The impact of COVID-19 pandemic to working students of the College of Business and Accountancy

Abstract

This study used descriptive research design to present the impact of Covid-19 to working students of the College of Business and Accountancy in terms of their benefits before and during Covid-19 pandemic. The respondents of the study were 64 working students of the College of Business and Accountancy. The researchers used convenient sampling in order to select the respondents. The researcher utilized the Five-Point Likert Scale model, which the researchers developed as a research instrument. The questionnaire consists of two parts; Part one was used to gather data about the profile of the respondents and the Part two was the main questionnaire consist of 10 questions on impact of Covid- 19 pandemic to working students and is measure in terms of benefits before and during Covid-19 pandemic. The data gathered were analyzed by the researchers with the help of an expert in statistics. The statistical tools that were used in the study were frequency count, percentage, mean, standard deviation, ANOVA and t-test. Based on the data gathered Covid-19 pandemic has strong impact level to the respondents in terms of their benefits during this pandemic. There is no significant difference in the level of impact of Covid-19 pandemic to the College of Business and Accountancy working students in terms of benefits when respondents were group according to sex, year level, family monthly income and course, but there is a significant difference in the level of impact of Covid-19pandemic to the College of Business and Accountancy working students in terms of benefits when respondents were group according to residence. This study will be beneficial to Parents, School Administrator, The College of Business and Accountancy, Central Philippine University, and Future Researcher.