Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Students Learning Outcomes in Universities in Osun State, Nigeria
Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Students Learning Outcomes in Universities in Osun State, Nigeria

Summary/Abstract: The study investigated the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in the process of education of students from Osun Universities in Nigeria. The study is a descriptive one; a sample of 360 students from the universities in Osun State formed the participants for the study. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire structured by the researcher for data collection and its reliability level was 0.83. Data collected were analysed, using descriptive statistics, specifically mean, standard deviation, frequency counts and Person Product Moment Correction (PPMC). The findings of the study revealed that COVID-19 pandemic has negative effect on students’ learning outcomes from Osun State in Nigeria. The study revealed that there is no significant difference in the learning outcomes of students, depending on the type of school. Finally, the findings revealed that gender does not significantly differentiate the learning outcomes of the respondent students in Osun, Nigeria, under the COVID-19 pandemic situation. The following recommendations were made: government should consider the need to build good schools and equip them with modern digital facilities; government should ensure inclusion of online teaching such as integrated digital learning platforms, video lessons, broadcasting through radio and TV etc. to supplement the normal classroom teaching; educators as well as students must be trained on how to handle and use online educational devices; educators must spend quality time to prepare and make their lessons creative, interactive, relevant, student-centred and group-based; parents should pay personal attention to monitor and supervise their children until they adapt to online teaching environment; and government aid is needed in terms of investing in educational tools of the future alongside a total revamp of the educational sector as well as reforms in the national curriculum post-pandemic.

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