Access to University Education in Africa under the COVID-19 Pandemic:
| dc.contributor.author | Olayinka, Olaniyi Felix | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-31T10:41:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-31T10:41:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The COVID 19 was a contagious disease without any endorsed vaccine, at the initial stages, but exigencies compelled the introduction of preventive measures to curtail escalation, and such measures later got recognition as the „new normal way‟ of doing things. The paper as such investigates the directives of the United Nations and other regulatory bodies as they conceived policies particularly that while the lock down directives were on, schooling and education should go on by distance arrangement. The paper observes that if education had to run while students studied from home, the role of Information communication technology and learning devices on networking, collaboration and interaction among students and academic staff cannot be overemphasised. The paper notes that the pre-COVID-19 university access was not impressive on account of inadequate teaching infrastructure and learning environment. It argues that infrastructural deficit rather hindered most states in Africa taking full benefit of information communication technology and the internet for learning. The paper examines the issue of development and links it with good governance, investigating if successive governments‟ financial commitments to education in Nigeria had been adequate. It notes that if states have not done well in terms of giving the right infrastructure to grow a nation, university education‟s prospects of contributing to human capital enhancement cannot be realised. It observes that the high rate of patronage will not be justified with a declining standard of university education owing to public sector corruption and inadequate funding. The situation is not made better by the COVID-19 global pandemic and the inability to explore as appropriate, the online learning facilities. The hitherto inadequate access has been further compounded. The paper adopts doctrinal model of investigation just as it recommends good governance to effect development. It concludes that non access to teaching facilities during COVID-19 has further given a boost to the out-of school children population. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Olayinka OF; Olayinka AO & Taiwo TF, ‘Access to University Education in Africa Under the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Prospects and Challenges of the Information Communication Technology Towards Bridging Learning Gap in Nigeria’ (2024) (9) Novena University Law Journal; ISSN-L 2579-12X) 05 – 26; | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2579-12X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.run.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4062 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Novena University Law Journal | |
| dc.title | Access to University Education in Africa under the COVID-19 Pandemic: | |
| dc.title.alternative | The Prospects and Challenges of the Information Communication Technology towards Bridging Learning Gap in Nigeria’ | |
| dc.type | Article |