Psychosocial Challenges of School Going Adolescents During Covid-19 Pandemic: Teachers' and Parents' Perspective

The study Probe into understanding the psychosocial challenges faced by school going adolescents during covid-19 pandemic. The study is descriptive in design and makes use of Purposive sampling to identify respondents from Nongstoin, West Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya. Semi-structured Interview guide is used among Secondary school teachers and parents. Results showed that there is frustration, isolation and loneliness, uncertainty and fear, anxiety, academic stress, unfamiliar online learning for adolescents as well as for the Teachers, internet connectivity problems, poorer control over their everyday life, feeling of helplessness among the adolescents and even the teachers and parents themselves.