Research Article

PERCEPTIONS OF READINESS OF ONLINE LEARNING AMONG HEADS AND LECTURERS OF MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENTS IN KEBBI STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING

Muhammad Sani ABDURRAHMAN1*, Sadiq Buhari BELLO2
1 Department of Mathematics, Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic Birnin Kebbi
2 Department of Computer Engineering, WaziriUmaru Federal Polytechnic Birnin Kebbi
* Corresponding author: abdurrahman@wufpbk.edu.ng
Published: Oct, 2025
Pages: 134-141
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Abstract

Nigeria is said to have one of the highest numbers of out-of-school children. The adoption of technologicalinnovations is perceived as a possible solution to an accelerated education programme. Higher education inNigeria has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic’s extensive spread and the swift digital transition.Countries worldwide have resorted to online teaching and learning in an effort to guarantee continuouseducational delivery and lessen the effect of the COVID-19 epidemic on education. This clearly shows thepotential of online learning towards ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education. But because of thissudden change, this study uses a descriptive survey approach to investigate how staff and students ofmathematics view and prepare for online learning. A sample size of 101 mathematics lecturers and 7 headsof department (HODs) from all of Kebbi State’s public higher education institutions participated in the study.For data collection, two sets of self-developed 4-point Likert scale questionnaires were used. The questionnaireswere validated by experts, and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient showed a reliability coefficient of 0.80. Toascertain the degree of preparedness for online learning of mathematics HODs and lecturers, the data collectedin this study were analysed using percentages, descriptive statistics of mean, and standard deviation. Accordingto the study's overall findings, mathematics lecturers believe they have the technical skills necessary tocontextualise their pedagogical knowledge to online teaching and learning, while HODs are highly prepared forthis type of instruction. In order to safeguard the quality of online teaching and learning implementation, it wasrecommended that strategic planning be necessary to ensure that the lecturers’ and HODs’ weak points in termsof their online readiness for installing, maintaining, and enhancing ICT infrastructures are unquestionablyaddressed.

Keywords

Online learning readiness HODs mathematics lecturers institutions of higher learning

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How to Cite

ABDURRAHMAN, M. S., & BELLO, S. B. (2025). PERCEPTIONS OF READINESS OF ONLINE LEARNING AMONG HEADS AND LECTURERS OF MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENTS IN KEBBI STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING. Journal of Educational Research and Development, 20(1), 134-141.

M. S. ABDURRAHMAN, and S. B. BELLO, "PERCEPTIONS OF READINESS OF ONLINE LEARNING AMONG HEADS AND LECTURERS OF MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENTS IN KEBBI STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING," Journal of Educational Research and Development, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 134-141, October 2025.

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