The Impacts of COVID-19 on Technological and Polytechnic University Students in Mexico

Lourdes Vital López, Marco Antonio Zamora-Antuñano, Miguel Angel Cruz-Pérez, Juvenal Rodríguez Reséndíz, Fabiola Fuentes Ramírez, Wilfrido Jacobo Paredes García, Hugo Rodríguez Reséndiz, Marisela Cruz Ramírez and Raul García García
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Lourdes Vital López: Carrera de Mantenimiento Industrial, Universidad Tecnológica de Tamaulipas Norte, Universidad Tecnológica, Reynosa 88680, Mexico
Marco Antonio Zamora-Antuñano: Posgrado y Centro de Investigación, Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico de UVM (CIIDETEC-UVM), Universidad del Valle de México, Queretaro 76230, Mexico
Miguel Angel Cruz-Pérez: Posgrado y Centro de Investigación, Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico de UVM (CIIDETEC-UVM), Universidad del Valle de México, Queretaro 76230, Mexico
Juvenal Rodríguez Reséndíz: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Queretaro 76010, Mexico
Fabiola Fuentes Ramírez: Carrera de Mantenimiento Industrial, Universidad Tecnológica de Tamaulipas Norte, Universidad Tecnológica, Reynosa 88680, Mexico
Wilfrido Jacobo Paredes García: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Queretaro 76010, Mexico
Hugo Rodríguez Reséndiz: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Queretaro 76010, Mexico
Marisela Cruz Ramírez: División de Química y Energías Renovables, Universidad Tecnológica de San Juan del Río, Queretaro 76800, Mexico
Raul García García: División de Química y Energías Renovables, Universidad Tecnológica de San Juan del Río, Queretaro 76800, Mexico

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-18

Abstract: The contingency measures put in place by the government during COVID-19 exposed the students to a new condition to which they must adapt. To understand how the students perceive and cope during the unplanned, changed learning mode, we conducted a study using an evaluation tool which seeks to understand the effect of the contingency measures associated with the emergence of the COVID-19 virus on the students. By assigning a data collection instrument to students who are part of 15 technological universities (TUs) and 7 polytechnic universities (PUs), we determined how they were affected by COVID-19. The questions intended to evaluate the social, economic, academic, emotional, and health effects experienced. A total of 6596 students were assessed in the study representing an appropriate percentage of the Mexican students. The outcome of the study showed that 12% of the students agreed with the online approach to learn adopted because of the contingency. A total of 39% reported that they have a good environmental space for online learning, 32% reported that they mostly take their classes via their mobile phones, and 3% said they lacked access to an internet facility and as such could not take their classes. A total of 14% reported that they have little access to the internet, while 42% reported that they regularly have internet, and both complained that internet fluctuation significantly affects their academic performance. Comparing the different modes of teaching, 52% believe an in-person class is the best approach to learning, but 22% agreed that a hybrid system will be effective. Through a multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) it was determined that, in the effects, there was no significant difference in relation to gender. The effects that most impacted the students were economic, connectivity, and a lack of physical activity.

Keywords: COVID-19; online education; student opinion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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