CHALLENGES OF ONLINE EDUCATION FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN’S MOTHERS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN GUDWAL WAH CANTT

Abstract

This research was conducted to highlight the challenges of online education for school going children’s mothers during COVID’19 pandemics. The study was conducted in Gudwal Wah cantt. The main focus of this research is to investigate the copying up strategies by mothers and school management. The objective of this study is to investigate mother’s behavior. Qualitative research method was used to conduct this research with in-depth interviews. In this study the proposed sample size was 15 respondents. The tool used for this research endeavor was interview guide the technique used for data collection was purposive sampling. The researcher used Online Collaborative Learning (OCL) theory for the study, this theory explains about constructivist teaching in which students are encouraged to collaboratively solve problems through discourse instead of memorizing correct answers. The results of this study shows the lack of time management caused stress among mothers in home schooling moreover the subject content and WhatsApp classes are quite difficult to manage with lack of technology. Researcher concluded that mothers had to cope up with challenges and have to maintain their daily life schedule according to their strategies. This newly organized system greatly impacted mothers, children’s and their families.