THE EFFECT OF 2019 CORONA VIRUS DISEASE AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES TO THE STUDENTS OF NUEVA ECIJA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY by Alvin Gino M. Bautista and Danilo D. Pastorfide

Abstract – the 2019 Corona Virus Disease (COVID19) Pandemic ruin the lives of many people not only in the Philippines but in the whole wide world. A lot of people died easily, the worse is, their family will no longer recover the body of the victim to give a better funeral. Many were currently at the hospital to cure this life-threatening disease, while businesses get closed and bankrupted. According to the Philippines Statistic Authority, “Unemployment rate in July 2020 was estimated at 10.0 percent.  This is higher than the unemployment rate of the same month a year ago placed at 5.4 percent, but lower than the record high 17.7 percent during April 2020. Unemployed Filipinos who are 15 years old and over was estimated at 4.6 million in July 2020, higher by 2.1 million compared to the same period a year ago but lower by 2.7 million from three months ago”. Also, to protect the lives of every Filipinos, the Philippine government through the Inter-Agencies Task Force (IATF) formulated, disseminated, and implemented a lot of policies for the benefits of many. Policies that affects all people, especially the minors or the students. However, the researcher believed that Filipinos are resilient, and will always find a way to be happy and will keep on looking for the brighter side even amid of this pandemic. This study was made to assess and document the effect of COVID19 Pandemic to the 500 selected students of Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (NEUST). One of the universities in Nueva Ecija, Philippines that offers good college education is the Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology. (J.Mina, 2019) The outcomes of the present study will be beneficial and valuable to the following: To the students. This research will help the students by understanding their hidden optimism or pessimism on their selves. It can also help them to look at the brighter picture of life even most of them were locked down in their respective houses because most of them were below 21 years old which is mandated by the Inter-Agency Task Force to stay at home. To the Parents. The results of this study will help the parents in strengthening the love, care, and support to each member of the family. To the School. The outcomes of this research can be helpful to the university as well as to the professors, and guidance coordinators in enhancing the positivity that must be continued and must be spread with others, and to reduce the negativity that affect the respondents due to this pandemic. To the Philippine Government, Churches, Department of Education, Commission on Higher Education, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, as well as Mental Health Association, Inc. and other Non-Government Organizations by helping the students and children to sustain and motivate them more in especially these days. The questionnaires will be used in gathering relevant data. The frequencies, percentage, weighted mean of answers in each question were checked and used to draw a truthful conclusion regarding the effect of pandemic to the students and appropriate recommendations.

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