GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

This paper examined how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the educational administration

in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The pandemic has affected higher educational administration throughout the world in the areas of teaching, learning, research and the provision of administrative support services. This paper used survey data and in-depth interview transcripts to describe how selections of administrative and professional staff from Akwa Ibom Tertiary Institutions are affected. The survey targeted members of the administrative and professional which is made up of non-teaching Senior Members of the public institutions. However, it was discovered that the work of school’s administrators in Akwa Ibom State was mainly office based with little or no virtual working schedules or platforms. It was therefore, recommended that there is a drastic shift from office-based working to blended-working schedules among educational administrations in the post- COVID-19 era.

KEYWORDS: CODVID-19, pandemic, Educational administration, Tertiary Institutions, Impact, Akwa Ibom State