PREFERENCE FOR ONLINE CLASSES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A ‘D-NEEDS’ HIERARCHICAL APPROACH AMONG POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

Bijith Vakkalary; Pragathi Aravaboomi

doi:10.29121/ShodhPrabandhan.v3.i1.2026.61

Authors

Bijith Vakkalary Assistant Professor, PG Department of Journalism & Communication, Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College, Autonomous, Arumbakkam, Chennai-600106, India Author
Pragathi Aravaboomi Assistant Professor & Head, PG Department of Journalism & Communication, Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College, Autonomous, Arumbakkam, Chennai-600106, India Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/ShodhPrabandhan.v3.i1.2026.61

Keywords:

D-Needs, ICT, Technology, Comfortability, Support, E Learning, Accessibility

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic affects all over the world and it disrupted the human life. The educational sector is one of the most affected sectors due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Educational institutes are shut down due to the lockdown and the classes are shifted to online mode. But there are some irregularities noticed in students attending online classes. Thus, the reason behind the study is to discover the deficiency needs of the students and their preference towards the acceptance of online classes during the Covid-19 pandemic. The findings reveal that the students have an unfavourable attitude the towards the online classes. This particular research was perpetrated on 100 postgraduate students in Kerala and Tamil Nadu to analyse their preference for online classes. Primary data collected through a questionnaire. Research question and hypothesis were tested with statistical tools.

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