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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023): OPJU Business Review

Emergence of COVID- 19 Pandemic: Challenges in Innovation for Academic Performance and Sustainable Development Goals

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.63825/opjubr.2023.2.1.832
Submitted
8 August 2025
Published
12 September 2025

Abstract

The effects of the COVID-19 epidemic are posing unprecedented problems to humanity right now. In December 2019, the Chinese province of Wuhan reported the first case of the COVID-19 pandemic. This Covid-19 spread quickly and had an impact on people of all ages, but it primarily afflicted schoolchildren. In addition, COVID-19 put an end to everything and many schools began offering online courses using Zoom, Microsoft Team, and Google Team, which were unfamiliar to students at the school-level. In light of these considerations, the goal of this research study is to examine the difficulties that students taking online courses encounter in performing academically as well as the difficulties that those working toward sustainable development confront. The data for this study were gathered utilizing various associated documents, interviews with schoolchildren, teachers, guardians, and members of the school management at a few chosen schools in Kathmandu and Biratnagar, Nepal. The results of this study demonstrate that school pupils have encountered numerous challenges when attempting to enhance their academic performance while enrolled in online courses during the COVID-19 lockout. They found it challenging to read on their mobile devices. When using a mobile device as an online medium to complete their assignment, scan it, or snap a picture of it, students had a significant problem. Few students at schools had laptops, and many of them studied on their phones. The children's academic progress was halted totally more frequently than not because the internet would be slow and the electricity would be out. Additionally, schoolchildren are also reported to be experiencing mental tension as a result of home isolation and being locked in a room. Even when schools offered online courses to students, the students' academic performance was challenged by these courses. In general, achieving sustainable goals presented unanticipated hurdles.

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