Abstract:
The impression of the, Covid-19 pandemic has been reflected in, every sector. The
education sector is affected worldwide and created tremendous unprecedented changes in
students' lives. This, in turn, made the sudden penetration of technology in the field of
education to a boundless extent. In 2016 Kerala has been acknowledged with the principal
digital state in India, and in 2020 amidst this pandemic, Kerala has become the first Indian
state, to achieve comprehensive Digital education. The lockdown has compelled many
educational institutions to cancel their classes and examinations and choose online. The
present paper aims to find the answer to one crucial question: whether all this 'new normal
life' helped to impact higher education positively or not. Exploring a quantitative research
paradigm, the study further probes into the psychosocial impact of 'digital education' using
the 'PERMA' model of well-being proposed by Martin Seligman (Seligman 2011). Hence
the present paper investigates the subject under study using the questionnaire data
collection method to delineate, the perceived effect of Covid-19 contagion amongst,
students.
