This refers to a program for providing education. The programm is built on achievements and also focuses on the challenges, to mitigate, for example, risks related to or associated with a previous or parallel program. The program also considers a strategic move towards safe, equitable, and effective delivery of education to the intended students. In the case of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Uganda in partnership with nongovernmental organisations such as UNICEF provided a homeschooling education program for continued education through radio, television, and print reading materials. Individual institutions that had the capacity also offered online lessons and materials through zoom, Microsoft Teams, Whatsapp, and other platforms for continued educational support of their learners.
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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.