EFFECT OF LOCKDOWN ON QUALITY LIFE AND LEARNING PROCESS OF INDIAN WOMEN: A MIXED RESEARCH

This study is aimed at exploring the changes in Quality Life of female learners because of lockdown, with impact of
the lockdown on the education. The study also discusses the relationship between the quality of life and educational
process. A mixed research was conducted on female learners studying in different institutions of India, under various
courses; starting from senior secondary to PhD level. For collecting data about their Quality Life and for knowing
details about their educational process structured questionnaire were used. For analysing data of Quality Life of the
learners, and significant difference between rural and urban learners both mean and t-test were used. Thematic
analysis has followed for the explanation of the educational process. A total number of fifty female learners were
selected through convenient sampling. Out of 50 female learners 31 (62%) have a Poor-Quality Life because of
lockdown, and also there is significant difference between Quality Life of rural and urban female learners. Since
lockdown started, whatever alternative educational process is followed was not satisfactory to that extent for them. In
a patriarchal family being the follower of gender roles, their socialisation and mental health were affected badly, and
ultimately affected their learning process. It is concluded that while a large part of the highly educated women was
affected by lockdown, then it will be no wrong to imagine the condition of the educationally and economically weaker
section.