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In March 2020, World Health Organization (WHO), declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Consequently all schools in Nigeria were shut down and Federal Government instructed schools to adopt online modes of teaching and learning. This study assessed the
perceptions of senior secondary school chemistry students in Benin City of the effect of COVID-19 lock-down on their academic and social life. Four research questions and four corresponding hypotheses were raised and tested. Related literatures were reviewed. The study employed the descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised of all the chemistry students from Public and Private senior secondary schools in Benin City, Edo State. The sample consisted of one hundred and five students. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire on Effects of COVID-19 Lock-down on Academic and Social Life: Perceptions of Senior Secondary Science Students. The instrument consisted of two sections. Section A is on student’s biodata, Section B is information on the effects of COVID-19 Lock-down on Academic and Social Life: Perceptions of Senior Secondary Science Students. The instrument was face validated by the supervisor. The instrument was administered to the students in their various schools by the researcher with the assistance of their class teacher. Students responded to the questionnaire, which were collected on the spot. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and independent T-test. Results showed that there is no significant difference in students’ perception of the effect of COVID-19 on their academics based on type of school and gender. Students from public and private schools; male and female students, seems to perceive COVID-19 has not affected their academics. Similarly, there is no significant difference in the perceptions of students from private and public schools on the effect of COVID-19 on their social life. They seem to also disagree that the pandemic had effect on their social life, except for male and female students from private schools who agreed. It was recommended that academics in secondary schools should be made more interesting and fulfilling for students by government providing infrastructural and elearning facilities to enhance teaching and learning of science.
perceptions of senior secondary school chemistry students in Benin City of the effect of COVID-19 lock-down on their academic and social life. Four research questions and four corresponding hypotheses were raised and tested. Related literatures were reviewed. The study employed the descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised of all the chemistry students from Public and Private senior secondary schools in Benin City, Edo State. The sample consisted of one hundred and five students. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire on Effects of COVID-19 Lock-down on Academic and Social Life: Perceptions of Senior Secondary Science Students. The instrument consisted of two sections. Section A is on student’s biodata, Section B is information on the effects of COVID-19 Lock-down on Academic and Social Life: Perceptions of Senior Secondary Science Students. The instrument was face validated by the supervisor. The instrument was administered to the students in their various schools by the researcher with the assistance of their class teacher. Students responded to the questionnaire, which were collected on the spot. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and independent T-test. Results showed that there is no significant difference in students’ perception of the effect of COVID-19 on their academics based on type of school and gender. Students from public and private schools; male and female students, seems to perceive COVID-19 has not affected their academics. Similarly, there is no significant difference in the perceptions of students from private and public schools on the effect of COVID-19 on their social life. They seem to also disagree that the pandemic had effect on their social life, except for male and female students from private schools who agreed. It was recommended that academics in secondary schools should be made more interesting and fulfilling for students by government providing infrastructural and elearning facilities to enhance teaching and learning of science.
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