lucknow nearly 55 per cent students in classes 4 to 12 have reported health issues mainly due to prolonged online learning during the pandemicthe health issues mainly include stress severe eyesight problems and insomniathese are the findings of a study the impact of online teaching during the pandemic on learning and wellbeing conducted by students of lucknowbased spring dale college sdc chain of schoolsthe report is based on a survey including group discussion of 4454 respondents 3300 students 1000 parents and 154 teachers of various schoolsthe respondents were queried about the problems and benefits of online classesin the study 5458 per cent students said that they experienced severe physical strain eyesight troubles backache and headache due to postural problems apart from lethargy fatigue irritability and obesitynearly 50 per cent complained of stress and 227 per cent of insomnia while about 65 per cent of students cited technical glitches network problem difficulty concentrating while studying through mobile phonesabout 4547 per cent of students had problems in interacting with teachers and classmates and said not all people are seen on screen at a timestudents also complained of loss in confidence and low motivation the positive result of online education however is that both students and teachers have become tech savvyover 60 per cent of the students said they got additional leisure time which they used in gardening art and craft while 65 per cent said they spent free time at home which strengthened family bondinghowever both students and teachers yearned to get back to classrooms and felt that physical interaction helped in improving educational standards