Abstract
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the global education systems, affecting the individual social, mental, and psychological status of the community and forcing a global shutdown of the schools. Objective: The study was designed to identify the effects of COVID-19 on the academic performance of natural and computational science students at Wolkite University, Ethiopia. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 86 students were selected using a stratified random sampling technique. The student’s department formed the strata, and from each department, the selection was made by the lottery method, drawn without bias. A paired t-test, an independent t-test, and an ANOVA test were employed for the analysis of the data. Results: The average of students’ cumulative grade point average (CGPA) before and after COVID-19 were 3.016 ± 0.529 and 2.955 ± 0.558 respectively. The average family's monthly income was (3380.23 ± 2596.23) and the average student's age was (22.41 ± 1.51. The outcome of paired samples t-test between students cumulative grade point average after COVID-19 and before COVID-19 (p-value: 0.01; 95% CI: -0.11, -0.01) showed a significant mean difference. The independent t-test for equality of means for cumulative grade point average after COVID-19 student stress status showed a significant mean difference (p-value: <0.0000; 95% CI: -0.76499,0-.33045). The ANOVA test on students’ cumulative grade point average after COVID-19 and before COVID-19 stratified by department, mothers’ education level, and father’s education level showed no statistically significant mean difference. Conclusion: COVID-19 significantly impacted the performance, income, and stress levels of the participating students. More studies are needed on a larger sample to establish a trend. Keywords: Cumulative grade point average CGPA, COVID -19 Panadeamic, and Academic Performance
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