Effect of coronavirus disease (covid-19) on the academic performance of students in federal polytechnic, Nasarawa, Nasarawa state – Nigeria

Abstract

Educational sector in the world was affected by coronavirus most especially academic activities besides, students are expected to receive quality services at the time that the service is seriously needed but this is often not achieved in practice due to Covid-19 pandemic. The study objective was to examine the effect of Covid-19 pandemic on students academic performance in Federal
Polytechnic Nasarawa. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses. Population of 400 students with a sample of 200 students were drawn and findings revealed that lockdown, social distancing, use of facemask and the perception about Covid-19pandemic have significantly affected the performance of students. The study recommended that Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa obliged to modify their strategy on the awareness campaign to educate the students on coronavirus disease 2019.