Disposition of Nigerian Secondary School Students to E-Learning Technology during COVID-19 Lockdown

• Published in: Journal of innovation in psychology, education and didactics Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 131 - 142
• Main Authors: Ajewole, Titus O, Adeyemi, Sunday B, Amossou, Tobi E, Alonge, Adedotun S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bacau “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau Pedagogy of Primary and Preschool Education 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Educational Policy; Educational Technology; Learning Activities; Learning Processes; Online instruction; Secondary School Students; Secondary schools; Shelter in place; Teaching Methods; Nigeria
• ISSN: 2247-4579; 2392-7127
• DOI: 10.29081/JIPED.2021.25.2.02

Deployment of on-line teaching-learning method in Nigerian secondary schools during COVID-19 lockdown period has been criticized as not well-embraced by students. This study therefore evaluates students ' perception of the method, using the educational terrain of a Local Government Area in the country as a case study. Structured questionnaire was administered to 150 randomly selected students and their responses analysed using statistical tools. While 57.3% claimed having proper arrangements with their school on the on-line classes and 54.6% received appropriate information about the used e-teaching platforms, 30% suffered lack of facilities and 69.4% requested that topics taught on-line should be repeated in-class at schools ' resumption. In overall, a grand mean score of 2.69 on a benchmark of 2.50 on a scale of 5.00 indicates the students were fairly well-disposed to the virtual learning technology. It is, however, recommended that as the lockdown eases out, there should be make-up physical classes to remediate the deficiencies of the virtual classes.