COVID-19 AND EDUCATION IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN RIVERS STATE
1Nweke, Emmanuel Onyekachi; 2Wobo, Anthony Anayor & 3Josephine Dick
1Department of Office Technology and Management, Capt. Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Port Harcourt
2Department of Educational Management, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt
3Department of Educational Management, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt
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ABSTRACT:
The paper looked into Covid-19 and Education in Tertiary Institutions in Rivers State. Covid-19 brought about so many issues resulting to learning lacuna in our tertiary educational institutions in Rivers State. The paper deployed secondary sources of textbooks, internet sources, and newspapers in generating literature. It covered the concept of novel covid-19 pandemic. It x-rayed students learning abilities under the ravaging covid-19 era, economic strength of students and parents to acquire learning facilities, and the remote learning under covid-19. The experiences of learning gap, the general impact on our educational system were equally examined. The paper concluded that Covid-19 obstructed learning and teaching activities in tertiary institutions in Rivers State. Parents and students had a drop in their economic life to enable them buy data and other materials to cope with the new normal method of learning. The remote learning and teaching was entirely novel to the tertiary terrain in Rivers State. There were no initial training and change management approach prior to the emergency which gulped the entire world. The paper suggested that management of tertiary institutions in Rivers State, should from time to time organize seminars and workshops on e-learning, the e-learning process should be made part of the mainstream learning process by the management of tertiary institutions in Rivers State and that academic staff in tertiary institutions should engage in personal development and not necessarily waiting for management all the time.
Key Words: Covid-19, Education, Tertiary institutions in Rivers State, Learning abilities, Economy of learning, Remote Learning.
