Repositioning Primary Education for Sustainability in Post Covid-19 Era

Abstract

The outbreak of mysterious pneumonia caused by a novel corona virus vis-à-vis Respiratory Syndrome Corona virus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) began in Wuhan China in the Month of December of the year 2019. SARS-Cov-2 exhibited person to person transmission of what became labeled as COVID-19 which quickly led to a World Wide (WW) outbreak of potentially fatal pneumonia and was declared as a pandemic in March 11, 2020 by World Health Organization (WHO). It has spread (WW) with over 174 million infected cases and more than 3.79 million deaths as at (June 11, 2021).This paper is therefore centered on the repositioning of primary education for sustainability in the post covid-19 era. The concept of primary education as perceived by various authors was brought to bear as well as the objectives of primary education as stipulated in the National Policy on Education. The paper considered the different challenges of primary education such as; covid-19 pandemic which led to lockdown and closure of schools, insecurity, food insecurity, inadequate competent and qualified teachers, poor funding among others. The repositioning of primary education was highlighted based on the identified challenges/problems. This include the following; establishment of good safety and health habits through vigorous compliance with covid-19 protocols by wearing nose masks, face mask, practicing regular hand washing and maintaining  of social distance in the schools; equitable and adequate funding of primary education to check future interruption of the primary education sector etc.

Country : Nigeria

1 Margaret Enyia Ferdinand2 Uduak Edet Uwe3 Aniema Edet Otu

  1. Academic Doctor, Department of Primary Education, Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa-Nigeria
  2. Academic Doctor, Department of Curriculum and Teaching (Elementary Education), University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
  3. Academic Doctor, Department of Business Education, Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa-Nigeria

IRJIET, Volume 7, Issue 4, April 2023 pp. 216-220

doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2023.704032

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