IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

Globally, the world is faced with the COVID-19 pandemic which has held the economy at ransom not exempting the educational sector. This pandemic has brought about recent changes and disruptions in the educational sector which serves as a catalyst for the development of any nation. Educational sector globally is seen to be shifting towards e-learning in order to cushion the effect of this pandemic. The challenges arise as a result of the varying degree of preparedness of the institutions, lack of infrastructures, paucity of funds and policy issues in the Nigeria education sector. It is in tandem with this prevailing issue that this paper examines the Nigeria educational system based on the global pandemic. This paper further discusses the necessity of e-learning; identifies and discusses challenges as well as opportunities. It was recommended that to minimize the impact on the continuity of learning for students, Ministries of Education in several Sub-Saharan African countries like Nigeria should expedite the campaign to adopt distance learning mode through radio lessons in FM radio stations and TV lessons in TV stations