Abstract:
This paper explores the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on students' academic
productivity as their education transitioned from face-to-face setup to online learning setup. It aims
to explore how the pandemic has affected the students' overall perspective on their performance
regarding their academic productivity while subsequently investigating and highlighting the
potential differences between female and male students' experience and productivity as affected
by the potential struggle of balancing academic and domestic work. The paper also aimed to see
the relevance of the decision made by the government in its efforts to sustain the academic life of
the students while under pandemic lockdown restrictions. The researchers sought UP Manila CAS
(UPM-CAS) students who have experienced more than two years in an online learning setup and
asked them to answer several questions, including open-ended questions that will allow the
researchers to qualitatively assess their experiences. From the results derived from the students’
responses, it can be concluded that their academic performance and productivity has been
adversely affected by their need to perform domestic work in the home environment. There were
also several factors that contributed to the challenges they faced in the home environment that
were worthy of noting. It was also discovered that there seemed to be no significant difference
between the experiences of male and female, given that the majority of the respondents (both
male and female) recognize that they have been adversely affected by having to perform domestic
tasks while pursuing their education in the home environment.
