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@article{191018,
        author = {V Jayaram and Dr K Ramesh},
        title = {CHALLENGES FACED BY THE PG ARTS STUDENTS TOWARDS ONLINE EDUCATION IN NAMAKKAL DISTRICT},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {8},
        pages = {6082-6090},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=191018},
        abstract = {Arts and Science colleges provide comprehensive education in humanities, sciences, and commerce, fostering critical thinking, creativity, and analytical skills. These institutions emphasize academic knowledge, practical learning, and holistic development, preparing students for higher education, research, and diverse career opportunities while contributing to social and economic progress. Online education for college students enables learning through digital platforms, offering flexibility and easy access to academic resources. It supports self-paced study, enhances digital skills, and ensures continuity of education. However, its success depends on reliable technology, effective teaching methods, and active student engagement. Although, PG students in Namakkal district face several challenges in online education, including poor internet connectivity in rural areas and limited access to digital devices. Also, Lack of direct interaction with faculty, difficulty in understanding advanced concepts, technical issues, and low motivation further affect learning effectiveness and academic performance. Accordingly, this study aimed to examine the challenges faced by postgraduate students in online education within Namakkal district. The study adopts a descriptive research design and employs the survey method for data collection. A random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 175 postgraduate students from Arts and Science colleges. In this study, primary data were gathered using a well-structured questionnaire designed on a five-point Likert scale to capture students’ challenges associated with online education. The collected data were coded and tabulated using MS-Excel and subsequently analyzed with SPSS version 26.0. For analysis purpose, the statistical tools such as percentage analysis, mean and standard deviation, correlation analysis and linear regression analysis were applied. This study justified that high level of challenges towards online education is perceived by the students who belong to upto Rs.40,000 as monthly family income, studying in government colleges, co-educational colleges, science department, 2nd year of post-graduation and spending above 4 hours daily on online education.},
        keywords = {Online Education, Postgraduate Students, Learning Challenges, Digital Learning, Arts and Science Colleges, Internet Accessibility, Virtual Classes.},
        month = {January},
        }