COVID-19 and Education in Africa

Lydia Namatende-Sakwa is Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Education, Kyambogo University, Uganda.Sarah Lewinger is pursuing doctoral degree in Anthropology at Boston University, USA.Catherine Langsford is pursuing a doctoral degree in Education at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

• Part I: Experiences of Students and Families 1. Strengthening homes as sites of learning during emergency: Lessons from COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda 2. "I will not allow my child to go to school": Parents’ perspectives on school reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic 3. The aftermath of COVID-19 school closures in Uganda: Exploring the willingness of teenage mothers to re-enter schools Part II: Impact on Marginalised Students 4. "We are as valuable as non-disabled students": Learning experiences of female learners with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda 5. "If we eat lunch, then supper, no": Effects of COVID-19 school closures on HIV-infected and affected girls and young women in Uganda 6. Underprivileged school children’s experiences of COVID-19 preventive measures: Tales from rural Uganda Part III: E-Learning Strategies and Issues 7. "Online lessons are a waste of time": Peer-to-peer reflections on online learning in the aftermath of COVID-19 school closures in Uganda 8. Students' experiences using online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of Kyambogo University, Uganda 9. Institutional approaches to supporting students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative study of two Ghanaian public universities' online learning experiences Part IV: Emerging Educational Issues 10. The relevance of modern technologies in counselling tertiary education students in the COVID-19 era: A study at the University of Energy and Natural Resources in Ghana 11. Remote data collection for educational research during Uganda’s two-year school closure: Challenges and adaptations 12. Writing the effects of COVID-19: Emerging perspectives in Ugandan literary texts 13. Risk management strategies for teaching and learning in Ghanaian public universities during the COVID-19 pandemic