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Opinions of Ghanaian students on challenges faced during school closures due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Ghana as of 2020

Characteristic	Strongly agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly disagree
I am able to study effectively from the house	22	18	66	108
Learning alone makes it difficult to get explanation of some concepts	102	36	36	40
There is internet access in my locality to enable me learn on my phone or laptop	46	32	30	106
The online system of learning is very effective and will help many students	30	26	40	118
Having contacts with teachers enable them to explain concepts better to my understanding	118	24	28	44
I have better ICT skills to be able to access other online learning platform	60	34	32	88
I am aware of online learning platform launched by the Ministry of Education	104	44	18	48
Our teachers gave us orientation on the use of e-learning Platforms prior to the school closedown	24	32	34	124
My parents can teach me how to use the internet at home to learn	18	6	18	172
My parents supervise my learning at home without any difficulty	18	20	24	152
I have a private teacher who visits to teach me even when the school is closed down	8	10	20	176
I do not have adequate learning resources in the house to aid my learning	122	40	20	32

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Release date

2020

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Ghana

Survey time period

2020

Number of respondents

214 respondents

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Respondents had the following profile:

Male: 53 percent
Female: 47 percent
Senior High School students: 12 percent
College students: 20 percent
University students: 68 percent

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As a result of the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) since 2020, most school-going people in Ghana have been adversely affected. In spite of measures put in place by the government of Ghana to ensure that distance and online learning activities were carried out, the impact on education continued to rise by 2020. In March 2020, the president of Ghana announced that all educational institutions in the country be closed as one of the ways to control the spread of the virus. However, out of the 214 Ghanaian student respondents, 174 either disagreed or strongly disagreed that they were able to study effectively while they stayed at home.

Moreover, although most of the respondents were aware of the online learning platform launched by the Ghana Ministry of Education, 78 of them either agreed or strongly agreed that they had internet access to carry on with learning activities, while the majority (136 students) either disagreed or strongly disagreed that they had the same opportunity. Furthermore, parents' involvement in learning at home was revealed to be very low. Overall, unequal access to distance learning activities has remained an issue in the country in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.