Abstract:
Current Sri Lanka has been hit by the worst economic crisis in
the history. Due to the economic crisis of country the government of Sri Lanka
has decided to close all the schools considering the difficulties of students
and teachers coming to schools due to the shortage of fuel. As a remedy,
they have introduced the online system. This research was conducted to
identify what kind of experience secondary school students had when they
were educated through the online system that was introduced in the wake of
the economic crisis. For that purpose, this research has been conducted
based on five main schools in the Galle district of the southern province. The
data collected from the students revealed that the online system was not new
to them. That is, during the Covid-19 period, the students were taught
through the online system, so the research has revealed that even though
they have some knowledge about the online system, it has become difficult
for the students to carry out their education in the face of the economic crisis.
The most important thing revealed by the research is that only a limited
number of people have expressed their interest in the online system. All the
rest have revealed their dissatisfaction with the online system. For the
welfare of the students, the government should immediately abolish the
online system and switch to the face-to-face teaching-learning process.
