Abstract
Over the years, education has been a source of sustainable development in many countries in the world. Unfortunately, even though it is a potent weapon for measuring a country's development, it has suffered setbacks resulting in poor quality education. Quality Education is a significant prerequisite for developing every country's one of the United Nations' sustainable development goals. According to the United Nations, every child is entitled to quality and accessible education equipped with skills useful for their future development. For a child to enjoy quality education regarding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, technology is necessary. Technology in education has helped solve many problems, making life-learning processes enjoyable and exciting for every child to learn. The adoption of technology in education comes with many advantages embedded in improving communication and research. However, some challenges have affected easy access to learning, which has led to low participation in educational activities. This study embraces the Modernization theory, which talks about the description and explanation of transformation processes from a simple traditional society to a more complex modern society in all spheres of life. Hence, this paper seeks to examine the challenges and impacts of technological advancement in education in Nigeria.
Highlights
Over the years, education has been a source of sustainable development in many countries in the world
Even though it is a potent weapon for measuring a country's development, it has suffered setbacks resulting in poor quality education (Fagbohun, George, Olonade, and Aderoju, 2018)
Quality Education is a significant prerequisite for developing every country's one of the United Nations' sustainable development goals
Summary
Education has been a source of sustainable development in many countries in the world. The pandemic exposed many weaknesses in many nations of the world, mostly African countries leading to inadequate or late response among the education stakeholders regarding the accessibility of the internet for school children and learning materials. Digital technology has provided platforms for learning opportunities for school-children worldwide, children in remote places It has promoted the right level of participation towards online learning among children and accesses a wide variety of informative and educational content, which was inaccessible to earlier generations of children (Delmater, 2004). One of the learning frameworks that enables students to connect with the teacher to learn outside the school context is the Google classroom This can be inculcated into the child education, especially in the wake of pandemic like the current Covid-19 bedeviling the world.
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