TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY OF EDUCATION DURING COVID-19 IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KWARA STATE
1Aboyeji, Doris Omolewa and 2Aboyeji, Oyebanji Oluseun PhD.
1Department Education Foundation, Kwara State College of Education (Technical) Lafiagi.
2Department of Biology, Kwara State College of Education (Technical) Lafiagi.
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Abstract
The study assessed the perceptions of teachers on the sustainability of education during COVID-19 in secondary schools in Kwara State. Descriptive research design of survey type was adopted in the study. The population was all teachers in all secondary schools in Kwara State, 250 teachers were sampled from25 secondary schools using simple random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire titled “Teachers’ Perceptions of Sustainability of Education during COVID-19” (TPSEC) which was validated by two experts in the field of Test and Measurement. The reliability of the instrument was ensured using test-retest reliability method. The researcher administered the instrument on 20 teachers outside the sample twice, within the interval of two weeks and data collected was analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation while the reliability coefficient obtained was 0.89. The instrument was administered by the researcher and three trained research assistants. Two research questions were raised in the study and one of them was transformed into hypothesis. The research question which could not be transformed into hypothesis was answered using mean while the hypothesis formulated was tested using t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that teachers had positive perception towards the sustainability of education during COVID-19. It also found that there was no significant difference between the perceptions of male and female teachers on the sustainability of education during COVID-19. The study recommended amongst others that modern teaching facilities that could guarantee students’ access to learning during pandemic should be put in place by government.
Keywords: COVID-19, Sustainability, Education, Secondary Schools
TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY OF EDUCATION DURING COVID-19 IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KWARA STATE
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