French Studies: An Antidote to Covid 19 Pandemic

doi:10.7176/jlll/81-02

Abstract

This research work sought to assess the French studies: an antidote to Covid 19 pandemic. In order to carry out this study, three research questions were raised. The survey research design, using the descriptive method was employed in the study. One hundred students were selected from Odeda Local Government area of Ogun State. Data obtained were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The find revealed that effect of Coronavirus on academic performance of students in secondary school in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State and also shows teacher attitude towards the impact of Coronavirus on academic performance of students in secondary school in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. From the find it is revealed that students’ attitudes towards the impact of Coronavirus on academic performance of students in secondary school in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. Recommendations were offered and were as follows; the federal government should intensify prevention and control measures by ensuring that all states comply with the Federal government preventive orders in order to ensure uniformity of purpose, the government should look into the modalities adopted for relief distribution across the states, with the aim of ensuring that reliefs get to the target audience and government might need to explore house to house testing of residents especially in states with high level of prevalence. DOI: 10.7176/JLLL/81-02 Publication date: August 31 st 2021

Highlights

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was first identified in Wuhan city in East China in December 2019 (Zhu et al, 2020), has spread at an alarming rate and become a major challenging global public health problem (Phelan et al, 2020)
Officials with the French government have announced the closure of schools, colleges, universities and other educational institutions to prevent the rapid spread of COVID-19 by disrupting important chains of transmission (Sahu, 2020)
According to monitoring by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the closure of educational institutions impacted over 87% of the student population worldwide (De Oliveira et al, 2020)

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was first identified in Wuhan city in East China in December 2019 (Zhu et al, 2020), has spread at an alarming rate and become a major challenging global public health problem (Phelan et al, 2020) In response to this pandemic situation, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency of international concern on January 30, 2020 (World Health Organization 2020). As well as universities, became uncertain about how online teaching would be delivered, such as the procedures for assessments, projects and semester-end final examinations (Sahu, 2020) This situation has created a sense of uncertainty, stress and anxiety that might lead to unfavourable outcomes regarding the psychological health of students (Al-Rabiaah et al, 2020).

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