Covid-19 Pandemic a New Threat to Global Education: The case of Nigeria

Abstract

This study appraises the cost implication of the online learning system on the educational system in Nigeria with a view of evaluating if the new learning system is worthy of emulation. Being a quantitative survey, this study looked at the views of academic staff of private universities in Nigeria where Frequency Distribution and the Chi-Square test were employed with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0. The study concludes that there is a significant impact of cost implication of the online platform on education system in Nigeria. It was further observed that the cost implication of the online platform does worth the academic exercise in Nigeria. The study recommends that adequate preparation by both government and the private sector educational institutions to collaborate in effort to contain the spread of the pandemic.

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Ismail Tijjani Idris, Adamu Garba Zango, Emmanuel Ndakimpa Abu

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Ismail Tijjani Idris, Adamu Garba Zango, Emmanuel Ndakimpa Abu (2021). Covid-19 Pandemic a New Threat to Global Education: The case of Nigeria. Gusau International Journal of Management and Social Sciences, 4(3), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-709525