Abstract
This academic research is carried out to access the general awareness, mental state and academic difficulties among different age groups of students studying in various schools, colleges, or Universities during this lockdown period due to the COVID-19 crisis in the western regions of Uganda. An aggregate of 405 students participated in this survey. Among them 253 students are from rural regions, 59 students are from semi-urban regions and 93 students are from urban regions. This survey is classified into three sections: the first section spotlights the perceptive level of students about the COVID-19 crisis, the second section emphasizes the mental state of students and the final section highlights the academic difficulties faced by the students during this lockdown period. A statistical run is deliberated with the aid of SPSS version 20 software to evaluate the significance level (P-Value<0.05) of each question among the localities.
Highlights
The worldwide community is slowing down and eventually halts due to the spread of novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV)
This study was classified into three sections; in the first section of this survey, nine questions were asked to ensure the general awareness about this pandemic caused by COVID-19 and few crucial questions such as the economic disaster in the country and self-sustainability were raised
In the second section of this survey, the mental state of the students during the lockdown period due to the COVID-19 pandemic was assessed based on ten questions
Summary
The worldwide community is slowing down and eventually halts due to the spread of novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV). Firms and organizations in African urban areas especially small and medium enterprises which provide 80% of employment in the African continent are highly vulnerable due to the impact of COVID-19. These risks are aggravated by a possible climb in the cost of the basic needs of humans in Africa. The COVID-19 pandemic is severely testing Africa's economic, social and political resilience (Van Bavel et al, 2020; Nicola et al, 2020). Due to this pandemic, the mental state of humans especially students are highly tested for its resistance
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