COVID-19 and child education outcomes in Southern Ghana

dc.contributor.authorOkyere, C. Y.
dc.contributor.authorOtchere, F.
dc.contributor.authorDarko, J. K.
dc.contributor.authorOsei, C. K.
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-08T11:37:01Z
dc.date.available2024-04-08T11:37:01Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study analyses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on child education outcomes by providing evidence on the gendered dimension, determinants and coping measures of informal households in Southern Ghana. We rely on a face-to-face interview undertaken in January 2022 (i.e., approximately 2 years after the beginning of the pandemic) involving 761 students across basic and secondary schools from 10 metropolitan, municipality and district assemblies (MMDAs) in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. We document several disruptions to child education out comes such as learning practices, school attendance, class participation and academic perfor mance. The results also showed that per child education expenditure incurred due to the COVID 19 pandemic by the informal households was GHS305 (US$ 49). Additionally, we assess the correlates of the negative effects on academic performance and COVID-19 related education expenditure as a result of coping measures. Our results from Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) show strong association between participation in online classes, age of students, ownership of television and district of residence on COVID-19 related education expenditure. Results from Logit models show that self-reported negative effects of COVID-19 pandemic on academic performance are affected by gender and age of student, distance to market and location of residence. Interestingly, we also found considerable gendered heterogeneity for the predictors of the COVID-19 pandemic on child education outcomes. We conclude that the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated countermeasures had negative effects on child education outcomes, and that informal households incurred considerable costs in attempting to address the associated education challenges in Southern Ghana. The findings have implications on the design and implementation of educational policies and programs to address the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on child ed ucation outcomes in developing countries.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26238
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/41460
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHeliyonen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectAcademic performanceen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.titleCOVID-19 and child education outcomes in Southern Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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