The Struggles Faced In An Online Setting

Llenares, Ethan; Melliza, James; Lino, Jessah; Paasa, Luis; Muring, Raymart

This is our article about the pandemic, many students at PHINMA College/SHS
have suffered and are always at home to ensure their safety and there are also others
who work to pay for their tuition or help their families due to their lacking resources
because of the ongoing pandemic. Many students have their grades and studies
affected because of the pandemic, this action demonstrates that others work to pay for
tuition or sleep with their families. There are also those who persevere in their studies
so that they can achieve the course they dream of in life. Even though it is hard, we
students still do the best we could to achieve our goals in life. In response to the
shutdown of schools worldwide, educational institutions adopted distance learning to
ensure that students were still getting an education while the world continued to battle
COVID-19. This distance learning, which was often achieved through the use of various
online resources, was quickly initiated at all academic levels with an uncertain duration.
Although many higher education institutions were already familiar with online teaching
platforms, most teachers were left with little to no information on how to transition from
in-person teaching to distance learning. As teachers, students, as well as their parents,
were also unprepared for the transition to online learning.

The pandemic has taken a heavy toll on the mental health of college students, in
fact, several studies hypothesize that children and adolescents are more likely to
experience higher rates of depression and anxiety after the pandemic has ended. As
the duration of isolation continues to extend and reappear, the risk of these negative
outcomes also increases. Particularly those from poor households who worried more
about tuition, gadgets, internet reliability, as well as future job prospects compared to
their more affluent peers, according to research by Phinma Education network. The
lower the income class, the higher the number of respondents experiencing a significant
degree of loneliness, anxiety, and stress, PHINMA Education said in a December 2021
paper prepared by its analytics groups. This is because their income status and
household earnings were directly tied to their capability to continue their education.

The research showed that while everyone has been affected by the pandemic,
those from lower-income households had been more gravely affected. Phinma
Education, composed of nine secondary and tertiary educational institutions around the
country, also found that the financial situation of their households affected the
psychological well-being of the students, with those from lower-income classes
concerned about funds to cover the cost of enrollment and adjusting to distanced
learning. In response to the shutdown of schools worldwide, educational institutions
adopted distance learning to ensure that students were still getting an education while
the world continued to battle COVID-19. This distance learning, which was often
achieved through the use of various online resources, was quickly initiated at all
academic levels with an uncertain duration. The financial situation of the household is
tied to the students' psychological well-being during the pandemic. It may be observed
that the prevalence of loneliness, anxiety, and stress increased across socioeconomic
classes. Their concerns were linked to household expenses such as medical services
for sick family members, sufficient household incomes and cost of enrollment and
distanced learning, loneliness, anxiety, and stress.
Although this may be true, those experiencing loneliness, anxiety, and stress increased
across all income segments. According to PHINMA, students from higher-income
classes have the gadgets and adequate space for learning, while those in lower-income
classes may suffer from little to no technological resources and an environment that is
not conducive to learning, cramped spaces, poor lighting, and ventilation, as well as
noisy neighborhoods.