Competency Needs Improvement for Effective Content Delivery in the Era of Covid-19 Pandemic among Electrical/Electronic Lecturers in Colleges of Education in North-East Nigeria

Abstract

This study highlighted critical concepts for managing the COVID-19 issue and its impact on electrical and electronic curricular content in colleges of education, arguing that the country cannot lose core principles and acknowledged strengths while also facing unprecedented disruption to educational systems. It is obvious that countries cannot make the globe into what it once was. This study intended to ascertain the competency gaps among Electrical/Electronics professors in colleges of education in North-East Nigeria in order to deliver content effectively in the face of the COVID-19 epidemic. The study used a descriptive survey research design and was led by two research questions and two hypotheses. The study's 62 participants were drawn from Federal Colleges of Education (Technical) in North-East Nigeria, where there were 49 lecturers and 13 technologists.There was no sampling because the complete population was used. As a tool for data collection, the researcher created a structured questionnaire titled Questionnaire for Lecturers' Competency Needs in Teaching Electrical/Electronics Curriculum Content in the Era of Covid-19 Pandemic. The instrument was validated by three professionals, and the Cronbach Alpha reliability method yielded a reliability of 0.87. The study questions were answered using the mean statistic, and the hypotheses were tested using the t-test at 0.05 level of significance. Learning Management System (LMS), Computer Managed Learning (CML), Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI), Synchronous and Asynchronous Online Teaching Strategies are among the teaching strategies that needs improvement, according to the study's findings in the area of COVID-19. It was also discovered that lecturers need to develop their skills in using interactive whiteboards, PowerPoint, and online tools like LMS, CML, and CAI, among other things. As such, College administration should make sure that the ICT unit located at the institution holds training sessions for instructors on the various e-teaching apps. In order to keep lecturers' abilities in the use of ICT facilities up to date, the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) should make sure they receive refresher courses on a regular basis.