Covid 19 And Education In Africa

Author : Lydia Namatende-Sakwa,Sarah Lewinger,Catherine Langsford
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000785227

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COVID-19 and Education in Africa by Lydia Namatende-Sakwa,Sarah Lewinger,Catherine Langsford Pdf

With comprehensive examples from researchers across East Africa, West Africa, and Southern Africa, the book examines how primary, secondary, and tertiary education was affected by the pandemic and how its effects are shaping the future of education in Africa. This book addresses diverse issues relating to COVID-19 and education, including the gendered-, classed-, and disability-related effects of the pandemic; African educators’ and students’ experiences with different remote learning technologies; and the outcomes of government interventions in education, such as prolonged school closures. The chapters and case studies highlighted in the volume represent the voices of African educators, students, and parents as they share their experiences of the pandemic and their perspectives on how learning should be optimised to better manage future disruptions to education. This book is the first of its kind to comprehensively examine the effects of COVID-19 on education in Africa and will be essential reading for researchers, academics, and scholars of African education, international and comparative education, and education policy.

Author : Nivedita Das Kundu,Aloysius Nyuymengka Ngalim
Publisher : Vij Books India Pvt Ltd
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789390439683

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COVID-19 by Nivedita Das Kundu,Aloysius Nyuymengka Ngalim Pdf

COVID-19 pandemic has created the most significant disruption of education systems that history has ever recorded in all continents. Closures of schools and other learning spaces have impacted hugely on the world’s student population. The book contributes to the debate on experiences during the pandemics by portraying the virus's continued virulence, education disruption, impact on the social and economic sectors, medical concerns, and local and global responses. The book provides a variety of stimulated innovations within the education sector, approaches in support of education and training continuity, the accelerated changes in modes of delivering quality education, distance learning problems and the promising future of learning. Case Studies from different countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America have examined the massive efforts made in a short time to respond to the shocks to local and global education systems. The COVID-19 crisis and the unparalleled education disruption is far from over. So, what is the way forward? The research chapters provide experiences and new perspectives of stopping a learning crisis from becoming a generational cataclysm.

Author : Fernando M. Reimers
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030815004

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Primary and Secondary Education During Covid-19 by Fernando M. Reimers Pdf

This open access edited volume is a comparative effort to discern the short-term educational impact of the covid-19 pandemic on students, teachers and systems in Brazil, Chile, Finland, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. One of the first academic comparative studies of the educational impact of the pandemic, the book explains how the interruption of in person instruction and the variable efficacy of alternative forms of education caused learning loss and disengagement with learning, especially for disadvantaged students. Other direct and indirect impacts of the pandemic diminished the ability of families to support children and youth in their education. For students, as well as for teachers and school staff, these included the economic shocks experienced by families, in some cases leading to food insecurity and in many more causing stress and anxiety and impacting mental health. Opportunity to learn was also diminished by the shocks and trauma experienced by those with a close relative infected by the virus, and by the constrains on learning resulting from students having to learn at home, where the demands of schoolwork had to be negotiated with other family necessities, often sharing limited space. Furthermore, the prolonged stress caused by the uncertainty over the resolution of the pandemic and resulting from the knowledge that anyone could be infected and potentially lose their lives, created a traumatic context for many that undermined the necessary focus and dedication to schoolwork. These individual effects were reinforced by community effects, particularly for students and teachers living in communities where the multifaceted negative impacts resulting from the pandemic were pervasive. This is an open access book.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004514461

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Higher Education in the Face of a Global Pandemic by Anonim Pdf

The manuscript reflects on the extent to which COVID-19 influenced the education system in Africa, notably South Africa. The purpose was to document lessons learned to inform decision-making and practice while drawing conclusions for future usage.

Author : Admire Mare,Erisher Woyo,Elina M. Amadhila
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000802689

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Teaching and Learning with Digital Technologies in Higher Education Institutions in Africa by Admire Mare,Erisher Woyo,Elina M. Amadhila Pdf

This book critically examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated digital innovation within higher education using case studies from Africa. Imagining a future for post-pandemic higher education, it analyses the challenges and opportunities of remote teaching and learning. The book explores the structural barriers around access to higher education and how these were reconfigured and amplified by technology-dependent teaching and learning. Case studies from countries across Africa provide unique insights into the challenges experienced by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) during the COVID-19 pandemic, examining examples of emergent pedagogies such as online, mobile and social media-enhanced teaching, and blended learning. The chapters consider online assessment and teacher professional development, critically examining some of the benefits and structural challenges of digital technology integration in the context of pre-existing education disparities (such as students and teachers living in poverty-stricken and highly unequal societies). Offering invaluable insights into higher education in Africa, the book will be essential reading for researchers, scholars, and students in the fields of higher education study, digital education and educational technology, and African and comparative education. It will also be of interest to higher education managers and policymakers.

Author : Tennyson Mgutshini,Kunle Oparinde ,Vaneshree Govender
Publisher : African Sun Media
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781991201195

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Covid-19: Interdisciplinary Explorations of Impacts on Higher Education by Tennyson Mgutshini,Kunle Oparinde ,Vaneshree Govender Pdf

Premised on the disruption and lessons learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic, and in meticulous response to the impact of the pandemic on higher education – especially in South Africa – this collection of chapters spotlights the effects, consequences, and ramifications of an unprecedented pandemic in the areas of knowledge production, knowledge transfer and innovation. With the pandemic, the traditional way of teaching and learning was completely upended. It is within this context that this book presents interdisciplinary perspectives that focus on what the impact of Covid-19 implies for higher education institutions. Contributors have critically reflected from within their specific academic disciplines in their attempt to proffer solutions to the disruptions brought to the South African higher education space. Academics and education leaders have particularly responded to the objective of this book by focusing on how the academia could tackle the Covid-19 motivated disruption and resuscitate teaching, research, and innovation activities in South African higher education, and the whole of Africa by extension.

Author : World Bank Group
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781464810985

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World Development Report 2018 by World Bank Group Pdf

Every year, the World Bank’s World Development Report (WDR) features a topic of central importance to global development. The 2018 WDR—LEARNING to Realize Education’s Promise—is the first ever devoted entirely to education. And the time is right: education has long been critical to human welfare, but it is even more so in a time of rapid economic and social change. The best way to equip children and youth for the future is to make their learning the center of all efforts to promote education. The 2018 WDR explores four main themes: First, education’s promise: education is a powerful instrument for eradicating poverty and promoting shared prosperity, but fulfilling its potential requires better policies—both within and outside the education system. Second, the need to shine a light on learning: despite gains in access to education, recent learning assessments reveal that many young people around the world, especially those who are poor or marginalized, are leaving school unequipped with even the foundational skills they need for life. At the same time, internationally comparable learning assessments show that skills in many middle-income countries lag far behind what those countries aspire to. And too often these shortcomings are hidden—so as a first step to tackling this learning crisis, it is essential to shine a light on it by assessing student learning better. Third, how to make schools work for all learners: research on areas such as brain science, pedagogical innovations, and school management has identified interventions that promote learning by ensuring that learners are prepared, teachers are both skilled and motivated, and other inputs support the teacher-learner relationship. Fourth, how to make systems work for learning: achieving learning throughout an education system requires more than just scaling up effective interventions. Countries must also overcome technical and political barriers by deploying salient metrics for mobilizing actors and tracking progress, building coalitions for learning, and taking an adaptive approach to reform.

Author : Martin Munyao
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781666916072

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Online Learning, Instruction, and Research in Post-Pandemic Higher Education in Africa by Martin Munyao Pdf

Online Learning, Instruction, and Research in Post-Pandemic Higher Education in Africa, edited by Martin Munyao, argues that beyond survival, universities need to adapt to technology-mediated communication learning in order to thrive. Disruptive technologies have recently proved to be means of thriving for institutions of higher learning. This book reflects on how leveraging on education technology has transformed teaching, learning, and research Higher Education Institutions (HEI) impacting Africa through digital transformation. In particular, HEIs are collaborating more now than ever before. Finally, this book addresses the challenges of teaching STEM programs online in Africa.

Author : Gilbert Motsaathebe
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 1536190713

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Education in Africa by Gilbert Motsaathebe Pdf

"This book comes at a time when Africa is attempting to reinvigorate itself, putting itself on a path for continued stability and economic growth. These reformations have been more pronounced in the educational system, as educational institutions in Africa try to find new ways of making themselves more relevant and repositioning themselves to respond to numerous problems confronting the continent. The book tackles wide-ranging and topical issues that include the decolonisation of education, the implications of COVID-19 on institutions of higher learning, pandemic discourse and education in Africa, gender issues in education, indigenous knowledge systems, transnational education (TNE) partnerships and distance learning issues. This book is a timely contribution that includes views from seasoned scholars from different parts of the continent, such as Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Kenya, as well as the African Diaspora such as Germany and the United Kingdom. The book will be a useful resource for educators, policymakers and students in various sub-fields related to education"--

Author : UNESCO,United Nations Children's Fund,World Bank (the)
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231004940

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COVID-19 Learning Losses by UNESCO,United Nations Children's Fund,World Bank (the) Pdf

Since the beginning of the pandemic, efforts have been made to monitor both school closures (and re-opening) and the measures put in place to ensure continuity of learning. These include the Survey of Ministries of Education on National Responses to COVID-19, jointly supported by UNESCO, UNICEF and the World Bank. However, to date, no systematic evidence has been available on how students' learning is being affected by the disruptions caused by the pandemic or on the impact of education response measures initiated by governments. This report contributes to filling this evidence gap and includes a series of simulations of potential learning losses due to COVID-19 and exploration of their longer-term implications. The analysis is based on the Enabling learning for all framework, which outlines access, engagement and enabling environment as the three crucial enablers for learning, while the simulation assumptions are informed by the evidence on school closures and governments' education-related responses, collected through the joint survey.

Author : Ogechi Adeola
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030881528

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Gendered Perspectives on Covid-19 Recovery in Africa by Ogechi Adeola Pdf

This book describes the political, social, and economic connections between gender and the Covid-19 pandemic. The authors offer innovative ideas for recovery that will build a more prosperous, healthy, equitable, and sustainable future for African women and girls, targets identified under Goal 5 (Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment) of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals slated to be achieved by 2030. Within this context, authors identify issues related to the protection of women and girls from poverty, hunger, and gender-based violence; improved healthcare and healthcare workforce experiences; girl-child education; financial inclusion; and entrepreneurship opportunities for women in fintech, tourism, and information, communication and technology (ICT). The book concludes with a discussion of economic empowerment for women that focuses on normalising the ‘un-normal’ outcome of the pandemic. The book will be of value to policymakers, non-profit organisations, practitioners, and scholars who understand the importance of gender equality and women empowerment in the African continent.

Author : Felix Maringe,Otilia Chiramba
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783031424021

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Online Teaching and Learning in the COVID-19 Era by Felix Maringe,Otilia Chiramba Pdf

This book examines the ongoing changes initially caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the future prospects of teaching and learning in higher education institutions. It focuses on the impact of online education on issues of learning equity and epistemic justice. The transition from traditional face-to-face teaching to remote learning has exacerbated existing inequalities in epistemological access among higher education students, despite the shortcomings of the former in this regard. The book features essays by African academics who reflect on the challenges of epistemological access during the sudden shift to hybrid, blended and remote teaching and learning. It specifically explores the question of equitable learning in diverse home contexts, drawing on both theoretical and empirical studies conducted by the authors in South African universities and the region. The chapters employ the conceptual framework of epistemic injustice to define and explore various forms of such injustice, providing a basis for analyzing the implications of the transition to online pedagogy.

Author : Fernando M. Reimers
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783031426711

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Schools and Society During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Fernando M. Reimers Pdf

This open access book provides an analysis of the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on diverse education systems, and of the results of the policies adopted to sustain educational opportunities. Through a series of diverse national case studies, the book examines the preexisting fragilities and vulnerabilities in educational structures which shaped the nature of the varied responses, around the world, to teaching and learning during the worst crisis in public education in recent history. The chapters in the book take stock of how educational opportunities changed in various education systems around the world as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, answering the question of what did education systems, and societies, learn about education as a result of the pandemic. The book covers diverse education systems, with varying levels of resources and facing distinct education challenges, including Brazil, Chile, Finland, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, and the United States.

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789231003899

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Socio-economic and cultural impacts of COVID-19 on Africa by UNESCO Pdf

Author : Sarah Naliaka Likoko,Navin Imbova Mackatiani,Caleb Imbova Mackatiani
Publisher : Eliva Press
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 163648476X

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Coronavirus: Implications for E-learning in Kenya: Mitigation of Covid-19 by Sarah Naliaka Likoko,Navin Imbova Mackatiani,Caleb Imbova Mackatiani Pdf

There is no doubt that education plays a crucial role in the contemporary world. Africa, including Kenya cannot be excluded from the global society. Despite many problems that COVID-19 has caused to the world, some positive moments could be underlined. Online teaching provides possibilities of learning anywhere with the Internet connection and convenient time. What is more problematic in Africa is lack of knowledge on how to teach online. That is why these aspects should be studied more profoundly. Learning online is a great advantage in our modern world giving much more possibilities than before. The paper describes an attempt to focus on the ways of Coronavirus impact on African education. A special attention is paid to Kenya. Maybe for Europe or America countries this study is not so significant, but for African continent it is a real breakthrough. The study also provides some data on the attitude to education and its recent changes. Education stakeholders should facilitate schools to acquire essential equipment for I.C.T. It was also recommended that In-Service Education and Training (INSETS) be organized for teachers to equip them with digital competencies.The results of this study are of good basis for other investigations with the similar problems aimed at analysis of the influence of COVID-19 on Education. The ways of mitigating negative impact of the current situation and improvement of online courses introduction for both students and teachers were discussed deeper and taken into consideration. The study findings also, provide additional knowledge of teaching approaches in schools.