The COVID-19 outbreak has exposed significant change in the study culture among school children in the secondary schools especially by introducing them to be using internet more in their study. The internet proves to have highly positive educational advantages e.g.: students always have a source of information in the internet, it involves easier access to peers and teachers through communication, and the presence of digital learning material, however it also poses new challenges like distracted behaviour, internet addiction, or behaviour problems. According to research, internet use has the potential to have a positive effect in education through enhancing study habits, looking into how late one is able to study and also expanding the pool of academic material at the disposal of students. Further studies continue to reiterate on a possible negative relationship between excessive internet usage and performance among students. This research paper shall attempt to discuss the good and bad impacts of internet use on study behavior of adolescent schools going in India.
Rajput et al. (2025) studied this question.