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What is Educational Inequity

Chapter 14
Handbook of Research on Social Justice and Equity in Education
Inequity generally refers to injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards. Therefore, educational inequity implies the lopsided provision of education, in which case a section of the population is favoured while another section is disadvantaged. The provision of education during the COVID-19 lockdown favoured learners from high socioeconomic status sections of the Ugandan population while those from low socioeconomic were disadvantaged.
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COVID-19 Management Strategies and Inequities in Educational Programs in Tororo District, Uganda
Emmanuel James Oketcho (Busitema University, Uganda) and Dennis Zami Atibuni (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9567-1.ch014
Abstract
In this study, the authors investigated the extent to which the management strategies intended to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus impacted the implementation of educational programs in Tororo District, Uganda. The objectives of the study included (1) determining the levels of implementation of education programs in Uganda during the COVID-19 lockdown, (2) determining the extent to which COVID-19 pandemic management strategies were effective in preventing COVID-19 spread in Uganda, and (3) exploring factors other than COVID-19 pandemic management strategies that affected the implementation of education programs in Tororo District, Uganda. It used a simple random sample of 202 teacher participants. The results indicated low to high levels of effectiveness of the pandemic management strategies and a generally low mean level of implementation of the educational programs. Other factors that affected education programs during the COVID-19 lockdown were also identified. Implications for policy and practice were discussed.
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