THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE ONLINE LEARNING PROCESS A BRIEF STUDY OF FORM 4 STUDENTS AT SM AGAMA PERSEKUTUAN BENTONG, PAHANG, MALAYSIA

Abstract

The closure of Public/Private Higher Education Institutions and schools in Malaysia due to the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the structure of Learning and Teaching (PdP) from direct PdP methods in institutions and schools to fully online PdPR. All face -to -face PdP activities are not allowed except for some categories of students who need to return to campus in stages to implement PdP in full compliance with the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) set and prioritize security measures and social imprisonment (Mohs Salleh 2020). This study was conducted on form 4 students of tahfiz ulul albab (SBP) to see the extent of the impact of online learning on the learning process of tahfiz students. The total number of students in this school is 132 students (6 classes). A total of 51 respondents provided questionnaire information for this study. The analysis found that aspects that include respondents 'background such as gender, stream taken, economy or income of parents/guardians, number of siblings, mobile phone facilities, access to internet line and respondents' willingness to follow PDP online, basically affect to respondents throughout their online PDP Learning and Teaching process. Since the respondents in this school are in the science stream, online learning is not a problem because on average the majority of the respondents involved come from a well-to-do family background and value the academic aspects of their children. More than 80% of the respondents expressed their desire and hope to return to school face to face as usual due to the disruptive environmental conditions and limited learning facilities.