Shafiq Sadman, Nipa Sharmin Nahar, Sultana Sharmin, Rahman Md Rifat-Ur-, Rahman Md Mostafizur
Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Research (C3ER), BRAC University, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.
Department of Economics, Rabindra University, Bangladesh, Sirajganj 6770, Bangladesh.
Child Youth Serv Rev. 2021 Jan;120:105789. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105789. Epub 2020 Dec 8.
After the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, the Government decided for lockdown over two months lasting until 30 May 2020. All the universities, along with other educational institutions, are closed down until 19 December 2020. Such measures, however, have the potential to cause and exacerbate the mental stress in people, especially the students. The study aimed to explore the triggering factors which increase the mental stress of the students of both public and private universities amid COVID-19 pandemic. To that end, 1000 students of different public and private universities of the country were surveyed online. Under this study, a quantitative approach was undertaken to infer information from relevant variables through the use of descriptive analysis. Moreover, several virtual Key Informant Interview (KII) sessions were conducted with university teachers, education scholars and psychosocial counselor to get expert views on an effective education system, safeguard of the students and suggestions to reduce the stress of them. The survey result shows that students of private universities (80.6%) were found more mentally stressed than students of public universities (77%). Students of public universities were particularly stressed because of financial crisis and looming university session jam whereas, students of private universities were mentally stressed because of uncertainties of online classes/or activities and high tuition fees. Therefore, it is indispensable to bring in time-oriented policy and plan for the management of education system as well as safeguard of the students amid this pandemic and implement with strong monitoring may decrease the mental stress of them.
在孟加拉国出现新冠疫情后，政府决定实施为期两个多月的封锁，直至2020年5月30日。所有大学以及其他教育机构都关闭至2020年12月19日。然而，这些措施有可能导致并加剧人们尤其是学生的精神压力。该研究旨在探讨在新冠疫情期间增加公立和私立大学学生精神压力的触发因素。为此，对该国不同公立和私立大学的1000名学生进行了在线调查。在这项研究中，采用了定量方法，通过描述性分析从相关变量中推断信息。此外，还与大学教师、教育学者和心理社会顾问进行了几次虚拟关键信息访谈，以获取关于有效教育系统、学生保障以及减轻学生压力建议的专家意见。调查结果显示，私立大学学生（80.6%）的精神压力比公立大学学生（77%）更大。公立大学的学生尤其因金融危机和即将到来的大学学期拥堵而感到压力，而私立大学的学生则因在线课程/活动的不确定性和高额学费而感到精神压力。因此，在这场疫情期间，制定面向时间的教育系统管理政策和计划以及保障学生至关重要，并且通过强有力的监督来实施可能会减轻他们的精神压力。
