Management of Pre-Primary Education in Ibadan North East Local Government Area, Oyo State Nigeria during Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown: Activities, Challenges and Effects
Abstract
Abstract
The impact of Covid 19 pandemic can never be undermined in the society and this compelled government to declare lockdown either fully or partially among other measures to prevent the further spread of the virus. This thus affects greatly educational institutions as Pre-primary schools owners and adopted various strategies in managing the phenomenon. It is therefore expedient to investigate the management during the lockdown in Nigeria The study adopted the phenomenological approach for the qualitative data because the researchers tend to establish the experience of pre-school owners in running the learning activities during the lockdown. The population for the study was pre-school owners in Oyo State. Simple random technique was used to select 150 participants. The Qualitative Data were collected with a self-design “Management of Pre-primary School Keynote Interview” and audio recording. In order to ensure that the effectiveness of the instrument, it was shown to the experts for the face validity. The qualitative data obtained were transcribed and summarized to provide basis for interpretation and thematically analysed. Results of the study revealed that some schools organized online teaching while others did not. Based on the results, it was concluded that government at all levels should be holistic in their approach when dealing with education especially pre-primary education as wrong decision(s) could mar destinies of these children and the nation at large. Finally, it was recommended that School owners should organize training for the caregivers on how to use digital learning platforms, and many others.
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