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Coping with COVID-19: Gender responses on Economic and Social sustenance through ICT use

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Educational Technology

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the economic, educational, religious, social and wealth being of people globally. This is as a result of lockdown imposed by government of various nations to cope the spread of the virus. This study focused on investigating activities that sustained people during the lockdown. A mixed method design was adopted for the study. The sample of the study was made up of 310 participants. An online questionnaire with a reliability of 0.903 was used for data collection. The result of the study revealed the frequently used ICTs during the lockdown , the activities which sustain people during lockdown, the economic and social implication of use of ICT during the COVID-19 lockdown. The identified challenges to utilization of ICT during lockdown include: lack of adequate infrastructure for E-learning, inconsistent power supply, inadequate cash to buy data, and limited/unsteady internet access. It was therefore recommended that government should implement policies that will enhance quality of data network and also reduce the cost of mobile data subscription and other forms of subscriptions.

DOI

10.21608/ihites.2022.113387.1104

Keywords

COVID-19, Gender, Economic, Social, ICT

Authors

First Name

Chukwuma

Last Name

Mgboji

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Affiliation

Department of Computer and Robotics Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka,Nigeria

Email

chukwuma.mgboji@unn.edu.ng

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Orcid

0000-0001-5103-0734

First Name

Nnenna

Last Name

Ibezim

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-

Affiliation

Department of Computer and Robotics Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka,Nigeria

Email

nnenna.ibezim@unn.edu.ng

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Orcid

-

First Name

Nannim

Last Name

Fadip

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-

Affiliation

Department of Computer and Robotics Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka,Nigeria

Email

nfadip@gmail.com

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Orcid

-

First Name

Ogochukwu

Last Name

Nwosu

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-

Affiliation

Department of Computer and Robotics Educatio, University of Nigeria, Nsukka,Nigeria

Email

fidelia.nwosu@unn.edu.ng

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Volume

3

Article Issue

3

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33102

Issue Date

2022-08-01

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2021-11-27

Publish Date

2022-08-01

Page Start

25

Page End

37

Print ISSN

2682-3918

Online ISSN

2682-3926

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https://ijites.journals.ekb.eg/article_232721.html

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https://ijites.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=232721

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Original Article

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1,128

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Publication Title

International Journal of Instructional Technology and Educational Studies

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https://ijites.journals.ekb.eg/

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Coping with COVID-19: Gender responses on Economic and Social sustenance through ICT use

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Created At

22 Jan 2023