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COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND PROBLEMS OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

Chinedu Ogoke

Abstract


The Corona virus pandemic made it easy for people to understand how the educational sector in Nigeria has failed the country. It reflected intensely the defective educational system established by the colonialists. The country ought to have relied on products of its education at different levels to keep the entire system from being overwhelmed by the problems that came with the virus. Instead, the country’s relationship with other countries as sympathizers and philanthropists and a beggar nation and recipient was in open glare. From the education ministry to local administrations in the states, education institutions are badly run. Various authorities can only make guesses at student strength at various levels. This results in loss of resources as funds cannot be properly channeled. For all the time, commentators have been talking about the state of the educational system, there are still inadequate classrooms, laboratries, libraries, unqualified instructors or insufficient hands to teach students and reliance on an alien language for instruction. To a great measure, it is connected to the political structure laid by the colonialists. The Corona virus affords the country the opportunity to look deeper into the fault lines in the educational system as well as the flawed governance in the country. An opportunity is not only being missed, Nigeria has suffered a huge setback as a result. This is what informs this study. The aim is to make a special case for the educational system. Materials for the essay are sourced from books, journal articles and newspaper write ups.

Keywords


Covid-19 Pandemic;Education;Colonialists;Language;Corruption

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