Abstract:
The study aimed to identify the problems facing students at An-Najah and Kadoorie Universities in the distance learning system. Due to the genocidal war in Palestine, October – 2023. The study used the descriptive analytical method, represented by the quantitative approach, and the questionnaire as a data collection tool. The study population consisted of all students from Al-Najah University in the city of Nablus, who numbered (25,000), and students from Khadoori University in the city of Tulkarm, who numbered (7,640), with a total of (32,640) students. A random stratified sample of the size of (570) male and female students was chosen. A questionnaire was distributed to them electronically, and (562) were retrieved from it. It was rated average, with a mean (3.28), and a standard deviation (0.74), and it came as follows: First - Psychological problems with a mean (3.70), and a standard deviation (0.79), then came Academic problems ranked second with a mean (3.34) and standard deviation (0.84), and technical problems came in third with a mean (2.68) and standard deviation (0.74). All areas were rated average, and the overall score for the problems facing students was An-Najah and Kadoorie Universities in the distance learning system; Due to the genocidal war in Palestine, October - 2023, with a mean (3.07) and a standard deviation of (0.74), this score is considered average. Recommendations emerged from the study, the most important of which are: the necessity of establishing virtual psychological clinics affiliated with universities through which students can conduct psychological discharge sessions; To get rid of the pressures they are exposed to due to distance learning.
Keywords: academic problems, psychological problems, technical problems, distance learning, genocide