IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON STUDENTS' SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING: A STUDY ON HIGHER EDUCATION LEVEL STUDENTS AND WAY FORWARD FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected students' subjective wellbeing and daily routines. Students experience a variety of challenges during pandemics, including fear, distress, loneliness, and feelings of hopelessness. The researcher focused on the impact of Covid-19 of higher education students in relation to their subjective wellbeing in Uttar Dinajpur district. The researcher used the descriptive survey method to complete this study. The researcher also used a random sampling technique based on a Likert Seven-point scale to collect data from 103 higher education students. For measuring subjective wellbeing in pandemic outbreak, the researcher used a subjective wellbeing questionnaire (16 items) created by Renshaw in 2020. For data analysis, the researcher also used SPSS-23 to compute the Mean, S.D., t-Test, F-Test, and Pearson coefficient of correlation. Results of the study reported that the overall subjective wellbeing of higher education students in pandemics is average. Additionally, it was discovered that there is no significant mean difference in the subjective wellbeing of higher education students based on some demographics such as male-female, UG and PG, nuclear and joint family, and stream (arts, science, and commerce). However, the results indicate that students in urban areas have higher subjective well-being than students in rural areas. The findings also revealed that there was a very weak negative correlation between age and subjective wellbeing, which indicates that as age increased, their subjective wellbeing slightly decreased.