INFLUENCE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON ATTITUDE TO AND ACHIEVEMENT IN CIVIC EDUCATION AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN ALIMOSHO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF LAGOS –STATE

The COVID-19 pandemic has left a lasting imprint in our world, and the educational system is not left out in this wave as the teaching and learning process has been grossly affected by the emergence of the pandemic. Thus this study examined the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on attitude to and achievement in Civic Education among adolescents in Alimosho Local Government, Lagos State. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. Four schools were selected in the local government using simple random sampling technique while stratified random sampling technique was used to select two hundred (200) students for the study. Data were collected using two instruments namely, a self-constructed questionnaire on the influence of COVID- 19 pandemic on attitude to and achievement in Civic Education (ICAACE) and a Civic Education Achievement Test (CEAT).Two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance to guide the study. Findings from the study revealed that there is a significant influence of class rearrangement and physical distancing on students’ attitude to Civic Education, and there is no significant effect of class rearrangement and physical distancing on students’ achievement in Civic Education..Based on the findings, it was recommended among other things that educationists should adopt teaching methods that can arouse students’ interest to learn and also, adopt a rather continuous measure of student assessment. Also, teachers were encourage to diversify their methods of student assessment using blended learning approaches to yield maximum performance of students.