MANAGEMENT OF TEACHER-PUPILS INTERACTION AND DISTANCE LEARNING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (PRE PRIMARY AND PRIMARY) IN EMERGENCY PERIODS IN NIGERIA

Abstract

This chapter discusses the management of teacher-pupils interaction and distance learning in emergency periods in Nigeria. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria in February 2020, the school system was unexpectedly shut down, forcing children to stay at home for a long period. The stay at home principle lingered for more than expected. As a result, the issue of how to engage children in learning so there will be no educational breakdown ensured. The paper study the capability of early childhood educators of meeting the challenges in emergency periods, and considers this in the areas of the ECE expertise, their technological and mental preparedness and other areas for man-made and natural emergencies as the world is facing currently. It concludes that for distance learning in emergency periods to work, government must promote school-home collaboration and suggested among other things that teachers must be technologically and mentally prepared on rapid response to meet the educational needs of emergency affected children.