Teachers’ Constrains in the Learning Process at Junior High School during Covid-19 Pandemic in Banda Aceh

Marwan Marwan (Universitas Al Muslim Bireuen)
Jalaluddin Jalaluddin (Universitas Serambi Mekkah Banda Aceh)
Fakhrul Rijal (STIS Nahdlatul Ulama Aceh)
Ibrahim Ibrahim (Universitas Serambi Mekkah Banda Aceh)

AL ISHLAH Jurnal Pendidikan
Vol 15, No 1 (2023): AL-ISHLAH: Jurnal Pendidikan

This research looks at the difficulties middle school educators face in Banda Aceh City, Indonesia, due to the covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of this investigation is to report on the challenges that emerged during the pandemic for a relatively new method of education: online study. Three public middle schools in Banda Aceh are the subjects of this study. Data is gathered through observation, interviews, and record-keeping, all hallmarks of qualitative research methods. The results show that teachers face a number of challenges when implementing online learning, including difficulties in adaptation because teachers cannot directly control their students' activities in order to assess them objectively; teachers' lack of understanding of technology, especially among older educators; teachers' encounters with passive students; teachers' less stable networks, which cause internet data quotas to become wasteful during online learning; and teachers' lack of control over their students' access to the internet, which makes it difficult to enforce strict rules and regulations.