COVID-19 PANDEMIC

This study examined the Impact of Social Media on COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria citing Edo State as its case study. Social media is fundamental in the dissemination of information about the deadly coronavirus as it has always been with several other phenomena. From the city of Wuhan, China, the deadly pandemic brought huge devastation to the international community. In the wake of this, Edo State which is one of Nigeria’s states isn’t spared as the visibility of the spread called for precautionary measures. To further understand the impact or role of social media, the study keenly adopted both primary and secondary sources of data. In the primary source, the quantitative methodology was adopted with questionnaires issued to respondents in both Ekpoma, Auchi and Oredo to make up for the three Senatorial Districts in the State. While secondary data such as newspapers, magazines, texts, the internets was employed for historical analysis. The findings of the study showed that the social media was instrumental in combating the COVID-19 pandemic in Edo State showing a positive relationship between the variables. Finally, the study recommended the importance of government assistance in boosting the position of technology in Edo State and Nigeria at large

The study investigated the factors mitigating the use of E-learning technologies during the Covid-19 pandemic in Egor local government area of Edo state. 200 students from secondary schools in Egor local government area were used for the study. Four research questions were raised to guide the study. The population of the study comprised of the comprised of four thousand one hundred and eighteen (4118) senior secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area while the sample for the study comprised two hundred (200) students were selected from seven (7) schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. A structured questionnaires titled: Factors Mitigating The Use of E-learning Technology during Covid – 19 Pandemic (QFMETP) was used for data collection. The questionnaire was validated by the researcher's supervisor as well as two other experts in the Department of Curriculum and Instructional Technology while the test-re test reliability method was adopted to ascertain the reliability of the instrument which yielded a co-efficient index of .724. Data were analyzed with simple percentage method. The results revealed that the challenges of e-learning in Edo state are lack of proper orientation, low funds, shortage of trained personnel and software and finally most of the teachers aren’t computer literate, the difficulties in the use of e-learning in the face of covid-19 in Egor local government area are low funds, unavailability of internet facilities, no trained personnel and software and also the problem of no regular power supply in the community, E-learning would contribute better in the academic performance of students when compared to classroom conventional learning It was also revealed that if teachers are trained in the use of e-learning, data prices are reduced, subject oriented softwares are built and the schools are provided with good electricity generating sets, the use of e-learning would be improved. It is therefore recommended that government should be proactive in ameliorating the challenges identified in this study and build on the opportunities e￾learning offers educational institutions even post covid-19, for e-learning to be effective, appropriate measure should be given to maintenances, provision of stable internet provider to support easy and fast learning and teaching and Electricity is one of the driven force and backbone of computer and computer tools, so Government should finance and connect the rural areas particularly to a stable electric grid, basic knowledge on how to operate computer and computer related tools should be given to both the students and teachers, and government should provide educational packages for data usage for educational purpose and softwares be built for subject specifications