Nigeria: COVID-19 strategies for schools 2021| ��ƽ��

Opinions on important COVID-19 strategies that should be implemented in Nigerian schools as of 2021, by area

Characteristic	Rural	Urban
Other*	6%	6%
Holiday lessons	15%	15%
Focus on teaching basic reading and maths	14%	10%
Add more hours to the school day	29%	33%
Test levels of learning when children return	10%	19%
Repeat the missed school period	16%	11%
Add more days to school calendar	10%	6%

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Release date

January 2021

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Region

Nigeria

Survey time period

January 9-25, 2021

Number of respondents

1,950 respondents

Special properties

households

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

The survey had been conducted on households with at least one child that is attending school in the 2020/2021 school year or attended in the 2019/2020 school year.
Phone survey.
* "Reduce the content of each subject taught" or "Reduce the number of subjects taught"

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Most respondents in Nigerian households who had at least one child that went to school between 2019 and 2021 favored adding more hours to school days to cope with the COVID-19 impacts that hindered the learning process of their children. While 33 percent of urban area residents favored this method, 29 percent of rural area residents considered it effective. Holiday lessons were the second most favored method, as 15 percent of both urban and rural residents saw in this strategy an effective way to compensate for breakdowns in the learning process of their children. A considerable 16 percent of rural residents suggested repeating the missed school year due to COVID-19, while only 11 percent of their urban counterparts considered this a good strategy. Almost all respondents in both rural and urban areas excluded removing or reducing subjects from the school curriculum. Even though adding more hours to school days had the highest audience, the majority of Nigerian parents had different opinions and preferences regarding the best strategy.