Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Philippine Context

Covid-19 affected higher educational institutions not just in Wuhan, China where the virus originated but all other higher educational institutions in 188 countries as of April 06, 2020. Educational countermeasures are taken to continue educating the students despite the COVID-19 predicaments. Based...

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Published in:Pedagogical Research 2020-10, Vol.5 (4), p.em0063
Main Author: Toquero, Cathy Mae
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
COVID-19
Data Collection
Distance Education
Educational Environment
Educational Planning
Educational Policy
Electronic Learning
Evidence Based Practice
Faculty Development
Foreign Countries
Higher Education
Hygiene
Internet
Medical Services
Mental Health
Pandemics
Public Health
School Closing
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Summary:Covid-19 affected higher educational institutions not just in Wuhan, China where the virus originated but all other higher educational institutions in 188 countries as of April 06, 2020. Educational countermeasures are taken to continue educating the students despite the COVID-19 predicaments. Based on the author’s experiences, research, observations in the academe, COVID-19 guidelines, and the need for alternative solutions, this article introduces how higher education is affected and how it can respond to future challenges. This article recommends to educational institutions to produce studies to proliferate and document the impact of the pandemic to the educational system. There is also a greater need for educational institutions to strengthen the practices in the curriculum and make it more responsive to the learning needs of the students even beyond the conventional classrooms.
ISSN:2468-4929
2468-4929
DOI:10.29333/pr/7947