HAPPINESS INDEX OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS TOWARDS ONLINE LEARNING IN INDIA

Title

HAPPINESS INDEX OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS TOWARDS ONLINE LEARNING IN INDIA

Creator

Kaushik P.; Thomas P.

Description

World Happiness Index generally indicates the level of happiness and satisfaction among the residents in a given country. Since we all know that worldwide new ecosystem of online education has evolved there are many countries which have done pretty well with respect to adopting of technology in the education others have been lacking behind and hence causing more inequality in the online education space. To understand the students' perception and satisfaction regarding the online learning this study was conducted to assess the relationships of the happiness index (HI) and related parameters which were retrieved from existing literatures and self-prepared parameters. Accordingly, the world happiness index signifies a direct relationship with the social economic development factors leading to the general well-being of individuals and societies that include the full development of healthcare, politics, and higher employment. The question arises has the online learning lived up to its potential? The Indian Education System is heterogeneous comprising of private and public universities. The study was on conducted in the National Capital Region of India, (NCR). The data was collected from various types of universities' students irrespective of the gender, caste, creed and religion. The study aims to understand the perception of the students and challenges faced by them during the online learning. It is very important to know the views of the students along with teachers to get the true ground reality of online learning in India. Since the pandemic have hit overall the world education sector was hit too. All the educational institutions were closed for about nearly 1.5 years. There was drastic shift in the paradigm from traditional learning to the online learning. To understand the students' perception data is being collected from around 268 students of the Delhi NCR region. The study is quantitative. The questionnaire was distributed to the both Government and Private Universities to understand students' satisfaction regarding online learning. The data was being analyzed in the graph form. The study says the future of online learning is possible provided students have access to devices and better connectivity. 2022 Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology.All rights reserved.

Source

Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology, Vol-230, No. 1

Date

2022-01-01

Publisher

Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG

Subject

Happiness Index; Higher Education; Online learning; Students; students' perception

Coverage

Kaushik P., CHRIST, Deemed To Be University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; Thomas P., CHRIST, Deemed To Be University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 21908370

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6979524

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