COVID-19 AND EDUCATION IN GHANA: A TALE OF CHAOS AND CALM
Abstract
Every sector of the world’s economy has been affected by the novel corona virus and the world is yet to realize the full length of the damage of the pandemic according to a report by World Health Organization (WHO). Education in Ghana and many other countries in the world is in limbo. The COVID-19 pandemic now threatens to make education outcomes even worse. The pandemic has already had profound impacts on education by closing schools almost everywhere on the planet, in the largest simultaneous shock to all education systems in our lifetime. This article reviews the effects of COVID-19 on the various levels of Education in Ghana and suggest ways to minimizing the impact. It takes a look at the extent to which the pandemic has run life aground and measures set up by the government to curtail the spread. It critically discusses the emergency remote teaching and learning which has been adopted by the affected countries in place of the traditional face-to-face. It concludes that setting virtual online platforms for continuous teacher-learner interactions is the way forward, however, a lot needs to be done to make it possible in developing countries.
Keywords: Corona Virus, COVID-19, Education, Emergency Remote Learning, Ghana
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