INVESTIGATING IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON MUST STUDENTS

Author
Aubrey Chinomba DRM-015-18
2023 Undergraduate
Research theme: Disaster Risk Management
Department: Climate Sciences
Program of study: BSc Disaster Risk Management
District: Thyolo

Abstract

This paper discusses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on undergraduate students at MUST. It also shades light, through its findings, on the measures undertaken and measures that can be undertaken to overcome mental distress and promote the social well-being of MUST students amidst the COVID-19 pandemic Extractions of information from reliable international and national literature have been made in the course of writing. This has been purposively coupled with media anecdotes of the pandemic from 2020 until the present day so as to ascertain credibility.

Research summary

This paper discusses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on undergraduate students at MUST. It also shades light, through its findings, on the measures undertaken and measures that can be undertaken to overcome mental distress and promote the social well-being of MUST students amidst the COVID-19 pandemic Extractions of information from reliable international and national literature have been made in the course of writing. This has been purposively coupled with media anecdotes of the pandemic from 2020 until the present day so as to ascertain credibility.