The education manager in the covid-19 era: Dilemma to responsiveness and continuity of education
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Date
2021
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African Journal of Educational Management
Abstract
This paper discusses the challenges facing the educational manager in the era of Covid-19, which has
not only disrupted education activities but also depleted actors of their economic prowess. The paper
further examines specific education challenges, including; Syllabi circumvention, remodeled education
calendar, declining students’ morality, disengaged staff and students as they diverted in search of
alternative survival modalities. Yet, whereas the status quo in terms of budgets and facilities has
remained, the education manager is expected to refocus institutions’ visions using the ‘new normal’
strategies to repossess institutions’ glory. The authors argue that while Covid-19 has affected all
sectors in varying magnitudes, the education sector specifically has been the most affected of all.
Considering that, education leads to productive, peaceful, healthy, prosperous societies, as well as
socio-economic development of a country, there is no doubt that the education manager is squarely
accosted. Paradoxically, whereas the manager is expected to adopt the ‘new normal’ arrangements for
the learning to continue, the enablers have remained ‘same old story’. The paper concludes that
although some of the education institutions re-opened amidst the prevalence of the pandemic with
limited budgets, this attempt was to mitigate the ‘pile-on effect’. Consequently, institutions should
embrace online teaching and practice ‘cost cutting strategies’, to continue performing their expected
responsibilities’ and deliver quality education in the ‘new normal’.
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Covid-19, cybergogy, education manager, heutagogy, quality education
Citation
Kaguhangire-Barifaijo, M., Namara, R. B., & Rwemisisi, J. (2021). The education manager in the covid-19 era: Dilemma to responsiveness and continuity of education. African Journal of Educational Management, Teaching and Entrepreneurship Studies, 2(2), 26-33. 10.5897/AJEMATES2021.0014