The impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on the academic performance of finance and banking student

Many universities and colleges around the world have been suspended physical classroom because of coronavirus disease (COVID 19). Therefore, all the universities and colleges in Cambodia need to switch to online learning in order to prevent the spreading this disease. This study is to find out the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the academic performance of finance and banking students during lockdown. Finance and Banking students are required to answer an online google form questionnaire. 164 participants need to be used; however, the responses to the survey-based questionnaire are 96 which is about 58.53%. The data illustrates COVID-19 pandemic during lockdown has impacted on academic performance of finance and banking students (88.5%) with varying degrees, except 11.5% even though online learning gives an opportunity for self-study. The main challenges on online learning are loss of internet, speed and cost of internet, hard to teach practical lesson, loss motivation due to tiredness, teaching too fast and reading from slides, and less interaction between students and teachers. Since many subjects are practical, it is not easy to study it online. Students thinks it is difficult to fulfill the learning quality with online class because of cheating. Key words: COVID-19, Pandemic, Academic performance