Assessment of Students' Involvement in Online Teaching and Learning during Covid-19 Pandemic in the Federal Science and Technical College, Ahoada, Rivers State

Abstract

The Covid-19 Pandemic compelled schools in many countries, including Nigeria to move all teaching and learning activities online. The teaching and learning activities inevitably shifted to a full electronic learning with the help of the school media in the Federal Science and Technical College, Ahoada. This study seeks to assess students' involvement in online teaching and learning during covid-19. Descriptive research design was used for this study.  A self-structured questionnaire was employed and a purposive sampling technique was used to select 245 respondents. A reliability of 0.68 was obtained and frequency and percentages were used to describe the variables. Results showed that 95% of the respondents had a study plan that enabled them get involved in online learning. Although 60% of the respondents indicated the high cost of internet subscription and 50% quality of service delivery by service providers as part of factors that hamper students active involvement, 35% indicated that the best time to study during the pandemic was in the afternoon. The study recommended that training on awareness, knowledge and interaction with online learning resources for teaching and learning should be encouraged to students, a review of ICT policy to favour educational institutions, students and teachers towards acquiring ICT infrastructure.