Introduction
In India, a variety of approaches was adopted to control the spread of Covid-19 among people including social distancing, compulsion on wearing a mask, vaccination, etc. however, there is still lacking the awareness among people regarding Covid-19. knowledge and attitude of the youth can make a huge difference in these efforts and so this study is aimed to find the knowledge and attitude of school students regarding Covid-19.
Method
A descriptive study was conducted in September 2021 on a total of 286 school students. Different schools in Nagpur were used to collect data from students aged between 15–18 years. Prior consent and accent were taken from the parent and students respectively before data collection. A convenient sampling technique was used to collect data by using the demographic form, structured knowledge questionnaire(SKQ), and Attitude Likert scale(ALS). Statistical analysis was performed using in Microsoft Excel sheet and a chi-square test was used to calculate the association between the demographic variable and knowledge and attitude score.
Result
In the study group, 37.06% were in 16–17 years of age, 57.69% were male, 32.87% were in 11th standard, about 55.94% of student’s parents were doing the private job, 39.51% of student’s family income was between 10001–20000, 46.85% students were living in a nuclear family, 48.95% students were Buddhist, 89.16 students had previous knowledge of COVID-19 and about 71.37% of student got this knowledge from the television. In the study group, 5.94% of students had Good knowledge and 35.66% of students had a favorable attitude,
Conclusion
The majority of the school students have poor knowledge and attitude toward Covid-19. Educational intervention is very necessary to improve the knowledge of students.