Covid-19 Pandemic and Its Implications for the Academic Performance of Secondary School Students in jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study sought to ascertain the COVID-19 Pandemic and its implications for the academic performance of secondary school students in  Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. Secondary school plays a foundational role and serves as the gateway to tertiary  education. What a student turns out to educationally largely depends on it. Unfortunately, secondary education in the time of COVID-19 is  under threat as the lockdowns and shutdowns prompted by COVID-19 have kept so many students out of school, posing a serious  threat to their education, health and safety. The scope of the research work is covering secondary schools in Jos North Local Government  Area. The broad objective of the study was to examine the COVID-19 implications for secondary school performance in the study area and  the specific objectives were to examine the extent of academic negligence suffered by secondary school students during the  COVID-19 lockdown, examined the extent to which secondary school students were abused and neglected during the C0VID-19 lockdown  and the extent to which the lockdown affected the digital literacy of the unprivileged secondary school students. The study used the  qualitative methodology or approach. The research results or findings show that the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for the  academic performance of secondary school students in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. It kept the students out of  school and posed a serious threat to their health and safety. Digital learning is highly recommended.