A study of secondary school teachers’ experience with e-learning during Covid-19 in Delta State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study assessed secondary school teachers’ experience with e-learning during COVID-19 lockdown in Delta State. Due to the pandemic schools are closed, teachers can no longer teach physically in class. Could e-learning be effective especially when the unexpected happens, teachers faced with a computer crash thus this can be frustrated especially during classes or when receiving assignments from pupils/students. This study intend to expose devices teachers used to impact knowledge to pupils. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. Six (6) research objectives were formulated for this study. A questionnaire was constructed after consultation of related literature to ensure that relevant items were included. A questionnaire tagged “Secondary School Teachers Experience with E-Learning during COVID- 19 Lockdown Questionnaire” (SSTELDC19LQ) were self -constructed by the researchers. The population of the study comprised of 180 teachers in Delta State who participated in e-learning to meet up with the third curriculum and eventually used for promotion of students to the next class. The researchers used the purposive sampling technique in selecting the sample for the study because of easy accessibility to respondents and schools that participated in e-learning during the lockdown. The questionnaire was administered face to face to secondary school teachers in Delta State with the support of five research assistants who were trained on how to distribute the questionnaire to the respondents. Out of the 180 copies of the questionnaire administered on Secondary school teachers in Delta State, 126 usable copies (that is, a response rate of 70%). The data collected were analysed using percentages and presented in tables. The findings revealed that secondary school teachers in International Unity School Edjeba, Alvina High School Effurun, Mother of Redeemer Catholic School, Effurun, Nehemiah International School, Okuokoko, James Welch Grammar School, Emevor and St. Theresa Girls Grammar School, Ughelli in Delta State participated in e-learning during COVID- 19 lockdown. The study further revealed that WhatsApp was dominated by schools for e-learning, the majority of participants used their personal phones, video lectures were mostly used so that participants can learn at their free period, and teachers were going to school to receive materials from their students for assessment. Finally, the majority of the respondents have challenges associated with slow Internet signals and the high cost of data. The study recommended that teachers in Delta State should increase the extent to which they collaborate on e-learning platform.