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CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19), NEW NORMAL AND ADULT LEARNING: CHALLENGES AND OPPRTUNITIES IN AN AGRARIAN COMMUNITY
Keywords
Coronavirus, new normal, adult learning, challenges, opportunities
Session Abstract
Before 2019, neither SARS-CoV-2 nor its genetic sequences had ever been identified in viruses of humans or animals. This research studied the effects of the COVID-19 on adult education in Ibarapa Central Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria.
Session Description
Safe keeping and healthy environment at the venue of adult education programme is imperative. As complementary to literature in adult education, the adult educators and learners now know how to manage the environment; and keep fit and safe in the circumstances of COVID-19 and the likes. The agrarian community needs infrastructures for online learning in the circumstances of COVID-19 and similar pandemics. It is the responsibility of the local and state governments, and their agencies to enforce regulations of programmes and ensure infrastructures, namely, healthcare delivery system, electricity and power, and cheap and reliable Internet connectivity.