Abstract:
The role of education is vital, not only as an individual right, but also as a key
factor in social and national development. Currently, the lifestyle of people
and the behavior of society completely depend on the COVID-19 pandemic.
The main objective of this research is to identify the impact of the COVID-19
on secondary level grade six to nine education in Chilaw, Nasriya Central
College. Identifying a family's economic background; investigating SWOC
among secondary students during the pandemic period; and recommending
policies for future e-learning implementation. Data for the research was
collected through the primary and secondary data collection methods. The
finding of this study is that the strength of interest can be seen in continued
school attendance after reopening school (4.78). Weakness as a weakness as
challenges are present in facing the (term) examination (4.40) after the school
reopening. an opportunity to revise their previous lessons. Challenges: the
highest mean value among other factors (4.93) was that students faced subjectrelated difficulties during the access of the online education method. Students
failed to obtain better clarification in subjects. Furthermore, 71.5% of
students’ families lost their jobs and faced economic challenges during the
lockdown and curfew period. Further analysis of the relationship between
SWOC factors (internal-external and cross association) through the chisquared test the study's recommendations include introducing smart class
rooms to every grade, allowing students to aggregate knowledge related to
online learning methods, providing adequate knowledge on accessing
electronic devices, and the government distributing electronic devices for
educational purposes.
