The Impact of Corona-virus (COVID-19) on Secondary School Administration in Fako Division of the South West Region of Cameroon.

Abstract

This study has been carried out to find out how secondary school principals in Fako Division of Cameroon responded to the challenges that were visited on the execution of their duties by the Covid-19 pandemic from March of 2020 to the end of the 2022 school year.  The findings indicate that the requirements of online learning, double shift school system and the use of preventive measures to ensure sustained teaching and learning, all exerted undue pressures and adversely affected school administrators in the exercise of their responsibilities. Lack of adequate knowledge and skills in online supervision of instruction, shortage of teachers in running the double shift schooling and lack of adequate financial resources to manage the preventive measures stand out as the major challenges that faced these administrators.

Key words: Corona-virus (Covid-19), School Administration, Principals, Double shift schooling, Barrier measures.

DOI: 10.7176/PPAR/14-3-05

Publication date: October 30^th 2024