IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE TEACHING AND LEARNING IN NIGERIA HIGHER INSTITUTIONS.

The paper investigates the impact of COVID-19 on the teaching and learning in Nigeria higher institutions. The outbreak poses serious concern to global educational system. Efforts to contain Coronavirus prompted unplanned closure of schools in many countries of the world.

Conventional strategies of teaching are not adequate for teaching geography students during the pandemic because of the lockdown and social distancing. After the announcement of closure of institutions, Nigeria is one of the nations where students are worried and went through a difficult phase of learning because a lot of course works could not be done. Many learning management systems are introduced but none of them could comeevenclosertotheimpactandqualityaphysicalclassroomcanprovide.The e-learningwouldbethebest alternative. The findings shows that COVID-19 has adverse impact on education as many educators and students relied on technology to ensure continued learning online during pandemic. However, online education was hindered by poor infrastructure such as poor network, eratic power supply, poor digital skills. The study underscores the damaging impact of COVID-19 on the teaching and learning of geography education and need for all educational institutions, educators and learners to adopt technology and improve their digital skills.