Magnitude of COVID-19 on Rural Universities in the Eastern Cape Province: Lessons Learnt

Autor/inn/en	Newlin, Marongwe; Grasia, Chisango
Titel	Magnitude of COVID-19 on Rural Universities in the Eastern Cape Province: Lessons Learnt
Quelle	In: Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 16 (2021) 5, S.2248-2260 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-905X
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Geographic Regions; Universities; Electronic Learning; Access to Computers; Disadvantaged; Internet; Crisis Management; Foreign Countries; College Students; Rural Areas; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? University; Universität; Krisenmanagement; Ausland; Collegestudent; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This research paper aims at assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural institutions of higher learning in South Africa. It further explores lessons learnt from the magnitude of the pandemic. COVID-19 does not discriminate -- it spares no institution, no organisation, and no country but infects and affects everyone. Some institutions of learning, when hit by COVID-19 were better prepared to fight it because their alert levels were higher than that of African countries. This study adopted a desktop approach which relied on published data. The paper concludes that the impact of COVID-19 on institutions of higher learning was catastrophic. The magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural institutions of higher learning in South Africa was devastating because some universities had no strategy to counter the challenge. One of the lessons learnt was that the universities' think-tanks should plan in advance, be proactive, and be ahead of any challenge. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Birlesik Dunya Yenilik Arastirma ve Yayincilik Merkezi. Sht. Ilmiye Sakir Sokak, No: 9, Ortakoy, Lefkosa, 2681, Cyprus. e-mail: editor.cjes@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.cjes.eu/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01