1st Edition
COVID-19 and Education in Africa Challenges, Possibilities, and Opportunities
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.
Part I: Experiences of Students and Families 1. Strengthening homes as sites of learning during emergency: Lessons from COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda Betty Akullu Ezati and Leah N. Sikoyo 2. "I will not allow my child to go to school": Parents’ perspectives on school reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic Candice Groenewald, Zaynab Essack, Thobeka Ntini, Mafanato Maluleka, and Mirriam Mkhize 3. The aftermath of COVID-19 school closures in Uganda: Exploring the willingness of teenage mothers to re-enter schools Lydia Nakiyingi, Lydia Namatende-Sakwa, Grace Banturaki et al Part II: Impact on Marginalised Students 4. "We are as valuable as non-disabled students": Learning experiences of female learners with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda Rosemary Nakijoba, Racheal Ddungu Mugabi, Awobamise O. Ayodeji et al 5. "If we eat lunch, then supper, no": Effects of COVID-19 school closures on HIV-infected and affected girls and young women in Uganda Lydia Namatende-Sakwa, Lydia Nakiyingi, Agnes Kiragga et al 6. Underprivileged school children’s experiences of COVID-19 preventive measures: Tales from rural Uganda Richard Balikoowa Part III: E-Learning Strategies and Issues 7. "Online lessons are a waste of time": Peer-to-peer reflections on online learning in the aftermath of COVID-19 school closures in Uganda Lydia Namatende-Sakwa, Gabriella Eva Buteme, Watera Gail Marie et al 8. Students' experiences using online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of Kyambogo University, Uganda Wilson Mugizi and Judith Irene Nagasha 9. Institutional approaches to supporting students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative study of two Ghanaian public universities' online learning experiences Paul Kwadwo Addo, George Kwadwo Anane, Charles Marfo et al Part IV: Emerging Educational Issues 10. The relevance of modern technologies in counselling tertiary education students in the COVID-19 era: A study at the University of Energy and Natural Resources in Ghana Prince Kwame Affum and Harriet Fosua Attafuah 11. Remote data collection for educational research during Uganda’s two-year school closure: Challenges and adaptations Marjorie Sarah Kabuye Batiibwe 12. Writing the effects of COVID-19: Emerging perspectives in Ugandan literary texts Danson Sylvester Kahyana 13. Risk management strategies for teaching and learning in Ghanaian public universities during the COVID-19 pandemic George Kwadwo Anane, Paul Kwadwo Addo, Abraham Adusei et al
Biography
Lydia Namatende-Sakwa is Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Education, Kyambogo University, Uganda.
Sarah Lewinger is pursuing doctoral degree in Anthropology at Boston University, USA.
Catherine Langsford is pursuing a doctoral degree in Education at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
