Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies: Home

Abstract:
In the wake of the outbreak of the COVID-19 a number of societal challenges have been brought to light such as technological inequality, unequal access to education, deteriorating state of the public health sector to mention but a few. As scientists and governments struggle to contain and understand its mode of transmission using approaches such as social distancing, border closures and total lockdown measures. These approaches have potential impact on the educational sector and the future of countries. This paper therefore seeks to critically analyze the impact of coronavirus-19 on educational development highlighting some of the challenges that inhibit the development of education during the outbreak of the disease while preferring solutions to tackle them such as the introduction of measures that guarantee that students from financially challenges families have access to distance learning packages, ensuring that the level of technology meets the educational demands of the populace, the establishment of digital platforms where teachers can share their experiences and address their challenges in distance learning, ensuring that parents and students are not over burdened with requirements for distance learning, reduce the cost of distance learning materials to mention but a few. \

Keywords: COVID-19, Coronavirus, Education, Education Development, Pandemic

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