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    Covid-19 Pandemic Prevention Protocols and Classroom Teaching and Learning in Public Primary Schools in Adamawa State, Nigeria
    (Kenyatta University, 2024-01) Bakari, Yusuf
    This study sought to examine COVID-19 prevention protocols and guidelines and how they influenced classroom teaching and learning in public primary schools in Adamawa State, Nigeria. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted to massive disruption within the education system globally, affecting learners and teachers in numerous ways. Considering the economic status and technological challenges the Nigerian education sector faces, some COVID-19 prevention protocols and guidelines faced challenges in their implementation, which needed to be fully understood by carrying out a study of this nature. The study was guided by five objectives; to examine the knowledge on COVID-19 prevention protocols and guidelines by teachers and learners in public primary schools in Adamawa State; to investigate the application of ICT integration in teaching during COVID-19 pandemic in public primary schools; to assess the utilization of learning resources during COVID-19 pandemic in public primary school; to identify challenges in the interaction between learners and teachers during teaching and learning in public primary schools and to suggest measures and interventions of addressing COVID 19 during teaching and learning in public primary schools. The study adopted mixed methods approach. Data was collected using questionnaire, interview, Focus Group Discussion and observation. To ensure reliability and internal consistency of the research instruments, a pilot study was conducted in three primary schools in Adamawa State. While the qualitative data collected were subjected to qualitative analysis thematically based on the objectives of the study, numerical data analysis was carried using SPSS software. The findings of this study revealed that, pupils and teachers in public primary schools in Adamawa State, have the knowledge on COVID-19 prevention protocols and guidelines. There was high level of ICT integration in learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in public primary schools in Adamawa State, despite challenges in network connectivity and ICT material availability. There was high level of utilization of learning materials during the COVID-19 pandemic in public primary school in Adamawa State. There were challenges in the interaction between pupils and teachers during teaching and learning in the context of COVID-19 Pandemic in public primary schools in Adamawa State, Nigeria. There are suggested measures and interventions of addressing COVID-19 pandemic during teaching and learning in public primary schools in Adamawa State, Nigeria which include: operating a shift system to reduce overcrowding in classes and sensitization on the immediate action to be taken in classes during teaching and learning in the context of COVID-19. It was recommended that there is need for the Adamawa State government to introduce seminars and workshops for the teachers to be updating their preventive knowledge in the context of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases and that Adamawa State government should incur more ICT equipment for proper integration in teaching and learning during and after the COVID-19 pandemic among other suggestions.