THE IMPACT OF THE COVID'19 PANDEMIC ON STUDENTS STUDENTS AT THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY "LVIV POLYTECHNIC"

Abstract

Today, in the era of the Covid’19 pandemic, people need to plan their future taking into account the specifics of new relationships - the new specifics of communications, work organization, and so on. Each industry has both common problems and its own specifics. This paper examines the specifics of the education sector (higher education in Ukraine) in the field of information technology. In particular, the influence of distance learning on job search and possible change of priorities that may have arisen during distance learning and distance communication with classmates is studied. The research is based on a survey of 3rd year computer science students at NU LP. The survey contains 15 questions, grouped into three subgroups: subjective feeling of the learning process, subjective feeling of choosing a profession, subjective feeling of Internet security. The survey was conducted in the target group of the most active part of society. The answers in the study group show the level of student satisfaction with the learning process and confidence in the quality of learning. Answers in the group: employment indicates the level of how the market sees the prospects of studying in the specialty of computer science. Answers in the group cyber security The attitude of young people (computer science students) to the provision of cyber communication at the state level. No research has been conducted on the provision of the Internet at the university level. The results of the work are visualized and presented both in graphs and in absolute and relative values. The study can assess the level of resilience of computer science specialties to the problems caused by the pandemic, including distance learning and distance work in IT firms. To enhance the results, the dynamics of recruitment of applicants over several years was analyzed. In the report for 2021, we see that the number of freshmen has increased in ICNI, this year received 1,130 students. 100% of the surveyed students who worked during the pandemic in the private IT sector of information technology worked remotely and received a full salary, which also shows the resistance of the specialty to the challenges of the pandemic (this mode reduces risks and the spread of risks).