face-to-face to online

distance learning due to COVID-19 lockdown at one of the universities in Egypt. Comparison of

grades was made between 376 business students who completed a face-to-face course in spring

2019 and 372 students who completed the same course but fully online via distance learning

mode in spring 2020 during the lockdown. T-test was conducted to compare grades of quizzes,

course work, and final exam for the two groups. Chi-square test was used to compare grade

distribution for both groups. The effect of gender, credit hours, age, and CGPA was assessed.

The results suggested that there was no statistically significant difference in student’s grades.

The study also included a survey of 435 students and interviews with a sample of professors

about their learning and teaching experience during the lockdown. The results of this study

provide specific recommendations for universities, instructors, and higher education portal

designers about future application of online distance learning. Since Egypt decided to make the

shift to online distant learning in all future higher education plans, the results of this research

would be especially vital for universities in Egypt and other developing countries

Chaturvedi et.al (2020) studied the COVID-19 and its impact on education, social life and

mental health of students: A survey. In order to explore the impacts of this pandemic on the lives

of students, the researchers conducted a survey of a total of 1182 individuals of different

age groups from various educational institutes in Delhi – National Capital Region (NCR), India.

The article identified the following as the impact of COVID-19 on the students of different age

groups: time spent on online classes and self-study, medium used for learning, sleeping habits,

daily fitness routine, and the subsequent effects on weight, social life, and mental health.

Moreover, our research found that in order to deal with stress and anxiety, participants adopted

different coping mechanisms and also sought help from their near ones. Further, the research

examined the student’s engagement on social media platforms among different age categories.

This study suggests that public authorities should take all the necessary measures to enhance the

learning experience by Mitigating the negative impacts caused due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Engzell (2021) studied about learning loss due to school closure during COVID-19

pandemic. They evaluated the effect of school closures on primary school performance using

exceptionally rich data from The Netherlands (n ≈ 350,000). They use the fact that national

examinations took place before and after lockdown and compare progress during this period to

the same period in the 3 previous years. The Netherlands underwent only a relatively short

lockdown (8 wk) and features an equitable system of school funding and the world’s highest rate

of broadband access. Still, the results reveal a learning loss of about 3 percentile points or 0.08

standard deviations. The effect is equivalent to one-fifth of a school year, the same period that

schools remained closed. Losses are up to 60% larger among students from less-educated homes,

confirming worries about the uneven toll of the pandemic on children and families. Investigating

mechanisms, they find that most of the effect reflects the cumulative impact of knowledge

learned rather than transitory influences on the day of testing. Results remain robust when

balancing on the estimated propensity of treatment and using maximum-entropy weights or with

fixed-effects specifications that compare students within the same school and family. The
findings imply that students made little or no progress while learning from home and suggest

losses even larger in countries with weaker infrastructure or longer school closures.

A study was conducted by Kapasia et.al (2020) about the impact of lockdown on learning

status of undergraduate and postgraduate students during COVID-19 pandemic in West Bengal,

India. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of lockdown amidst COVID-19 on

undergraduate and postgraduate learners of various colleges and universities of West Bengal. An

online survey was conducted from 1 May to 8 May 2020 to collect the information. A structural

questionnaire link using Google form was sent to students through WhatsApp and E-mail. A total

of 232 students provided complete information regarding the survey. The simple percentage

distribution was used to assess the learning status of the study participants. During the lockdown

period, around 70% of learners were involved in e-learning. Most of the learners were used

android mobile for attending e-learning. Students have been facing various problems related to

depression anxiety, poor internet connectivity, and unfavorable study environment at home.

Students from remote areas and marginalized sections mainly face enormous challenges for the

study during this pandemic. This study suggests targeted interventions to create a positive space

for study among students from the vulnerable section of society. Strategies are urgently needed

to build a resilient education system in the state that will ensure to develop the skill for

employability and the productivity of the young minds.

Bonal (2020) conducted a study about the impact of lockdown on the learning gap:

family and school divisions in times of crisis. This article assesses the impact of the school

lockdown on the learning gap between children from different social backgrounds in Catalonia.

Based on 35,419 responses to an online survey administered between 26 and 30 March 2020 to

families with children aged between 3 and 18, the authors’ analysis shows that learning
opportunities varied significantly. Middle-class families were able to maintain higher standards

of education quality in a critical context, while children from socially disadvantaged families had

few learning opportunities both in terms of time and learning experiences (schoolwork and

maintenance of after-school activities). Results differed by type of school (public/Private) where

students were enrolled, family economic, social and cultural capital and family living conditions.

In the final part of the article, the authors highlight the Importance of the role of the school in

ensuring learning opportunities for children from low socioeconomic backgrounds, and they

discuss some policy implications of their findings.

 METHODOLOGY

A. MATERIALS

Preparation of Materials

Materials of the study include questionnaire and record book for the recording of the data

gathered.

B. METHODS

Entry Protocol

The researchers went to the barangay captain of the barangay Kalasungay to ask

permission and guidance in conducting the study.

Preparation of Questionnaires

The researchers prepared sets of questionnaires for the survey and gathering of data from

the selected senior high school students of barangay Kalasungay.

Collection of Data

For the purposes of this research, the researchers collected data and answers from the

senior high school students through survey method whose aim is

Assessment of Data

The data from the survey that was gathered was assessed which will give the ability to

researchers to structure the qualitative data collected in a way that satisfies the accomplishment

of the research objectives.

Figure 1. Study area

Entry Protocol

Preparation of Materials

Collection of Data

Assessment of Data

Figure 2. Flowchart of the Study