Aderonke B. Sakpere; Ayomiposi G. Oluwadebi; Oluwatoyin H. Ajilore; Lauretta E. Malaka

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Academic Performance of Students: A Psychosocial Study Using Association and Regression Model

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Aderonke B. Sakpere ^1,* Ayomiposi G. Oluwadebi ² Oluwatoyin H. Ajilore ³ Lauretta E. Malaka ⁴

1. Department of Computer Science, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

2. Department of Geological Sciences, Osun State University, Nigeria

3. Department of Geology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

4. Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

* Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2021.05.04

Received: 30 Mar. 2021 / Revised: 27 May 2021 / Accepted: 4 Jul. 2021 / Published: 8 Oct. 2021

Index Terms

COVID-19 Pandemic, Online Education, University Students, Lockdown, Physco-social Impact, Association Analysis, Ordinal Logistic Regression

Abstract

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has affected every sector of human activities. The outbreak has not only resulted in the risk of death from infection but has greatly affected the education system globally. While universities around the world have adapted to academic changes because of this pandemic, some other universities such as in Nigeria seem to be far behind. Therefore, this study aims to understand the impact of COVID-19 on students in higher institutions in Nigeria. The study utilizes an interactive survey design to get responses from 1533 respondents who are students of tertiary institutions. Two sampling techniques, namely snow-balling and purposive, are used to administer the questionnaire. The participants are representative samples from across the 6 geo-political zones of Nigeria. The results from the descriptive analysis reveals that 11.6% of the respondents have been able to continue school online and 41.4% have a level of doubt about the ability of their school can adapt to the learning mode occurring globally. Inferential analysis was carried out to understand the association and regression between variables. Results from Chi-Square Test of association show that students from public universities are economically more affected than those from private universities (P-value < .005). The ordinal logistic model considered multiple independent variables. Results from the logistic model showed that the future effect of COVID-19 on career/academic progression of students hold, irrespective of discipline or degree of study or university category or level/year of study. Furthermore, 30% of the students, regardless of their discipline, degree of study, or university category expressed extreme or moderate hopelessness about their academic future concerning the pandemic.
The study has shown that the pandemic did not only lead to physical, technological, and economical challenges to education for Nigerian students, but also psychosocial challenges (such as hopelessness and high level of distrust for the existing educational systems) that may affect the way student engage and commit to their education in the post-pandemic world. This provides educational stakeholders including policy makers the adequate data needed to understand how exactly students have been affected and supportive measure to implement as tertiary institutions reopen for learning.

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Aderonke B. Sakpere, Ayomiposi G. Oluwadebi, Oluwatoyin H. Ajilore, Lauretta E. Malaka, " The Impact of COVID-19 on the Academic Performance of Students: A Psychosocial Study Using Association and Regression Model", International Journal of Education and Management Engineering (IJEME), Vol.11, No.5, pp. 32-45, 2021. DOI: 10.5815/ijeme.2021.05.04

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