The Effect of Covid-19 Induced School Lockdown on Teaching and Learning of Biology in Tertiary Institutions Edo State
Chapter One
Objective of the study
The objectives of the study are;
- To ascertain the effect of COVID 19 induced school’s lockdown on teaching and learning of biology in tertiary institutions Edo state.
- To investigate the effect on COVID19 on educational sector
- To find out biology students satisfaction with the institution performance in managing educational processes during the COVID-19 lockdown
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Coronavirus
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.
Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness.
The best way to prevent and slow down transmission is be well informed about the COVID-19 virus, the disease it causes and how it spreads. Protect yourself and others from infection by washing your hands or using an alcohol based rub frequently and not touching your face.
The COVID-19 virus spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes, so it’s important that you also practice respiratory etiquette (for example, by coughing into a flexed elbow).
At this time, there are no specific vaccines or treatments for COVID-19. However, there are many ongoing clinical trials evaluating potential treatments. WHO will continue to provide updated information as soon as clinical findings become available.
COVID-19 and international education
China is the third country globally in terms of the number of international students, behind the United States and the United Kingdom (UNESCO, 2019). Like most countries in Africa, available data suggest that about 5,516 Ghanaian students are currently studying in China, with 1,006 having received Chinese government scholarships. Ghana has been ranked the top African country for the number of students it sends to China for three consecutive years.
The impact of the coronavirus outbreak on these students, especially those from Africa and other developing countries, cannot be underestimated. The issues of travel ban, prohibition of social gathering and quarantines significantly impact education at all levels both within countries and internationally.
Those who are currently in the affected countries will have a distorted academic calendar and in some instances might have to abandon their education until the host country is able to control the spread of the outbreak.
Developing countries with less robust education systems may experience a breakdown of their education at all levels, while the desire of most young Africans to further their education abroad will be crushed.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought the effect of COVID 19 induced schools lockdown on teaching and learning of biology in tertiary institutions Edo state.
Sources of data collection
Data were collected from two main sources namely:
(i)Primary source and
(ii)Secondary source
Primary source:
These are materials of statistical investigation which were collected by the research for a particular purpose. They can be obtained through a survey, observation questionnaire or as experiment; the researcher has adopted the questionnaire method for this study.
Secondary source:
These are data from textbook Journal handset etc. they arise as byproducts of the same other purposes. Example administration, various other unpublished works and write ups were also used.
Population of the study
Population of a study is a group of persons or aggregate items, things the researcher is interested in getting information the effect of COVID 19 induced schools lockdown on teaching and learning of biology in tertiary institutions Edo state. 200 staff of selected tertiary institutions in Edo state state was selected randomly by the researcher as the population of the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain The effect of COVID 19 induced schools lockdown on teaching and learning of biology in tertiary institutions Edo state. In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of infectious epidemics on education sector
Summary
This study was on The effect of COVID 19 induced schools lockdown on teaching and learning of biology in tertiary institutions Edo state. Three objectives were raised which included: To ascertain the effect of COVID 19 induced school’s lockdown on teaching and learning of biology in tertiary institutions Edo state, to investigate the effect on COVID19 on educational sector and to find out biology students satisfaction with the institution performance in managing educational processes during the COVID-19 lockdown. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 staff of selected higher institution in Edo state. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made HODs, administrative staff, senior lecturers and graduate assistants were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
The outbreak of corona virus has shaken the educational sector of Nigeria off its strength. In fact, looking at the trend of the pandemic, it could be something we are going to live with for a long period of time. There is no doubt that there is going to be a serious set-back in the development of Nigeria education system if the coronavirus pandemic lockdown is not properly managed by the government and concern personnel. Schools calendar have been disrupted, there is reduction in the economic development of the country which has affected the education finance as well. Since the family income depends on the economic growth of any country, most of the families in Nigeria are experiencing economic hardship as a result of the pandemic lockdown; some of the vulnerable families having their children under the federal government free feeding scheme are being faced with the challenge of going in search of food for their children while they are with them at home. Unfortunately the illiteracy level of some parents in Nigeria is not helping the matter because not every parents or guidance could handle the black and white teaching of their children. This on a long run will cause children in these category to experience a great set-back in their academic endeavors, in fact many of them may from there drop out of school and take some other things. The pandemic lockdown has led to the shortage of funds for the educational system, parents as well are been faced with the reality of having to pay extra cost on their children academics whenever they resume to school. This is certainly a trying time for the economy, a hit on the sustainable development of the country and it is not going to be an easy experience for some households who could barely afford daily balanced diet who have been sacrificing a lot for their children to get the best education for them to become a useful and acceptable member of the society. It won’t be surprising if a larger percentage of students dropped out of schools after the pandemic lockdown in Nigeria as a result of inability to of parents to bear the cost of financing their children’s education.
Recommendation
Having observed that even the E-Learning chosen as the alternatives to be used in reaching out to the learners in the period of lockdown has not successfully work because of non unemployment of expert to manage the ICT section of the Nigeria Education system, huge tariff charges from various network providers in Nigeria. Therefore it is advisable for the Nigeria ministry of education to employ experts in the area of ICT to further introduce programs that will enhance the productivity of the education sector in order to compete with the outside world even in the period of global pandemic lockdown. These experts should design the teaching learning activities through social media platforms such as Google Classroom which is a free web service that is developed by Google for schools that aims to simplify creating, distributing and grading assignments in a paperless way with the purpose of streamlining the process of sharing files between lecturers and students. WhatsApp which is freeware, cross-platform, messaging and voice over IP service, it is owned by Facebook, Inc. It allows users to send text messages and voice messages, make voice and video calls and share images, documents, user location and other media. Zoom which is a video communication that provides video telephone and online chat services through a cloud-based peer-to-peer software platform that is used for distance education and social relations. Blog is an online journal or informational website use in displaying information in a reversed chronological order with the latest post appearing first. It is a platform where a writer shares his/her view on any concepts. All these will still maintain the social distancing rules, helps the teacher to teach, reach out to learners through voice, written words or even video conversations. Learners won’t have to miss a lot as a result of not physically present in class. Also if after a period of time, the move to reopen schools for learners in terminal classes works perfectly, it can also be extended to other levels of education enforcing all related health rules and regulations are been followed to details in order to ensure much damage is not done to the development of the Nigerian educational sector
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