MATHEMATICS EDUCATION AS A SOLUTION TO COVID-19 INFLICTED EDUCATION DIVIDE PROBLEMS

ADIGUN Olatunde Thomas Ph.D.(1),


(1) Department of General Studies Education (Science Unit), School of General Education, Oyo State College of Education, Lanlate, Nigeria.
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Abstract


This study discusses the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic as it has affected Nigerian schools and the challenges encountered in deploying various e-learning platforms to help ensure the academic calendar runs to an end. Specific areas of deployment of information technology innovations in mathematics education like internet, online instructional learning tools, open and distance learning, and open educational resources were discussed. Implications of ICT integration for the stakeholders in mathematics education such as students, teachers, school administrators, and policy makers in education as well as ways forward to education divide problems exposed by coronavirus pandemic were also discussed.

Keywords


Mathematics education, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Coronavirus, Teaching and Learning.

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